A former contestant in Brazil's famous Miss Bum Bum competition has been left paralysed from the waist down after attempting suicide.

Deborah Dantas, who took part in last year's Miss Bum Bum, jumped from the fourth floor of an apartment block after taking a cocktail of drink and anti-depressant drugs.

The pretty 20-year-old survived the fall but is now a paraplegic.

A friend said Deborah Dantas, pictured, used to say her life was empty and made no sense

Deborah Dantas represented Paraiba state in north-east Brazil in last year's Miss Bum Bum contest

She has made a video from her hospital bed in the capital Brasilia, in which she said: 'For me and God what's impossible is only a matter of opinion.

'Keep on praying for me because I'm very happy with everything you've done for me so far.

'I'm making this video to say thank you to my loved ones for their help, to everyone who's come to visit me and are prepared to be here with me.'

Deborah, who represented the state of Paraiba, made the news in November after footage emerged of her being pleasured by another woman during an adult show at a nightclub in Brasilia.

She used to date a well-known singer in Brazil known as Mister Catra but claims to have dumped him after he told her he had 20 children and wanted to have his 21st with her.

A friend told a local paper Deborah had been drinking heavily before her fall.

She said: 'She was always drinking a lot and taking lots of medication. She was depressed all the time and had emotional problems.

'She used to say her life was empty and made no sense.'

The Miss Bum Bum contest is an annual Brazilian pageant show which aims to find the best derriere in the country.

Deborah Dantas represented the state of Paraiba in last year's Miss Bum Bum, which was won by Suzy Cortez

The current title holder is Suzy Cortez, who was reportedly blocked by her idol Lionel Messi's girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo from the couple's Instagram accounts after sending the footballer saucy snaps of her in a Barcelona top.

Andressa Urach, runner-up in the 2012 Miss Bum Bum competition, confessed to becoming 'one of Brazil's most expensive and desired prostitutes' in a tell-all book after suffering a life-threatening infection triggered by plastic surgery.

She had previously claimed to sleeping with footballer Cristiano Ronaldo at a Madrid hotel while he was dating former girlfriend Irina Shayk, claims the Real Madrid star denies.

Asking for forgiveness from the footballer and his ex in her warts and all book, she said: 'I want to publicly ask for forgiveness from Cristiano Ronaldo and his then girlfriend Irina.

'If I could turn back time, I would write a new page for everything that happened.'