Tavalera Bruce maximum security women’s prison in Rio holds an annual beauty contest for inmates. The prisoner judged most beautiful is crowned ‘Miss Penetencaria’, and wins a 14-inch colour television, an electric fan and cosmetics.
Shirlei Ferreira, 33.
Contestant number 20,
‘Miss Penetencaria’
prison beauty contest.
Sentence: 14 years. Fraud.
Rio, Brazil.