Jacqueline Meirelles

Jacqueline Meirelles
Born	Jacqueline Ribeiro Meireles (1963-04-15) 15 April 1963 (age 54) Cuiabá, Mato Grosso
Nationality	Brazilian
Modeling information
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Green
Manager	L'Equipe - São Paulo

Jacqueline Meirelles (Cuiabá, MT, 15 April 1963) is a Brazilian model, former television host and Miss Universo Brasil 1987. She was the first delegate from the Federal Capital, Brasília, to win an edition of this pageant since the inauguration of the city, on 21 April 1960. Currently, she works as jewel designer, manager and philanthropist.

First daughter of an attorney born in Ceará state and a manager from Minas Gerais, Jacqueline moved to Brasília seven months old. Before her election at Miss Distrito Federal pageant, in March 1987, she worked in a local bank as a receptionist and conciliated that work with her modelling career.

In March 1987, Jacqueline defeated other 15 contestants in a district pageant for the telecast of Miss Brazil pageant, held on 4 April on Anhembi Convention Pallace and broadcast nationally on SBT.

After her coronation, Jacqueline was invited to take a role in the permanent cast of popular comedy show A Praça é Nossa, hosted and created by Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega, after his dismissal from Rede Bandeirantes, where he hosted a show called Praça Brasil. At same time, the new Miss Brazil got ready for the Miss Universe 1987, held in Singapore on 26 May and also broadcast by SBT and, worldwide, by American-based network CBS.

Meirelles won the pageant's National Costume Award. It was the last great beauty contest win for the country until SBT's cancellation of Miss Brazil 1990. After that, the beauty pageant faced a lack of interest by the audience for the next decade.

After her reigning ended in 1988, Jacqueline hosted a SBT Wednesday movie session top-watched called Cinema em Casa. In 1989, she moved to Rede Manchete, where acted as co-host of daytime women show Mulher 90 with a future MTV Brasil VJ, Astrid Fontenelle.

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