Bruna Surfistinha

Bruna Surfistinha
Surfistinha in 2009
Surfistinha in 2009
BornRaquel Pacheco
(1984-10-28) 28 October 1984 (age 40)
Sorocaba, Brazil
Pen nameBruna Surfistinha
OccupationWriter, former sex worker and former pornographic actress[1]
GenreBiography
Notable worksThe Scorpion's Sweet Venom

Bruna Surfistinha (Portuguese for "Little Surfer Bruna") is the pen name of Raquel Pacheco[2] (born 28 October 1984), a Brazilian former sex worker who attracted the attention of Brazilian media by publishing, in a blog, her sexual experiences with clients. Bruna explained in television programs that she was a normal girl, who had been adopted by a high/middle-class family but that at around the age of 17 she left her home and her family because of the traditional family oriented views of her father and to start to live on her own. Bruna appeared in various television programs in Brazil and several periodicals and magazines. Her blog attracted more than 50,000 readers per day. She appeared in some pornographic films in Brazil. In 2005, she released a book entitled O Doce Veneno do Escorpião (The Scorpion's Sweet Venom).[3] In just over a month it sold over 30,000 copies in its third edition,[4] and became the best selling book in Brazil.[5] The book was translated into English and published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2006.[6] Bruna's book also inspired the 2011 Brazilian film[7] Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl, starring Deborah Secco in the main role, and the 2016 TV series Me Chama de Bruna, starring Maria Bopp in the main role. In 2011, Bruna also appeared in a Brazilian reality show called A Fazenda (local version of The Farm) finishing as the second runner-up (third place).[8] Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl grossed $12,356,515 in Brazil, first national film after international films in the Brazil 2011 Box Office,[9] thanks to Bruna's popularity with the Brazilian public.

  1. ^ ""Bruna Surfistinha" atinge 2 milhões de espectadores". Quem (in Portuguese). Editora Globo. March 23, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  2. ^ Rohter, Larry (27 April 2006). "She Who Controls Her Body Can Upset Her Countrymen". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ^ Bruna Surfistinha (2005). O Doce Veneno do Escorpião: o Diário de Uma Garota de Programa [The Scorpion's Sweet Venom: The Diary of a Call Girl] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Panda Books. ISBN 85-7695-017-0.
  4. ^ Benson, Todd (December 12, 2005). "Prostitute tells all in Brazilian bestseller". Latin American Herald Tribune. Reuters.
  5. ^ "Bate-papo com "Tive mente fraca quando achei que seria fácil", diz Raquel Pacheco sobre sua fase Bruna Surfistinha - Arquivo - Bate-papo com convidados". Bate-papo UOL (in Portuguese). 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  6. ^ Bruna Surfistinha (2006). The Scorpion's Sweet Venom: The Diary of a Brazilian Call Girl. Translated by Entrekin, Alison. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 1-59691-275-8.
  7. ^ ""Bruna Surfistinha" ultrapassa 2 milhões de espectadores". Último Segundo (in Portuguese). Internet Group. March 23, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  8. ^ "Estrelando - Raquel Pacheco fica com o terceiro lugar de A Fazenda". www.estrelando.com. 12 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "2011 Brazil Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 17, 2014.