13 things about Miss Universe 1957 first runner-up Terezinha Morango

Terezinha Gonçalves Morango Pittigliani represented Brazil in the sixth edition of Miss Universe. It was won by Gladys Zender of Peru.

A Miss Brasil 1957, Terezinha Morango no Jockey Club do RJ em 2018. Quelle Beauté! pic.twitter.com/1yTuJ8riKQ

— Maicon Souza (@MaiconSouza_) June 14, 2020

BIOGRAPHY

Pittigliani was 5’5″ tall. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was a native of São Paulo de Olivença, Amazonas, Brazil.
2. She was the second wife of Alberto Pittigliani Sr., a businessman born in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
3. She and Alberto Sr. have a son named Alberto “Beto” Pittigliani Jr. and a daughter named Andrea Pittigliani.
4. She was the stepmother of Ricardo Stambowsky‘s wife Sueli Pittigliani is the daughter of Alberto Sr. and Augusta Belletti Pittigliani.
5. On November 27, 1956, she won Miss Cinelândia 1956.
6. She played a bit role in “Garotas e Samba“, a 1957 Brazilian musical comedy film directed by Carlos Manga.
7. On June 22, 1957, she represented Amazonas at Miss Brasil 1957 and competed against 19 other candidates at Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won the title.
8. On July 19, 1957, she represented Brazil at Miss Universe 1957 and competed against 31 other candidates at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. She was runner-up to Zender.
9. In July 1958, she married Alberto Sr.
10. On June 19, 1958, she crowned her successor Miss Brasil 1958 Adalgisa Colombo at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro.
11. On August 2, 2003, her husband Alberto Sr. passed away at age 85.
12. On October 26, 2020, she turned 84.
13. On March 13, 2021, she passed away in Rio de Janeiro due to cardiac arrest after a surgery on her femur.

Barbara Pittigliani is Terezinha’s only granddaughter and the only daughter of Alberto Jr. and Adriane Ferreira Pittigiliani. Barbara’s husband Fabrizio Godoy Ferreira is Francisco Godoy Ferreira and Ednyra Godoy Ferreira‘s son.

On April 16, 2022, Barbara and Fabrizio got married at Vila Santa Teresa in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro. She wore a diamond necklace and earrings that belonged to Terezinha.