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International Queen of Coffee 2010 - Brazil wins
Mariana Notarângelo da Fonseca is the first beauty queen to be crowned in the new decade

MANIZALES - 20-year-old Brazilian Medice student Mariana Notarângelo da Fonseca was crowned International Queen of Coffee 2010 last Saturday night in Manizales, Colombia. She was the first international beauty queen to be crowned in the new decade.

Mariana, who was crowned Miss World Rio de Janeiro 2009 and competed in Miss World Brazil 2009, in which she won the fast-track event "Beach Beauty Brazil" (best in swimsuit), is 1.75-m tall and speaks fluent English.

top 5: Bolivia (3rd), Brazil (winner), Poland (2nd),
Dominican Rep. (4th) and Venezuela (5th)

The runner-ups were Poland, Iwona Wyrzykowka (1st ru - Miss World Poland 2009's 3rd runner-up), Bolivia, Flavia Fernanda Foianini (2nd ru - Miss World Bolivia 2009), Dominican Republic (3rd ru), Audris Rijo Gómez, and Venezuela, Ana Elizabeth Mosquera Gómez (4t ru - Miss Venezuela International 2010).

Other "grand slam" beauties participated in the traditional coffee pageant, held in Colombia since 1957 - Canada Universe 2009, Costa Rica World 2009, Honduras World and Tourism Queen 2009.

The International Queen of Coffee is one of the oldest and most traditional pageants on the planet, held in Manizales, Colombia, as part of the Manizales' Annual Fair to promote Colombian coffee.

Brazil holds the record number of victories in this pageant: 7.

Brazil, the winner, and Poland, the 1st runner-up

Congratulations to the new coffee queen!

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