Miss Earth Brazil

File:Priscilla Meirelles.jpg of Brazil is the winner of Miss Earth 2004 and Miss Globe International 2003.]]

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 to 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.{{cite news|last=Sanchez|first=Kym A.|title=Elemental beauties: Up close with the Miss Earth winners|url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=158215&publicationSubCategoryId=55|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907165808/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=158215&publicationSubCategoryId=55|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2012|access-date=19 July 2011|newspaper=The Philippine Star|date=22 April 2002}}{{cite news|last=Castro Barawid|first=Rachel|title=Danish student wins 1st Miss Earth|url=http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/manila-bulletin/mi_7968/is_2001_Oct_30/danish-student-wins-1st-earth/ai_n32960737/|access-date=19 July 2011|newspaper=Manila Bulletin|date=30 October 2001}}{{cite news|title=Danish student wins 1st Miss Earth title|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-79510645|publisher=Manila Bulletin|first=Rachel|last=Barawid|date=30 October 2001|access-date=19 July 2011}}

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.{{cite news|last=Cruz|first=Marinel|title=Beauty Condemned, Honduran Crowned|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6LhjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2115,5478607&dq=pricila+zandona+miss+earth+2003&hl=en|access-date=23 July 2011|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=12 November 2003}}{{cite news|title=Miss Afghanistan Takes Prize at Miss Earth Contest|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/miss-afghanistan-takes-prize-at-miss-earth-contest|access-date=23 July 2011|newspaper=Fox News|date=10 November 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916003701/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102603,00.html|archive-date=16 September 2010|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=People in the News .Miss Afghanistan Gets Special Prize .|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r8ROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rg4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6720,6911454&dq=pricila+zandona+miss+earth+2003&hl=en|access-date=23 July 2011|newspaper=Associated Press, Ocala Star-Banner|date=10 November 2003}}

File:Misswater2008.jpg 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.{{cite news|last=Azevedo|first=George|title=Miss Terra|url= http://tribunadonorte.com.br/noticia/miss-terra/132541|access-date=22 July 2011|newspaper=Tribuna do Norte|date=24 November 2009}}{{cite news|last=Globo Editor|first=News|title=Candidata de SP vence concurso Miss Terra Brasil 2010, em Belo Horizonte|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fg1.globo.com%2Fminas-gerais%2Fnoticia%2F2010%2F09%2Fcandidata-de-sp-vence-concurso-miss-terra-brasil-2010-em-bh.html|access-date=23 July 2011|newspaper=Globo Comunicação e Participações|date=9 December 2010}}

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.{{cite news|title=Raphaela Góes é a nova Miss Estado Terra|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fodiariodeteresopolis.com.br%2Fleitura_noticias.asp%3FIdNoticia%3D14973|access-date=23 July 2011|newspaper=O Diário de Teresópolis |date= 26 May 2011}}

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.{{cite news|title=Belo Horizonte recebe concurso Miss Terra Brasil 2011|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.correiobraziliense.com.br%2Fapp%2Fnoticia%2Fbrasil%2F2010%2F09%2F10%2Finterna_brasil%2C212452%2Findex.shtml|access-date=23 July 2011|newspaper=Correio Braziliense|date=10 September 2010}}{{cite web|title=Miss Terra Brasil 2012|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.looktopbeauty.com%2Fnovidades.html|work=27 January 2011|publisher=LOOK TOP BEAUTY PRODUÇÕES LTDA.|access-date=23 July 2011}}

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.

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.

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• Below, the winners of the national beauty pageant:

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• Miss Earth

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• [http://www.looktopbeauty.com/ Miss Earth Brazil]

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Category:Beauty pageants in Brazil

Category:Brazilian awards

Category:Recurring events established in 2001

Brazil

Category:2001 establishments in Brazil