Miss Universe 2011 @ Mercado Municipal in Sao Paulo

Miss Universe 2011 contestants visit Mercado Municipal in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Thursday, September 1, 2011. They will spend the next 2 weeks appearing at events and preparing to compete in the 2011 Miss Universe Competition on September 12 at 9:00 p.m. ET broadcast LIVE on NBC from Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Mercado Adolpho Lisboa, also called Mercado Municipal, is a central marketplace of Manaus located between Rua dos Barés and Avenida Louren?o da Silva Braga, on the shore of the Negro River.

A project based on Gustave Eiffel workers, it was constructed in art nouveau style between the end of the 19th century (1883) and the beginning of the 20th Century (1906). Mercado Adolpho Lisboa is a copy, not exactly at all, of the old, albeit famous, market of Paris – Les Halles near modern Forum des Halles. Metallic structures were built in Paris and sent to Manaus by ship.

Now Mercado Adolpho Lisboa is the greatest souvenir-shopping market in Manaus and a source of fruits, spice, fish, traditional Indigenous medications and other products.

View the photo gallery via Ohmygossip.com! All the amazing pictures are taken by Colin Hornett – the official Miss Universe 2011 photographer.

Gallery:
1.Miss Universe Italy 2011, Elisa Torrini; and Miss Universe Japan 2011, Maria Kamiyama. © Miss Universe L.P., LLLP (Colin Hornett)
2.Miss Universe Italy 2011, Elisa Torrini; Miss Universe Japan 2011, Maria Kamiyama; and Miss Universe Lebanon 2011, Yara El Khoury-Mikhael. © Miss Universe L.P., LLLP (Colin Hornett)
3.Miss Universe Lebanon 2011, Yara El Khoury-Mikhael, visits Mercado Municipal in Såo Paulo, Brazil on September 1, 2011. © Miss Universe L.P., LLLP (Colin Hornett)
4.MU Italy 2011, Elisa Torrini; MU Japan 2011, Maria Kamiyama; MU Portugal 2011, Laura Gon?alves; and MU Lebanon 2011, Yara El Khoury-Mikhael. © Miss Universe L.P., LLLP (Colin Hornett)
5.MU Italy 2011, Elisa Torrini; MU Lebanon 2011, Yara El Khoury-Mikhael; MU Japan 2011, Maria Kamiyama; and MU Portugal 2011, Laura Gon?alves. © Miss Universe L.P., LLLP (Colin Hornett)
6.MU Portugal 2011, Laura Gon?alves; MU Spain 2011, Paula Guilló; and MU Lebanon 2011, Yara El Khoury-Mikhael. © Miss Universe L.P., LLLP (Colin Hornett)

Miss Universe 2011 @ Mercado Municipal in Sao Paulo

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