Miss Brazil has been robbed at gunpoint in front of her home. The Miss Brazil pageant press office says that Debora Lyra was held up at gunpoint as she approached her home in Sao Paulo on Sunday. Monday’s statement says a man with a pistol approached Lyra and took her purse, cell phones and credit cards.
He also took the car, which she had been given for winning the 2010 pageant. Lyra will pass her title to the winner of the 2011 Miss Brazil pageant on July 23.