Caroline Teixeira is a Brazilian lawyer, athlete, model and beauty queen. Here are 13 more things about her:

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1. She hails from Federal District, Brazil. Her parents Carlos Teixeira and Aline Gomes are public servants.
2. When she was a little girl, she was a basketball fan and she won marathons.
3. In 2011, she was one of the young Brazilian basketball players who represented the Federal District in a Brazilian championship.
4. In 2012, she received an invitation to play basketball in São Paulo, Brazil.
5. In 2015, she played basketball in the Brazilian Under-17 Championship. Soon after, she was invited to play basketball in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. In June 2015, she went back to Brazil and enrolled in a law school.
6. In 2018, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She later underwent surgery and iodine therapy sessions.
7. Amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, she worked as a volunteer at Formiguinhas do Bem do Brasil, an institute that helps vulnerable children and young people. 
8. She was Miss Brasilia 2020.
9. She was Miss Distrito Federal CNB 2021.
10. On August 19, 2021, she represented Federal District and competed against 47 other candidates at Miss Brasil Mundo 2021. She won the title, making her Brazil’s Miss World 2021 candidate.
11. She was 23 years old when she was crowned Miss World Brazil 2021.
12. In December 2021, she represented Brazil at Miss World 2021 and competed against 96 other candidates in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was selected as one of the 40 quarterfinalists.
13. On March 16, 2022, she competed against 39 other quarterfinalists during the Miss World 2021 coronation night at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan. She did not make it to the Top 13.