Let me correct some stuff you wrote:
1)Her followers rose but they are mainly international fans! Usually the most crazy fans here in Brazil come from Amazonas (Mayra's state) and some others (which does not include Minas Gerais)! That said, even Mayra with her crazy amazonas' fans did not reach the same amount of followers as Julia, we can consider a good percentage of international fans in that statistics! Also, I saw many filipino fans supporting Julia!
2)"She was the most applauded girl" -> Only after she won the Miss Be Emotion Prize (which is NOT voted by her fellow contestants)! It is the organization by itself that choose who wins that prize considering a make-up tutorial previously recorded! And just so you all know: 99.99% of all audience there are Polishop's (The owner of Be Emotion Brand and also owner of Miss Brazil) employees! So, after she won this specific prize as representative of their brand, they all started rooting for her!
3) Fan favorite = True, but they NEVER reveal the votes! Also, there were a lot people complaining on their social media that sometimes their votes were wrongly assigned to a different contestant!
As a Brazilian Fan and a total desbeliever of my National Org, I'd prefer a FLOP rather than a TOP 15/10 again! This way, they might start choosing girls by the whole package instead of a specfic trait! I apologize to those who think Julia has a exotic beauty but she is actually pretty meh and you'll see at the upcoming Miss Universe!