Miss Earth Brazil

Miss Terra Brasil

Motto	Beauties for a Cause
Formation	2001
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	São Paulo
Location	Brazil
Membership	Miss Earth
Official language	Portuguese
National Director	José Alonso Dias
Website	Official website

Miss Terra Brasil (in native language, or Miss Earth Brazil) is an annual national beauty pageant realized in Brazil to select its entrant in the Miss Earth pageant.

History

Priscilla Meirelles of Brazil is the winner of Miss Earth 2004 and Miss Globe International 2003.

2001-2007: Beleza Brazil

Miss Terra Brasil is the official preliminary of the international Miss Earth beauty pageant in Brazil. It was founded in 2001 and was originally called Beleza Brasil organized by Beauty Productions Brazil Ltda. from 2001–2007.

The first titleholder of the pageant was Simone Régis, who was crowned Beleza Brasil 2001. She went to represent Brazil in the first edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant in the Philippines and she won the Miss Air crown (first runner up) on 28 October 2001.^[1][2][3]

In 2003, Priscila Poleselo Zandoná from the state of Paraná duplicated the feat of Régis when she won the Miss Air crown in the Miss Earth 2003.^[4][5][6]

2008-present: Miss Terra Brazil

Miss Earth Fire 2008 Tatiane Alves from Brazil during the Miss Earth 2008 press presentation

The pageant changed its name in 2008 to Miss Terra Brasil organized by Look Top Beauty Productions. The organization is led by the current national director José Alonso Dias from Minas Gerais.^[7][8]

The Miss Terra Brasil is part of a major campaign which values the ecological advocacy of each region of the country. The pageant contributes to the promotion of environmental preservation, ecological diversity, and ecotourism in Brazil.^[9]

Every year, each state holds a preliminary competition to choose their delegate for the national competition, Miss Terra Brasil pageant. The winners have the task of representing their state with beauty and elegance and defend the ecological cause of the country, as the slogan of the competition. Although the highest scoring candidate will receive the title of Miss Terra Brasil and will compete on behalf of the country in the Miss Earth international competition, the pageant also chooses three other winners: Miss Fire, Miss Water, and Miss Air and will represent Brazil in other international competitions.^[10][11]

In 2010, the pageant further intensified its ecological preservation campaign, and so each candidate represents an ecological niche or a tourist spot in her state which can have up to three to four representatives each state.^[10]

Starting 2011, the winner of Miss Terra Brasil 2012 and its three elemental court will receive brand new cars as prizes and all expenses paid for their stay at the Divinópolis City and will remain there throughout the period before the international contest in which they will participate, where all the preparations will be held, including beauty treatments, psychological training, postural training, English language and speech enhancement, physical fitness, runway skills, environmental education, and dietary guidelines among others. The candidates who will compete for the title of Miss Terra Brasil 2012 will represent cities or tourist spots of ecological tourism in Brazil. Each regional coordinator will be entitled to submit up to four representatives to the competition, representing cities and tourist points of ecological tourism of their respective states.^[11]

Titleholders

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

• Below, the winners of the national beauty pageant:

Miss Earth 2009, Larissa Ramos.

Year	Miss Earth Brazil	Represented	Venue	Placement
2001	Simone Régis	Santa Catarina	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	1st Runner-up
2002	Adriana Reis	Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	Did not compete
2003	Priscila Zandoná	Paraná	Brasília, Distrito Federal	1st Runner-up
2004	Priscilla Meirelles	Amazonas	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	Miss Earth 2004
2005	Isabella Chaves	Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	Unplaced
2006	Ana Paula Quinot	Rio Grande do Sul	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	Unplaced
2007	Patrícia Andrade	Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	Unplaced
2008	Tatiane Alves	Minas Gerais	Divinópolis, Minas Gerais	3rd Runner-up
2009	Larissa Ramos	Amazonas	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	Miss Earth 2009
2010	Luísa Lopes	Pernambuco	Divinópolis, Minas Gerais	Unplaced
2011	Driely Bennettone	São Paulo	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	1st Runner-up
2012	Camila Brant	Minas Gerais	Divinópolis, Minas Gerais	3rd Runner-up
2013	Priscilla Martins	Minas Gerais	Divinópolis, Minas Gerais	Unplaced
2014	Letícia Silva	Paraná	Curitiba, Paraná	Top 8
2015	Thiessa Sickert	Minas Gerais	Divinópolis, Minas Gerais	3rd Runner-up

See also

• Miss Earth

References

1. Sanchez, Kym A. (22 April 2002). "Elemental beauties: Up close with the Miss Earth winners". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
2. Castro Barawid, Rachel (30 October 2001). "Danish student wins 1st Miss Earth". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
3. Barawid, Rachel (30 October 2001). "Danish student wins 1st Miss Earth title". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
4. Cruz, Marinel (12 November 2003). "Beauty Condemned, Honduran Crowned". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
5. News, Online (10 November 2003). "Miss Afghanistan Takes Prize at Miss Earth Contest". Fox News. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
6. News, Online (10 November 2003). "People in the News .Miss Afghanistan Gets Special Prize .". Associated Press, Ocala Star-Banner. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
7. Azevedo, George (24 November 2009). "Miss Terra". Tribuna do Norte. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
8. Globo Editor, News (9 December 2010). "Candidata de SP vence concurso Miss Terra Brasil 2010, em Belo Horizonte". Globo Comunicação e Participações. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
9. News, On line (O Diário de Teresópolis – 26 May 2011). "Raphaela Góes é a nova Miss Estado Terra". O Diário de Teresópolis – 26 May 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
10. News, Online (10 September 2010). "Belo Horizonte recebe concurso Miss Terra Brasil 2011". Correio Braziliense. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
11. "Miss Terra Brasil 2012". 27 January 2011. LOOK TOP BEAUTY PRODUÇÕES LTDA. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

External links

• Miss Earth Brazil