Category: Soul In Shape

Featuring Vanessa Cortês

The “Mineirinha” Vanessa Cortês is a beautiful nurse who loves dancing and doing weight training. As a child, Vanessa enjoyed dancing and always admired the Samba schools in the Sapucaí “Sambodromo” during the Brazilian Carnival in Rio.

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Featuring Valeria Milton Cruz

This brunette with typical Brazilian looks decided to leave Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to study English in the U.S. and originally settled in New York City. She lives in Orlando and is a licensed aesthetician and massage therapist, who works part-time as a professional samba dancer

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Featuring Marisa Cortez

Now with two adults in her supervision, Marisa Cortez is the perfect example for a mother in great shape. She became interested in fitness after she had her first baby. At the time, she was feeling uncomfortable with her body.

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Featuring Kamilla Rodrigues

When she was a child, Kamilla disliked waking up early every morning to go to school and would count the hours until school was over. Now she is concentrated in her studies and dream of being a very successful lawyer.

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Featuring Jonia McClenney

Born in the Northeast of Brazil, Jonia started Brazilian folk dances such as pastoril, frevo, xaxado and forro when she was just four years old. By age 13 she fell in love with fitness and started taking aerobic classes and lifting weights. Her love for Hip Hop brought her to Los Angeles

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Featuring Flavia Crisos

When Flávia was dancer she was very slim and she needed to gain more muscle size. She was 14 when she started lifting weights. But only in the University, Flavia started to train seriously because she got to understand the training process.

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Featuring Gisella Moran Ferreira

This Brazilian-American girl started dancing samba when she was still a baby with the help of her parents. Her dad helped her since she was a baby by moving her hips and exposing her to Samba.

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Featuring Marquisha Walker

Born and raised in Long Beach, California, this 5’5”, 115lb Sagittarius enjoys reading, dancing, watching movies and playing capoeira! Marquisha Walker is a financial professional by day and Samba dancer by night.

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Featuring Sade Ellis

Currently living in Miami, Florida, Sade comes to us with a background in Soca, Samba and aerial dancing. We had the opportunity to interview Sade, where she tells us of her dreams and passions.

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