摘要:This study focuses on the construction of a sensibility for the eugenic beauty harnessed to the Physical Education. Therefore, we searched in ‘A cura da Fealdade’, eugenist book, which dates from 1923 and was written by Renato Kehl, a chapter entitled "Saúde, Beleza, Robustez e a Educação Physica". In these pages, we found a condensed of images and texts that intertwine science and myth. We identified several elements capable of aiding in a process of education of the body notions. We noticed subsidies which make possible the construction of a sensibility concerning the physical activities and relationship with the eugenic ideal of beauty.