Natália Guimarães

Natália Guimarães

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	December 25, 1984 Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Measurements	90-60-90
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Black
Title(s)	Top Model of The World 2006 (Resigned) Miss Minas Gerais 2007 Miss Brasil 2007
Major competition(s)	Top Model of The World 2006 (Winner) (Resigned) Miss Minas Gerais 2007 (Winner) Miss Brasil 2007 (Winner) Miss Universe 2007 (1st Runner-Up)
Partner	Leandro Scornavacca
Children	2

Natália Aparecida Guimarães (born December 25, 1984 in Juiz de Fora) is a Brazilian actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Brasil 2007. She then competed in Miss Universe 2007 where she eventually finished as 1st Runner-Up.

Guimarães is a model, actress and current host of Hoje em Dia, of TV Record.

Pageantry

Guimarães, who began her modeling career at 15 years old and previously worked for Ford Models, also won the 2006 Top Model of the World International Pageant. However, she resigned due to her participation in Miss Universe 2007 and her runner up from the Philippines assumed the title.

Miss Brasil 2007

Guimarães represented the state of Minas Gerais at Miss Brasil 2007 where she beat out 26 other contestants from the states and the Federal District of Brazil, gaining the right to represent her country at Miss Universe 2007.

Miss Universe 2007

On May 28, 2007, Natália represented Brazil at Miss Universe 2007 held in Mexico City, Mexico where she vied to succeed Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico and eventually finished as 1st Runner-Up to Riyo Mori of Japan.

The day after the Miss Universe competition, a Mexican television show asked the public who should have won the pageant. Guimarães won this poll with almost a third of the votes.

Life after Miss Universe

On 13 July, Natália attended the opening ceremony of the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro with Brazilian delegation and held the national flag at the occasion. The Miss Brasil titleholder also participated of reality TV Dança no Gelo ("Ice Dance", an ice skating version of Dancing with the Stars) on TV show Domingão do Faustão. Natália also recorded a special guest appearance at soap opera from Rede Bandeirantes, Dance Dance Dance. The episode with the beauty queen was broadcast on 12 November 2007 in Brazil and USA (locally by Band Internacional). She was also invited to be a Victoria's Secret model.^[1]

In February 2008, Natália appeared as the Queen for samba school Unidos de Vila Isabel in the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2] Later, she garnered a first important role in a telenovela, as Ariadne in Caminhos do Coração and in its sequel, Os Mutantes: Caminhos do Coração, both aired on Rede Record.

In 2009, Natália portrayed a minor role in Bela, a Feia, Record-Televisa partnership Brazilian version based upon Mexican La Fea Mas Bella. On this telenovela, Natália's character was found dead on a beach.

Since January 2010, Natália is host of Belo Horizonte's segment of national morning newsmagazine Hoje em Dia.

On August 8, 2013 Guimarães and longtime boyfriend Leandro Scornavacca of KLB fame welcomed twin daughters Maya and Kiara.

Television acts and works

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Dance, Dance, Dance	Herself (Natália Guimarães)	Guest Appearance
2007	Caminhos do Coração	Ariadne Oliveira (Mulher Aranha)	Supporting
2008	Os Mutantes - Caminhos do Coração	Ariadne Oliveira (Mulher Aranha)	Supporting
2009	A Lei e o Crime	Gisele	Supporting
2009	Bela, a Feia	Mariana	Supporting
2010	Hoje em Dia	Host	Hosts the show segment from Belo Horizonte.

Pageantry winnings and placements

Titles

Pageant	Venue	Year	Notes
Miss Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte	2006	Winner
Top Model of the World	China	2006	Winner (Resigned)
Miss Brasil 2007	Rio de Janeiro	2007	Winner
Miss Universe 2007	México City	2007	1st Runner-Up

Trivia

• Some Brazilian websites, due to the Miss Universe 2007 results, wrote her last name mistakenly, putting up Natália Rodrigues instead of Guimarães. Actually, this confuses her with the telenovela actress of that name.
• According to her parents, the choice of her second name is a tribute to Our Lady of Aparecida. She took a package of medals of the saint and use one of its as amulet at Miss Universe 2007 competition activities and telecast program.
• Natália was born with six fingers on her hands. She inherited a genetic characteristic called polydactyly from her father,^[3] a congenital physical anomaly in humans; these supernumerary fingers or toes do not cause any problems to the carriers. The characteristic was discovered by media reports.
• Prior to her current career, Natália had an audition for actress in Rede Globo's telenovela Estrela Guia, but her father forbade it in favor of modeling activities. After Miss Universe 2007, Natália resumed her auditions in the same station,^[4] but she was effectively rejected after her elimination from the Dança do Gelo competition. After this,^[5] Natália accepted a guest appearance on Dance Dance Dance.

References

1. "Miss Brasil confirms meeting with Victoria's Secret" (in Portuguese). Globo.com. 6 June 2007.
2. "Carnival 2008".
3. "Miss Brasil Natália Guimarães born with six fingers on hand" (in Portuguese). Terra TV. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
4. "Miss Brazil Natália Guimarães made an actress test on Globo" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. 14 August 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
5. "Rejected by Globo, Natália Guimarães will tape novela on Bandeirantes" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2010.

External links

• Misses do Brasil Pictures of the final night
• Miss Brazil Official Page