Miss Universe winner dies aged 80 just days before her birthday as tributes hail beauty queen’s ‘pioneering spirit’

An image collage containing 1 images, Image 1 shows Ieda Maria Vargas of Brazil, Miss Universe 1963, wearing a crown and holding a scepter

Brazil’s first-ever Miss Universe winner and beauty icon has tragically died aged 80, just days before her birthday.

Leda Maria Vargas died after being admitted to hospital in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, yesterday, her family announced.

Ieda Maria Vargas
Miss Universe of 1963, Leda Maria Vargas of Brazil, shortly after her coronationCredit: Getty

The cause of death was not disclosed in the first official statements released by the family but later reports citing her daughter said she died from a heart problem.

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