For 28 years, Roberta Close lived in Europe and withdrew from public life in Brazil. See current photos of the model who revolutionized Brazilian popular culture
THE model and entrepreneur Roberta Close has risen to prominence in recent days on social networks after posting a series of photos in beachwear. At age 58, the 80s muse surprised fans by showing off her body in low-cut bathing suits.
The photos received a shower of praise on the web. 🇧🇷It’s like wine, it gets better every day“, commented a fan. “How nice! Benza Deus”, wrote a boy. “Icon of beauty”, praised an Internet user. “You will always be my muse”, thanked an admirer.
Roberta has lived in Europe for 28 years and withdrew from public life in Brazil. She currently lives in Switzerland with her husband, Roland Granacher. A documentary, still without release date, has been prepared to tell the story of the model.
Roberta Gambine Moreira, popularly known as Roberta Close, is a model and entrepreneur who rose to fame in Brazil in the 1980s, has become a beauty reference and has raised debates about transsexuality, gender identity and rights of the LGBTQIA+ population🇧🇷
Roberta started her career in the early 80s, at the age of 16. She is a renowned model, she has represented internationally renowned stylists on the catwalks, such as Thierry Mugler and Jean Paul Gaultier. Her national fame came in 1984 when she was a star in Rio. Since then, there have been numerous invitations to television shows and even to grace the cover of Playboy magazine. It was the first time a trans woman was the main highlight of the publication.
Roberta has become a symbol of the LGBTQIA+ community for having taken advantage of the visibility of the media to expose problems experienced up to now by the trans population, such as the difficulty of obtaining new documents with the social name. It took 15 years of fighting and many denied requests until Roberta Gambine Moreira stamped her birth certificate and other documents.
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