Fernanda Lessa is a Brazilian top model

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. She was born April 15, 1977 in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, Brazil

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. She is 5'10" (1.78 m) tall and has brown hair and eyes.

She started her career very early and moved to Milan

Milan

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 after a few years. She first became famous in the year 2000 because of her photo appearing on the cover of GQ magazine, and because of a spot for Campari

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. She then appeared with Christian Vieri

Christian Vieri

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 in an ad for Alice

Telecom Italia

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 ADSL. Fernanda also had a short relationship with the Italian

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 soccer

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 player. She is also a professional DJ and tours famous Italian clubs with her DJ set show. Lessa worked for Italian TV, hosting fashion shows and attending several chat shows. In 2006, she participated in the reality show L'Isola dei Famosi (The Italian version of Celebrity Survivor) and was the first evicted by the audience.