Neve ("Snow" in Italian) is a humanized female snowball that wears red and represents "softness, friendship and elegance."

Of these candidates, five came to the final round in which they were evaluated by an international jury selected by TOROC.

Finally, the winners, Albuquerque's "Neve and Gliz," were submitted on September 28, 2004, exactly 500 days before the opening of the Olympics.

For the Paralympic Games, TOROC subsequently requested Albuquerque for the creation of a new mascot along the creative lines of Neve and Gliz.

He created Aster, a stylized snow flake that is to convey the Paralympic ideals: the determination, passion and courage of the disabled athlete.