This is Heloisa Pinheiro, the muse that inspired Antonio Carlo Jobim's "The Girl from Ipanema" back in 1962. Now in her early 60s she is still stunningly beautiful. We can just imagine what she was like at age 17 when Vinicius de Moraes--who wrote the song's lyrics--described her as being "like a samba that swings so cool and sways so gentle." Whew. Sorry ladies, we had to give props.
[Photo by Scott Vogel, washingtonpost.com]
