Miss Universe 1963 Ieda Maria Vargas died at age 80 on Monday, Dec. 22, per a statement shared to her official Instagram page Vargas — who would have turned 81 on Dec. 31 — made history as the first ...

The global fashion and pageant world woke up quieter this Monday, December 22. Ieda Maria Vargas, Brazil’s first Miss Universe, and a woman who forever changed how the country was seen on the world ...

It was announced on Instagram that former Miss Universe winner Ieda Maria Vargas passed away on Monday, days before her birthday on Dec. 31. A cause of death has not been revealed. In 1963, Vargas ...

Vargas was crowned on the international stage in 1963, when she became the first Miss Universe titleholder from Brazil Miss Universe 1963 Ieda Maria Vargas died at age 80 on Monday, Dec. 22, per a ...

Iêda Maria Vargas, the Brazilian trailblazer who made history as the country’s first winner of Miss Universe, has died at the age of 80. According to People, her death occurred on Monday, December 22, ...