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Brazilian model, beauty pageant contestant and beach volleyball player For the French alpine skier, see Vanessa Vidal.
Vanessa Vidal
BornVanessa Lima Vidal
(1984-03-03) March 3, 1984 (age 40)
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Other namesVanessa Vidal
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBlack
Major
competition(s)		Miss Brasilia (2008) runners-up

Vanessa Lima Vidal also simply known as Vanessa Vidal (born 3 March 1984) is a Brazilian volleyball player, model and beauty pageant titleholder.

Career

Vidal was the first deaf beauty pageant contestant to compete at the Miss Brasil in 2008. Vanessa Vidal is also a national deaf beach volleyball player and has competed at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics representing the national deaf beach volleyball team.

She received more publicity and fame as the only deaf entrant in the Miss Brasil pageant contest among the hearing in 2008 and emerged as first runner-up. She also became only the third candidate to participate in Miss International as a Deaf person in competing in the Miss International 2008 contest after two other Deaf contestants Sophie Vouzelaud of France and Vanessa Peretti of Venezuela.

References

  1. "Vanessa Lima Vidal - Miss Ceará 2008". moraisvinna.blogspot.in. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  2. Administrator. "Vanessa Vidal". www.vanessavidal.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  3. "Vanessa Lima Vidal | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  4. "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  5. Vinna. "HANGAR DO VINNA: Vanessa Lima Vidal - Miss Ceará 2008". HANGAR DO VINNA. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  6. "Hearing impaired beauty queens - hear-it.org". Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  7. Guimarães, Renato Cesar Vaz. "Surdez - Descobrindo um Mundo Novo: Quebra de paradigmas [3]– Vanessa Vidal, Miss Ceará 2008; um exemplo de beleza, simpatia e força de vontade". Surdez - Descobrindo um Mundo Novo. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  8. "Miss Vanessa Vidal. É possível ser bela sem esconder a deficiência. | Turismo Adaptado". Turismo Adaptado (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  9. "Paulo Henrique LIBRAS: Miss Deaf World - Vanessa Vidal". Paulo Henrique LIBRAS. Retrieved 2018-02-15.

External links

Miss International 2008 national titleholders


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