Personality inspire and represent the female talent of Brazil
This Saturday 8 March, we celebrate International Women’s Day, a date to honor women’s results and remember that the struggle for equality continues. Throughout history, Brazilian women have challenged the barriers and reached global recognition in various areas. To celebrate this day, we highlight 11 personalities who inspire and represent the female talent of Brazil:
Art and entertainment:
Fernanda Torres:
The actress Fernanda Torres is the last pride of the Brazilian winning the Golden Globe for the best actress, for the film “I’m Still here”, where he played another important woman: the lawyer Eunice Paiva. Last Sunday 2, the feature film won the Oscar for the best international film and Fernanda Torres shone once again.
Fernanda Montenegro
Before Fernanda Torres conquers the Golden Globe and Oscar, her mother, Fernandona arrived by opening ways with the film “Central Do Brasil” (1998), which was appointed for the prizes, but did not take. He won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, 1998, for his acting as Dora of the film.
In addition, it was the first Brazilian to win the international Emmy in the best actress for the M. Not to mention their unforgettable roles in the soap opera, exported to various countries.
Anit
The powerful carioca came out of the suburb of Rio and managed to bring funk to various parts of the world and detonate many successes. In addition, he performed the main music festivals around the world, was appointed twice for Grammy and has shots with millions of views on streaming and YouTube.
Gisele Bündchen
The top model left Brazil and became one of the first tops of the country to achieve international success. There were dozens of covers of magazines and campaigns for famous brands such as Chloé, Dolce & Gabana, Valentino, Gianfranco Ferré, Ralph Lauren and Versace.
Vogue’s online encyclopedia states that: “With the approach of the year 2000, Gisele Bündchen was the sexiest model in the world, opening a new category in popular imagination: the Brazilian bomb”.
On August 26, 2008, Bündchen was listed by the New York Daily News as the fourth most powerful person in the world of fashion.
Tarsila do amaral
Born in Capivari (SP), the artist Tarsila do Amaral (1886-173) of the modernist movement made his art spread in the four corners of the world and became known as one of the most famous painters of this phase. In 1901, at the age of 16, Tarsila painted his first photo, “Sacred Heart of Jesus”.
She was considered a woman of strong personality, decided and transmitting it in her artistic traits, which made him a sign in the Brazilian visual arts.
The best known work of Tarsila do Amaral is the painting “Abportu” (1928) which was given as a gift to Oswald de Andrade, her husband at the time. The work was purchased by an Argentine collector for $ 2.5 million and, subsequently, donated to the Malba (Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires).
Chiquinha Gonzaga
The Brazilian composer, instrumentalist and regent Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847-1935) left ways for the popular music of the country by composing Marcinho “ó Open Alas”. She was the first woman to govern an orchestra in Brazil and left a legacy of over 2,000 compositions for Brazilian music.
Literature:
Clarice Lispettor
Born in Ukraine and naturalized Brazilian, the writer is the author of novels, stories and essays and is considered one of the most important Brazilian women of the twentieth century.
Clarice Lispector (1920-1977) died before the feminist movement consolidated in Brazil, but his work speaks of the condition of women in the twentieth century and cited the oppression of a patriarchal society.
Cecília Meireles
Cecilia Meireles (1901-1964) is a poet of the second generation of Brazilian modernism. His best known work is the novelty of uncondência. His books speak of love, loneliness, time, eternity, desire, suffering, religion and death.
Although “poet” is a male name, Cecilia never liked to be called poet. For her, this meant a decrease in her work, as they called her a “arrested” woman.
Cora Coralina
The poet Cora Coralina (1889-1985) is considered a strong and libertarian woman in her works. Although he did not make any feminist speech directly, the way he set himself in the macho and in the conservative society in which he lived it also made it represent the genre.
Born and raised in the city of Goiás, Cora left in 1911 in order to live alongside the lawyer Cantídio Tolentino de Figueiredo Britas, who was married. He raised four children who worked inside San Paolo after his husband’s death. Forty -five years later, he returned to Goiás to revisit his memories and write on that place.
Sport:
Rebeca Andrade
The gymnast attracted the attention of the world showing his skills at the 2024 Olympic Games.
With the result on the ground, Rebeca Andrade reached four medals at the Paris Olympics. Added to the two who won in Tokyo 2020, has six podiums in Olympic history.
Social assistance:
Sister Dulce
Maria Rita de Sousa Brits Lopes Pontes, known as sister Dulce or Santa Dulce dei Poori (1911-1992), was a Brazilian and saint nun of the Catholic Church, he remembered for his charity works. In 2019, he was canonized by the Catholic Church and became the first Brazilian saint.
The nun was one of the most popular religious in the country and became known for philanthropic work and the legacy that he left in the social works that bear his name.
Source: Terra
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