Punta del Este is an upscale resort on the southern tip of Uruguay, southeast of Maldonado and about 140 km east of Montevideo. Although the town has a year-round population of about 7,300, the summer tourist boom often boosts the population by an extra 500,000.One of the summer attractions is the Miss Atlantico Internacional pageant that has been held annually since 1987. The pageant attracts entrants from the Americas and Europe, and next year South Africa will participate for the first time when Michelle Gildenhuys takes to the stage on Saturday 12 February.
You could be the second South African to compete at this international pageant if you enter, and win, the Miss Atlantic Surf pageant in Strand. If you are the lucky lady that wins this pageant on Saturday 16 April, you will be winging your way to Uruguay in February 2012 to compete at Miss Atlantico Internacional.