| has gloss | eng: Peladão is one of the world's largest amateur soccer tournaments with over 600 participating teams. It has been held in Manaus, Brazil every year since 1973. Peladão differs from other tournaments in that the event is equal part soccer tournament and beauty pageant. Each team is assigned a beauty queen to participate in the pageant. If the football team is eliminated in the competition it can be brought back if the beauty queen is successful in the beauty contest. The idea for the event comes from local newspaper A Crítica and local commentator Arnaldo Santos. The goal of the event is to teach virtues to the community through soccer. |
