Rafaela Butareli

All posts tagged Rafaela Butareli

…and Priscila Machado wins Miss Brasil 2011!

Posted by Norman on July 24, 2011
Posted in: 1 Pageant Pages, Blog Bites: Miss Universe 2011. Tagged: , , , , , , , , .

image

image

The girl from Rio Grande do Sul surprisingly defeated them all.

Priscila Machado, 25, was crowned Miss Brasil 2011 just a few hours ago and will now be officially the country’s delegate to Miss Universe 2011 which Sao Paulo will be hosting next month up until the finals on September 12. She outlasted 26 other ladies on the road to victory.

Machado’s win, though not exactly come-from-behind, did not sit well with the audience who watched the finals live at the  HSBC Brasil Hall in Sao Paulo. Aside from the fact that she has already posed nude in photos before (supposedly a violation of pageant policies), many were rooting for Gabriela Marcelino, the 1st Runner Up from Bahia, who will now be Brazil’s bet for Miss International 2011. At any rate, the 1.80m beauty is the chosen one and time is ticking so fast before the Miss Universe delegates start arriving before mid-August.

Aside from Bahia, those included in the court of beauties are the reps of Acre (Danielle Knidell) who will go to Miss Continente Americano, Sao Paulo (Rafaela Butareli) and Amazonas (Tammy Cavalcante) who took runner-up slots in that order.

Good luck, Priscila! And may you be a most gracious host delegate for Miss Universe 2011!

P.S. Just in case the controversy surrounding Priscila’s nude photos costs her the crown, Gabriela from Bahia will most likely benefit as a result.

Armchair-judging Miss Brasil 2011: Here are my favorites

Posted by Norman on July 17, 2011
Posted in: 1 Pageant Pages. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Ravishing Rafaela!

The grand finals of Miss Brasil 2011 won’t be until July 23 – Saturday next week – but I have already come up with my short list of favorites to win and become the host delegate of Miss Universe 2011 in Sao Paulo. My top pick is actually the representative of Sao Paulo itself because she is, in my opinion, the best in the lot. Rafaela Butareli is a deadringer for fellow Brazilian Miss Earth 2004 Priscilla Meirelles although the former exudes a more elegant and sophisticated aura that can never go unnoticed. The other ladies in my Top 5 are Misses Distrito Federal (Alessandra Baldini), Ceara (Anastacia Duarte), Rio de Grande do Norte (Daliane Menezes) and Mato Grosso do Sul (Raiza Vidal)

My Top Pick for Miss Brasil 2011 (for Miss Universe) is Rafaela Butareli, 22, of Sao Paulo.

My #2 Pick for Miss Brasil 2011 (for Miss International) is Alessandra Baldini, 24, of Distrito Federal

My #3 Pick for Miss Brasil 2011 (for Miss Continente Americano) is Anastacia Duarte, 22, of Ceara.

My #4 Pick for Miss Brasil 2011 is Daliane Menezes, 22, of Rio Grande Do Norte

My #5 Pick for Miss Brasil 2011 is Raiza Vidal, 22, of Mato Grosso do Sul.

The other contenders in my Top 11 (I had to give consideration to one more girl) are Misses Rio de Janeiro (Mariana Figuereido), Parana (Gabriela Pereira), Mato Grosso (Jessica Duarte), Santa Catarina (Michelly Bohnen), Rio Grande Do Sul (Priscila Machado) and Espirito Santo (Marcela Granato).

Mariana Figuereido

Gabriela Pereira

Jessica Duarte

Michelly Bohnen

Priscila Machado

Marcela Granato

Actually, anyone among my Top 4 can be a deserving winner because Rafaela, Alessandra, Anastacia and Daliane are all stand-outs and can be fielded in the Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Continente Americano very easily. It’s just that with Sao Paulo hosting Miss Universe 2011, who better to act as hostess to all the candidates but a true-blue local who can inspire the support of everyone in making sure that the pageant is excellently conducted from Day 1. Miss Brasil 2011 should be equally gracious and competitive – a combination that requires the winner to be unconditonally warm while allowing other more deserving contenders to shine but not lagging behind either. Because as it is, the host delegate is already – almost – assured of a semifinal (or quarterfinal) slot at the onset.

To see the rest of the candidates, click HERE.

Good luck to all the ladies and may the best ones win! 😉

(All the images above are courtesy of the Official Miss Brasil 2011 website.)