Júlia do Vale Horta (born 31 March 1994) is a Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Brasil 2019. She represented Brazil at the

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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

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, 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' 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, Miss Brasil 2019 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 Miss Brasil 2019 by the outgoing titleholder Mayra Dias.

Miss Universe 2019

Júlia represented

in the

pageant where she placed in the top 20.

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horta, Julia 1994 births Living people Models from Juiz de Fora Brazilian female models Brazilian beauty pageant winners Miss Brazil winners Miss Universe 2019 contestants