Natália Guimarães

Natália Guimarães

Profile
Birth name                  Natália Aparecida Guimarães
Birth date                   December 25, 1984
Birth place                  Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height                        1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Measurements            90-60-90
Hair color                   Brown
Eye color                    Black
Competition(s)            Miss Minas Gerais 2007 (winner)
                                  Miss Brazil 2007 (winner)
                                  Miss Universe 2007 (1st runner-up)
                                  Top Model of The World 2006 (winner-resigned)

Biography
Natália Guimarães  is a former Miss Universe Brazil. She won the title on April 14, 2007 beating out over 26 other contestants from states and the Federal District, Brasília.

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

Natalia, 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. On May 28, 2007, Natália competed in the 2007 Miss Universe Pageant held in Mexico City, Mexico. She finished as the 1st runner up.

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 July 13, 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 November 12, 2007 in Brazil and USA (locally by Band Internacional). She was also invited to be a Victoria's Secret model.

In February 2008, Natália appeared as the Queen for samba school Unidos de Vila Isabel in the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 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 0n a beach.

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