| Years active 1962 - 2003 Name Heloisa Pinheiro | Role Model Grandchildren Rafaella Justus | |
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| Born 7 July 1945 (age 78) (1945-07-07) Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Occupation model and businesswoman Website www.garotadeipanema.com.br Spouse Fernando Abel Mendes Pinheiro (m. 1966) Marriage location Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Children Ticiane Pinheiro, Fernando Mendes Pinheiro Junior, Kiki Pinheiro, Jo Pinheiro Parents Eneida de Menezes, Juarez Paz Pinto Similar Sílvia Pfeifer, Betty Lago, Maria João (model) | ||
Descubre la historia de la famosa “Garota de Ipanema” | Un Nuevo Día | Telemundo
Meet the "Girl from Ipanema" Who Inspired the Worldwide Hit | The Oprah Winfrey Show | OWN
Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto (born July 7, 1945), better known as Helô Pinheiro ([eˈlo piˈɲejɾu]), is a Brazilian model and businesswoman.
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- Descubre la historia de la famosa Garota de Ipanema Un Nuevo Da Telemundo
- Meet the Girl from Ipanema Who Inspired the Worldwide Hit The Oprah Winfrey Show OWN
- Girl from Ipanema legal case
- References

At the age of 17, Pinheiro became the source of inspiration for the song "Girl from Ipanema" when she was seen strolling to the beach in her native Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema neighbourhood by songwriters Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.

Pinheiro became a Brazilian Playboy Playmate in 1987 and once again in 2003, when she did a pictorial along with her daughter, Ticiane Pinheiro.

She also appeared in the second season of The Amazing Race, for the Beach portion of the first Detour clue, and on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12, for a modelling challenge in Brazil.

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