Miss Earth Brazil

Miss Terra Brazil
Motto	Beauties for a Cause
Formation	2001
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Divinópolis, Minas Gerais
Location	Brazil
Membership	Miss Earth
Official languages	Portuguese
National Director	José Alonso Dias
Website	Official website

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

Miss Earth Brazil 2011 is Drielly Bennettone de Araújo, the current titleholder, who competed as Miss São Paulo.

History

Priscilla Meirelles 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 2001-2007.

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.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4][5]

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.^[4]

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, environmetal 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. ^[5]

Performance in Miss Earth

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 October 28, 2001.^[6][7][8]

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.^[9][10][11]

Brazil leads the ranking of most titles won since its participation in 2001. Priscilla Meirelles won the Miss Earth 2004 title and Larissa Ramos won the Miss Earth 2009.

Winners

Miss Earth 2009, Larissa Ramos

Year	Titleholder	State	Miss Earth Placement
2001	Simone Régis	Santa Catarina	1st runner-up
2002	Fabío la Effgen	Espírito Santo
2003	Priscila Poleselo Zandoná	Paraná	1st runner-up[12][13]
2004	Priscilla Meirelles de Almeida	Amazonas	Miss Earth 2004
2005	Isabella Miranda Chaves	Minas Gerais
2006	Ana Paula Quinot	Rio Grande do Sul
2007	Patrícia Ferreira Andrade	Minas Gerais
2008	Tatiana Kellen Alves	Minas Gerais	3rd runner-up
2009	Larissa Ramos	Amazonas	Miss Earth 2009
2010	Luíza de Almeida Lopes	Pernambuco
2011	Drielly Bennettone de Araújo	São Paulo	TBD

     Miss Earth winner

Special awards

The following are special awards in Miss Earth pageant won by Miss Terra Brasil titleholders:

• Miss Photogenic (Miss Earth 2004): Priscilla Meirelles de Almeida
• Best in Evening Gown (Miss Earth 2003): Priscila Poleselo Zandoná

Winners by state

State	Títles	Winning Years
Minas Gerais	03	2005, 2007, 2008
Amazonas	02	2004, 2009
São Paulo	01	2011
Pernambuco	01	2010
Rio Grande do Sul	01	2006
Paraná	01	2003
Espírito Santo	01	2002
Santa Catarina	01	2001

• The title of 2002 enters the counting for Espírito Santo despite their candidate did not represent in Miss Earth 2002.

References

1. ^ Azevedo, George (24 November 2009). "Miss Terra". Tribuna do Norte. http://tribunadonorte.com.br/noticia/miss-terra/132541. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
2. ^ Globo Editor, News (9 December 2010). "Candidata de SP vence concurso Miss Terra Brasil 2010, em Belo Horizonte". Globo Comunicação e Participações. http://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. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 
3. ^ News, On line (O Diário de Teresópolis - May 26, 2011). "Raphaela Góes é a nova Miss Estado Terra". O Diário de Teresópolis - May 26, 2011. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fodiariodeteresopolis.com.br%2Fleitura_noticias.asp%3FIdNoticia%3D14973. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} News, Online (10 September 2010). "Belo Horizonte recebe concurso Miss Terra Brasil 2011". Correio Braziliense. http://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. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Miss Terra Brasil 2012". 27 January 2011. LOOK TOP BEAUTY PRODUÇÕES LTDA.. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.looktopbeauty.com%2Fnovidades.html. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 
6. ^ Sanchez, Kym A. (April 22, 2002). "Elemental beauties: Up close with the Miss Earth winners". The Philippine Star. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=158215&publicationSubCategoryId=55. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
7. ^ Castro Barawid, Rachel (30 October 2001). "Danish student wins 1st Miss Earth". Manila Bulletin. http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/manila-bulletin/mi_7968/is_2001_Oct_30/danish-student-wins-1st-earth/ai_n32960737/. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
8. ^ Barawid, Rachel (30 October 2001). "Danish student wins 1st Miss Earth title". Manila Bulletin. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-79510645.html. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
9. ^ Cruz, Marinel (12 November 2003). "Beauty Condemned, Honduran Crowned". Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6LhjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2115,5478607&dq=pricila+zandona+miss+earth+2003&hl=en. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 
10. ^ News, Online (November 10, 2003). "Miss Afghanistan Takes Prize at Miss Earth Contest". Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102603,00.html. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 
11. ^ News, Online (10 November 2003). "People In The News .Miss Afghanistan Gets Special Prize .‎". Associated Press, Ocala Star-Banner. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r8ROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rg4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6720,6911454&dq=pricila+zandona+miss+earth+2003&hl=en. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 
12. ^ News, Online (10 November 2003). "Representante de Honduras ganó el concurso Miss Tierra 2003". El Deber. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eldeber.com.bo%2Fanteriores%2F20031110%2Fsociales_7.html. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 
13. ^ News, Online (15 May 2004). "Martinho Gusmao with Daniela". [Diario de Pernambuco]]. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pernambuco.com%2Fdiario%2F2004%2F05%2F15%2Fviver3_0.html. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 

External link

Miss Earth Brazil official website