Bruna Surfistinha
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Bruna Surfistinha is the pen name
of Raquel Pacheco, a Brazilian former prostitute who attracted the attention of Brazilian media
and television
by publishing, in a weblog, her sexual
experiences with clients. Bruna explained in television programs that she was a normal girl, but that at around the age of 17 she left home because of the traditional family oriented views of her father and to start to earn money.
Bruna appeared in various television programs in Brazil and several periodicals and magazines. Her blog attracts more than 50,000 readers per day. She appeared in some pornographic films in Brazil.
In 2005 she released a book: O Doce Veneno do Escorpião (The Scorpion's Sweet Venom) (ISBN 85-7695-017-0). The book was translated into English with the title Diary of a Brazilian call girl. The Scorpion's Sweet Venom, and published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2006. This book also inspired the 2011 Brazilian film Bruna Surfistinha
, starring Deborah Secco
in the main role.
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
of Raquel Pacheco, a Brazilian former prostitute who attracted the attention of Brazilian media
Mass media
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and television
Television
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by publishing, in a weblog, her sexual
Human sexuality
Human sexuality is the awareness of gender differences, and the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. Human sexuality can also be described as the way someone is sexually attracted to another person whether it is to opposite sexes , to the same sex , to either sexes , or not being...
experiences with clients. Bruna explained in television programs that she was a normal girl, but that at around the age of 17 she left home because of the traditional family oriented views of her father and to start to earn money.
Bruna appeared in various television programs in Brazil and several periodicals and magazines. Her blog attracts more than 50,000 readers per day. She appeared in some pornographic films in Brazil.
In 2005 she released a book: O Doce Veneno do Escorpião (The Scorpion's Sweet Venom) (ISBN 85-7695-017-0). The book was translated into English with the title Diary of a Brazilian call girl. The Scorpion's Sweet Venom, and published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2006. This book also inspired the 2011 Brazilian film Bruna Surfistinha
Bruna Surfistinha (film)
Bruna Surfistinha is a 2011 Brazilian drama film based on the 2005 drama book O Doce Veneno do Escorpião by Raquel Pacheco...
, starring Deborah Secco
Deborah Secco
Deborah Fialho Secco is a Brazilian actress.- Television Series :- Films :-Magazine covers:* Uma Magazine, in February 2007....
in the main role.
External links (in Portuguese)
- Bruna's Blog
- Bruna's Blog turns a Book
- VIP Magazine interview Bruna
- ROHTER, LLarry RohterWilliam Lawrence Rohter, Jr. — known as Larry Rohter — is an American journalist who was a South American bureau chief for The New York Times from 1999 to 2007...
. She Who Controls Her Body Can Upset Her Countrymen. The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
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