50 years ago, Vera Lúcia Couto became the 1st black woman to represent her state in the Miss Brasil contest
Note from BW of Brazil: Vera Lúcia Couto is now 70 years old, but fifty years ago, at the age of 20, on June 27th, she […]
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"In the midst of so many blondes, a black woman wins": Deise Nunes, the first and only black woman to ever win the Miss Brasil pageant
Deise Nunes Deise Nunes, crowned Miss Brazil in 1986, changed the concept of Miss winners in the country to put an end to the supremacy […]
“We have to fight three times as hard to be heard”: Overcoming the odds, Bruna Valim becomes first black woman to win Miss Universe Santa Catarina contest
Note from BBT: If one wants to know how it is that racist attitudes are thoroughly engrained in Brazilian society, you need look no further […]
‘’This business of social inclusion is effed up’!’’: Young black woman denounces racial slurs after winning beauty contest
Note from BBT: It always blows me away when I hear people make these types of comments. You can read the comment to which I refer […]
After telling other black girls not give up on their dreams in a speech, black model is eliminated from Miss Teen Earth pageant
Note from BBT: Well, well, so here we go again with Brazil’s obsession with presenting a ‘’we are the world’’ image on the racial question […]
“Just showing concern will not solve the problem’’, says Ricardo Silvestre, of Black Influence agency on advertisers’ interest in the black community
Note from BBT: I’m not a person that can’t recognize positive changes when I see them, I just tend to look a little closer into […]
In its 21st season, Brazil’s most popular reality show, Big Brother Brasil, will have largest number of black participants in its history
Note from BBT: I was trying to figure out what was going on. On one of my social network accounts, I read that rapper Karol […]
2017 winner Monalysa Alcântara says people didn’t accept a black Miss Brazil: “I suffered a lot’’
Note from BBT: Sixty-seven years, three black Miss Brasil winners. All of the other winners of the beauty contest have been white, or something close […]
Army Sergeant Ítalo Cerqueira: First Black Man To Win Contest
Army Sergeant Ítalo Cerqueira: First Black Man To Win Mister Brazil Contest Note from BW of Brazil: Yet another example of why it amazes me […]
Brazilian Actresses Pay Homage To Taís Araújo | Black Brazil Today
Brazilian Actresses Pay Homage To Taís Araújo Note from BW of Brazil: I can still remember the first time I saw actress Taís Araújo. In late […]
Popular Entrepreneur Diminishes Success of 2 Black Women
“She’s horrible! You only like her because she’s black!”: Popular Entrepreneur Diminishes Success of 2 Black Women By Marques Travae I often say that I […]
Brazil’s advertising industry Continues to Value Whiteness
Brazil’s advertising industry Continues to Value Whiteness Note from BW of Brazil: Last month, on December 24th, made 20 years since I developed an interest […]
The protagonist of a Globo TV Christmas special Will be a Black Family
For the first time, a black family will be the protagonist of a Globo TV Christmas special: ‘Juntos a Magia Acontece’ (together magic happens) airs […]
Black Race Awards Honors Actor/Singer Tony Tornado
Black Race Awards Honors Actor/Singer Tony Tornado Note from BW of Brazil: I can still remember very well when I first heard the name Tony […]
