Melissa Gurgel, 20, Miss Ceará, was crowned Miss Brazil 2014 on Saturday, September 27, at Centro de Eventos do Ceará. She will now compete in Miss Universe 2015 to be held in Doral, Florida on January 25, 2015. The 1st runner-up is Fernanda Leme, 22, Miss São Paulo and the 2nd runner-up is Deise Benício, 23, Miss Rio Grande do Norte.
A local beauty pageant is attracting ample mockery on social media after a trans-identified male was crowned the winner of the competition and awarded a scholarship intended for young women. Brían Nguyen , 19, was awarded the crown in the Miss Greater Derry pageant, held on November 8 in the Greater Derry area of New Hampshire. The competition is a locally-run event under the national Miss America series of pageants. In addition to winning the crown, Nguyen will receive the Miss Greater Derry Scholarship , a financial award established to support young women. Nguyen, who is male, is a freshman at Nashua Community College majoring in Business Management. After his win, Nguyen wrote on Facebook : “ I am ecstatic to be the FIRST transgender woman to be a Miss America local titleholder, and I hope to make everyone proud and become the first to walk the Miss America stage. I am Brían Nguyen, your Miss Greater Derry 2023 .” Nguyen had previously announced on Instagram that he has intention
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