Vanessa Lima Vidal

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

For the French alpine skier, see Vanessa Vidal.
Vanessa Vidal
Born
Vanessa Lima Vidal

(1984-03-03) March 3, 1984
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Other namesVanessa Vidal
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBlack
Major
competition(s)		Miss Brasilia (2008) runners-up

Career

Vidal was the first deaf beauty pageant contestant to compete at the Miss Brasil in 2008.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

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.[5][6] 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.[7][8][9]

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References
  1. "Vanessa Lima Vidal - Miss Ceará 2008". moraisvinna.blogspot.in. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  2. Administrator. "Vanessa Vidal". www.vanessavidal.com.br (in 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 Portuguese). 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  9. "Paulo Henrique LIBRAS: Miss Deaf World - Vanessa Vidal". Paulo Henrique LIBRAS. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
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