Priscilla Meirelles, a medical student from Brazil, was named Miss Earth 2004 Sunday, winning a beauty pageant that promotes environmental concerns. [See Photos]

Meirelles, 21, bested 60 other candidates for the title in suburban Quezon City.

There are no first and runner-up finishers in the competition _ each of the final four receives a title. Yanina Gonzalez, a 24-year-old marketing student from Paraguay, was named Miss Fire; Murielle Celimene, an 18-year-old student from Martinique, was Miss Air, and Stephanie Lesage, a 20-year-old social economics student from Tahiti, was Miss Water.

The Miss Earth pageant, launched three years ago by a Philippine production outfit, requires candidates to be aware of environmental problems faced by their respective countries.