Priscilla Meirelles

Pageant titleholder bio
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nationalcompetition=Miss Earth 2004 (winner), Miss Globe 2003 (winner)
birthname= Priscilla Meirelles Almeida
alias= Priscilla Meirelles

Priscilla Meirelles Almeida (born 1983), from Brazil, won the 2004 Miss Earth pageant held in the Philippines. In winning Miss Earth, Brazil became the first country to win the "Big Four" in beauty pageants. She is 5'10" tall with a 35"-24"-35" figure also claimed the Best in National Costume Award. She also won the Miss Globe 2003 pageant.

She is dating Filipino commercial model and actor John Estrada. She was also formerly linked to commercial model Marc Nelson, who was the host/presenter of Miss Earth 2004, Priscilla's winning pageant. [cite news|title=Gretchen: Shaken but not broken |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=86028|publisher=ABS-CBN News Online|first=Ricardo |last= Lo F.
date=2007-07-27|accessdate=2008-08-29]

Priscilla co-hosted the Miss Earth pageant coronation night for two succeeding years. She first co-hosted the Miss Earth 2006 won by Hil Hernández of Chile that took place on November 26, 2006 in the grounds of the National Museum in Manila, Philippines. [cite news|title=Chile beauty is Miss Earth|url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=35138|publisher=Inquirer Entertainment|first=Armin|last=Adina
date=2006-11-28|accessdate=2008-08-29] and Miss Earth 2007 won by Jessica Trisko of Canada, which took place on November 11, 2007 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. [cite news|title=Miss Earth 2007: A night of surprises|url=http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife3_nov17_2007|publisher=Manila Standard Today|first=Giovanni Paolo|last=Yazon J.
date=2007-11-18|accessdate=2008-08-29]

Beauty pageant

In 2003, Priscilla Meirelles represented the State of Amazon in Miss Globe Brazil held on March 15 that year in Brasilia, and was elected, then won the 2003 Miss Globe pageant in Antalya, Turkey on July 25 the same year. On July 28, 2004 she won the Beleza Brazil pageant, held in Belo Horizonte and on October 24, 2004 she became the first Brazilian to be crowned Miss Earth, held in Quezon City (Philippines).

In 2007 Priscilla lives in the Philippines, where she works as a successful model. She graces the cover of several publications, including the local edition of Vogue Magazine and Playboy Magazine Philippines in April 2008, but without sensitive body exposures. [ [http://www.missglobeinternational.com/history/2003/index.html Miss Globe Official Website] ] [ [http://www.missearth.tv/ Miss Earth Official Website] ] [ [http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/earth.htm Pageantopolis] ] [ [http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-earth/parade/ Pageant Almanac- Parade of Nations] ] [ [http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-earth/semi-finalists.php Pageant Almanac- Semifinalists] ] [ [http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-earth/award-winners.php Pageant Almanac- Award Winners] ] [ [http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-earth/locations.php Pageant Almanac- Locations & Dates] ] [ [http://www.missosology.org/ Missosology] ]

Carousel Production Inc. titleholders
Year=2004
Miss Earth=Priscilla Meirelles
Miss Philippines-Earth=Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto

Big Four Pageants titleholders
Year=2004
Miss Universe=Jennifer Hawkins
Miss World=Maju Mantilla
Miss Earth=Priscilla Meirelles
Miss International=Jeymmy Vargas

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