Miss Universe winner dies aged 80 just days before her birthday as tributes hail beauty queen’s ‘pioneering spirit’

BRAZIL’S first-ever Miss Universe winner and beauty icon has tragically died aged 80, just days before her birthday. Leda Maria Vargas died after being admitted to hospital in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, her family announced. The cause of death was not initially disclosed but later reports said she died from a heart problem just…