Priscilla Meirelles

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Meirelles and the second or paternal family name is de Almeida.

Priscilla Meirelles

Beauty pageant titleholder
Miss Earth 2004
Born	Priscilla Meirelles de Almeida (1983-09-05) 5 September 1983 Manaus, Brazil
Other names	Priscilla Meirelles
Years active	2003–present
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Hair color	Brunette
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Globe 2003 (Winner) Miss Earth 2004 (Winner)

Priscilla Meirelles de Almeida-Estrada (born 5 September 1983) is a Brazilian model, host, actress, environmentalist, and beauty queen. She won the Miss Earth 2004 pageant held in the Philippines. She also won the Miss Globe 2003 pageant. Meirelles has been married to Filipino actor and model John Estrada since March 2011.

Biography

Early and personal life

Meirelles was born in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. She is of Portuguese, Spanish, and Brazilian descent. Her father Luis Claudio Almeida is an advertising company creative director and her mother, Marcia Regina Meirelles is a businesswoman.

Filipino actor, host, and model John Estrada proposed to marry Mereilles on 15 July 2009 at Elbert’s Steak House in Makati. They were married on 26 February 2011 in La Union, Philippines. The couple announced her pregnancy in July 2011 and had a baby shower of their first child on 22 January 2012 held at The Peninsula Manila. She first gave birth to a daughter, Sammanta Anechka, on 6 February 2012.

Beauty pageant

In 2003, Meirelles represented the State of Amazon in Miss Globe Brazil held on 15 March that year in Brasília, and was elected, then won the 2003 Miss Globe pageant in Antalya, Turkey on 25 July the same year. On 28 July 2004 she won the Beleza Brazil pageant, held in Belo Horizonte and on 24 October 2004 she became the first Brazilian to be crowned Miss Earth, held in Quezon City (Philippines). She also won the Most Photogenic Award. In winning Miss Earth, Brazil became the first country to win the "Big Four" in beauty pageants

Meirelles co-hosted the Miss Earth pageant coronation night for three succeeding years in the Philippines. She first co-hosted the Miss Earth 2006 won by Hil Hernández of Chile that took place in the grounds of the National Museum in Manila followed by the Miss Earth 2007 pageant won by Jessica Trisko of Canada held at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, and lastly the Miss Earth 2008 pageant that took place at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga where the Philippines' bet Karla Henry won the coveted crown. She was also the chairwoman of the Miss Earth 2009 panel of judges.

External links

• Priscilla Meirelles Star Magic ABS-CBN
• Priscilla Meirelles Official Site
• Priscilla Meirelles Public Figure

Preceded by Jennifer Schooler	Miss Globe International 2003	Succeeded by Kristina Slavinskaya
Preceded by Priscila Zandoná	Miss Earth Brazil 2004	Succeeded by Isabella Chaves
Preceded by Dania Prince	Miss Earth 2004	Succeeded by Alexandra Braun
Preceded by Carlene Aguilar	Showtime Hurado 8 May 2010 – 29 May 2010	Succeeded by Aubrey Miles