Jacqueline Meirelles

Jacqueline Meirelles (Cuiabá, MT, 15 April 1963) is a Brazilian model, former television host, and Miss Brazil Universe 1987 titleholder.^[1] 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.

Childhood

First daughter of an attorney born in Ceará state and a manager from Minas Gerais, Jacqueline moved to Brasília at 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.

Miss Brazil win

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.

Television career

After her coronation, Jacqueline was invited to take a part of regular 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 titleholder taken her preparatives to Miss Universe 1987, held in Singapore on 26 May and also broadcast by SBT and worldwide by American-based network CBS.

Meirelles, who was not in the top 10 semifinalists, won previously the National Costume Award. It was a last greatest win for the country before the SBT cancellation of Miss Brazil for its schedule in 1990 and the media decadence of the beauty pageants in Brazil during the rest of the 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. She was also acted in a special projects of the network.

She also was acted as a merchandising girl of the same shows hosted by Gugu Liberato and invited from the weekly regular program of Hebe Camargo, both aired in SBT. In TV Gazeta, appeared regularly on the daytime show Mulheres.

In 1995, Meirelles was a host of syndicated show called Vivendo com Classe, what she appeared showing sophisticated automobiles and explanation its modern equipmentes.

Model works

Jacqueline began as a professional model in a defunct agency Jet Set and since 1991 is exclusive from São Paulo-based firm L'Equipe.

She was cover of several magazines such as Nova, Cláudia, Minha and Mãe. Also acted in campaigns and TV commercials to Bradesco, SunBlock, the defunct Banco Nacional, Ponto Frio, Itaú, IBM, Avon, Hotel Sofitel, Gelol, Brastemp, Jardim Sul shopping mall, Banco do Brasil, Rexona, Palmolive and others.

Music career

At the end of 1980's, Jacqueline was a backing vocalist for the band Grafitte. Due to Plano Collor freezing private assets and the negative impact on Brazilian economy, the group was ended in 1990.

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