Miss Ceará

Miss Ceará is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Ceará at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1955 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1990–1991, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. Since 2018, the State directors for Miss Ceará are Valéria Mannarino and Guilhermino Benevides. Ceará has won four crowns in the national contest.

The following women from who competed as Miss Ceará have won Miss Brazil:


 * Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima, from Sobral, in 1955
 * Flávia Cavalcanti, from Fortaleza, in 1989
 * Melissa Holanda Gurgel, from Maracanaú, in 2014
 * Teresa Stela Barbosa Silva Santos, from Maranguape, in 2021

Placements

 * Miss Brazil: Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima (1955); Flávia Cavalcanti (1989); Melissa Holanda Gurgel (2014); Teresa Stela Barbosa Silva Santos (2021)
 * 1st Runner-Up: Andréa Ferreira (1992); Vanessa Lima Vidal (2008); Luana Carvalho Lobo (2019)
 * 2nd Runner-Up: Francy Nogueira (1966); Teresa Santos (2018)
 * 3rd Runner-Up: Mazu Holanda (1956); Lia Guimarães (1957); Elza Laureano (1961); Luana Carvalho Lobo (2022)
 * 4th Runner-Up: Khrisley Karlen (2009); Luana Carvalho Lobo (2020)
 * Top 5/Top 7/Top 8/Top 9: Rita Nóbrega (1962); Ana Carvalhedo (1964); Vera Lúcia Camelo (1969); Ana Maria Kerth (1972); Morgana Carlos (2016)
 * Top 10/Top 11/Top 12: Tânia Mara Piccoli (1982); Ana Cláudia Soares (1983); Luzia Miglioranzi (1985); Deusa Guerra (1986); Germana Gaspar (1998); Milena Ferrer (2012); Mariana Vasconcelos (2013); Aléxia Duarte (2017)
 * Top 15/Top 16: Anastácia Duarte (2011); Beatriz Moreira Militão (2023)

Special Awards

 * Miss Congeniality: Cláudia Saraiva (1967); Roseli de Lima (1973); Jacqueline Buarque (1975); Jacqueline Gaspar (2003)
 * Best State Costume: Carla Rocha (2006)
 * Miss Popular Vote: Vanessa Lima Vidal (2008)
 * Miss Be Emotion: Aléxia Duarte (2017)