Miss CPLP
Miss CPLP (aka Miss Cominidad de Paises da Lingua Portuguesa) is an international and cultural beauty pageant for women living in Portuguese-speaking countries founded in 2010.
The current Miss CPLP is Jaiane « Jay » Santos da Cruz of Brazil, crowned on March 26, 2022, at the Capitol, in Lisbon, Portugal.
HISTORY
Miss CLPL (also known as Miss Cominidad de Paises da Lingua Portuguesa) is an international and intercultural beauty pageant, created in 2010, however, it was nevertheless necessary to wait until 2013 for the inaugural final. The idea for the project arises in 2003 and in conversation with some friends and acquaintances, its “architecture” has matured.
In November 2009, the project was presented to CPLP through an audience with Eng. Domingos Simões, CPLP Executive Secretary at the time.
Upon meeting people who shared the same ideal, the first Miss CPLP Contest was scheduled for July 21, 2012, scheduled for the Multiusos de Odivelas Pavilion. However, due to situations of various orders outside the Organization’s will, the event was only held on February 17, 2013, thanks to the institutional, public and private support that was achieved at that time. Although with limitations (financial, material and even institutional support). Andreia Deus Lima of São Tomé and Príncipe was crowned as the first ever Miss CPLP.
The ultimate goal of this pageant is to promote education, community service and the pursuit of life goals.
PAGEANT
The criteria of this contest implie that the candidates must:
– Born in a Portuguese-speaking country
– Age (Minimum): 18 years
– Height (minimum): 1.70 min
– General and Lusophone culture
– Responsible
– Respect for the culture of each country
– Spirit of intercultural exchange
– Able to Idealize / Create a simple, practical, feasible, innovative and adaptable project in a society, capable of convincing the Judges’ Table. (This is the fundamental criterion that has been in force since the 5th edition of the Lusophone Beauty competition).
TITLEHOLDERS
| Year | Titleholders | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  | Andreia DEUS LIMA | São Tomé and Príncipe |
| 2014 |  | Gilda SILVAS | Guyana |
| 2015 | No pageant held | ||
| 2016 |  | Maria José NUNES PIRES | São Tomé and Príncipe |
| 2017 |  | Cristilene PIMENTA | Cape Verde |
| 2018 | No pageant held | ||
| 2019 |  | Isabel NEO | Angola |
| 2020 | No pageant held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | No pageant held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2022 |  | Jaiane « Jay » SANTOS DA CRUZ | Brazil |
| 2023 | TBA | TBA | TBA |