Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Born |
Priscilla Meirelles de Almeida 5 September 1983 Manaus, Brazil |
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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) |
Spouse | John Estrada (m. 2011) |
Children | 1 |
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.
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.
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