Miss Acre is a Brazilian beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Acre at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1956 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1957, 1960–1962, 1990, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. The state contest is currently coordinated by journalist Allex Tomás. Acre still has yet to win any crowns in the national contest.
Results summary
Placements
Miss Brazil:
1st Runner-Up: Maria Cláudia Barreto (2006)
2nd Runner-Up: Danielle Knidel (2011)
3rd Runner-Up:
4th Runner-Up: Alessandra Costa Couto (1998)
Top 5/Top 8/Top 9:
Top 10/Top 11/Top 12: Rosângela Terezinha Michels (1982); Leila dos Santos Gomes (1997); Kailane Amorim (2017)
No national Miss Brazil contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and change in the national franchise holder which caused the national titleholder to be appointed.[4]
From São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Rosângela was invited to represent Acre. She was a candidate for Miss Brasília in 1980 (representing Minas Brasília Tênis Clube) and the Queen of Carnival in 1980 (representing Clube da Imprensa).
In 1980, the Government of Acre boycotted the state contest, claiming that it was a private promotion of the Diários Associados, with no reason to spend public money. In that edition, the State was represented by Nova Iguaçu native and candidate for Miss State of Rio de Janeiro 1980, Wanize Magri.[17]
Maria Anunciada "Ada" Fernandes da Cunha, from Fortaleza, Ceará, was invited to represent the territory after achieving prominence with the titles of "Queen of the Associated Diaries" and "Queen of Students of the Liceu do Ceará".
Nascília was the first representative elected by contest and also the first from the capital, since she was elected "Miss Rio Branco" on August 31, 1957, and later the most beautiful in the state in the halls of Rio Branco Futebol Clube on September 5, 1957 . She competed in the state pageant with only one other candidate from Cruzeiro do Sul.
Wilma was invited to represent the then territory by the then Governor of AcreValério Caldas de Magalhães [pt]. At the time, she was studying Philosophy in Rio de Janeiro. Her father was a doctor from Rio de Janeiro and her mother came from a traditional Acre family. Wilma was sashed as "Miss Territorio do Acre" at the "Casa do Acreano" in Rio de Janeiro.