Júlia do Vale Horta (born 31 March 1994) is a Brazilian model and a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

Miss Brasil 2019 Miss Brazil 2019 ( pt, Miss Brasil 2019), officially Miss Brazil Be Emotion 2019 ( pt, Miss Brasil Be Emotion 2019), was the 65th edition of the Miss Brazil beauty pageant which held on 9 March 2019 at São Paulo Expo Exhibition & Convention Cent ...

. She represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2019 pageant, where she placed in the top 20.

Career

Júlia has a long history in the field of beauty pageants. She first competed for 'Miss World Minas Gerais' where she eventually became the winner and represented her state at the national pageant Miss Mundo Brasil 2015, which selects the Brazilian representative in

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...

, becoming Top 10 semifinalist. However, after the resignation of the original winner, Júlia inherited the 4th runner-up position. In 2016, she represented

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at '

Reinado Internacional del Café 2016 Reinado Internacional del Café 2016 (International Coffee Queen) beauty pageant, was held in Manizales, Colombia, on January 9, 2016. At the end of the event, the outgoing queen Yuri Uchida, Reina Internacional del Café 2015 from Japan crowned ...

' pageant and became the 1st runner-up. She then participated at the 'Miss Mundo Brasil' pageant again in

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, representing the region of

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and became 2nd runner-up. She represented

at Miss Tourism International 2017 and bagged the 4th runner-up position.

Miss Brasil 2019

In 2019, Júlia represented the state of

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at the national beauty pageant,

which was held on March 9, 2019, at São Paulo Expo Exhibition & Convention Center in the city of

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, Brazil. At the end of the event, Julia was crowned as

by the outgoing titleholder

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Miss Universe 2019

Júlia represented

in the Miss Universe 2019 pageant where she placed in the top 20.

References

External links

Official website
* 1994 births Living people People from Juiz de Fora Brazilian female models Brazilian beauty pageant winners Miss Brazil winners Miss Universe 2019 contestants {{Pageant-bio-stub