32 Facts About Raica Oliveira

Raica Oliveira has two brothers: Givago and Pablo.

Raica Oliveira graduated from the Sao Vicente de Paula school in Niteroi.

Raica Oliveira dreamed of becoming a model since she was ten years old.

Raica Oliveira was discovered by the same agent who discovered Gisele Bundchen, Sergio Mattos.

In 1999, Raica Oliveira entered the Elite Model Look contest in Brazil and beat 30,000 girls for the top prize.

Raica Oliveira was sent to Nice, France, for the final international competition, where she placed second.

Soon thereafter, she moved to New York with her mother Conceicao de Raica Oliveira to try to build her career.

Raica Oliveira was christened "The Sensation" at the 1999 fall fashion shows in Paris and Milan.

Raica Oliveira was one of the most talked about models of the season alongside Adriana Lima, Maggie Rizer, Oluchi and Karen Elson.

In May 2000 Raica Oliveira was one of the models to appear in the Vogue USA edition' segment Blame It On Rio, the photographer was Mario Testino and featured models like Gisele Bundchen and Fernanda Tavares.

Raica Oliveira then replaced top model Naomi Campbell at the Selmark Underwear Collection 2006 fashion show.

In March 2007 Raica Oliveira joined IMG Paris and she appeared in Ann Taylor advertisements.

Raica Oliveira became the new face of Avon Oliveira is a representative for David Morris London jewelry.

Raica Oliveira was one of the supermodels who appeared in the Blame It On Brazil edition of Vanity Fair in September 2007, photographed by Mario Testino.

Raica Oliveira is featured in the Sports Illustrated 2007 Calendar and appeared at the Sports Illustrated 2007 Sportsman of the Year Awards on 4 December 2007.

Raica Oliveira landed a contract with the fashion brand XOXO for the year 2008.

Raica Oliveira is currently with Next Models, Elite Models, Munchen Models, and more.

Sao Paulo Fashion Week released a calendar featuring 25 Brazilian models including Raica Oliveira, photographed by Bob Wolfenson with art direction by Giovanni Bianco.

Raica Oliveira graced the May 2008 cover of Spain's YO DONA magazine.

The fashion week in Sao Paulo for the summer season 2010 featured Raica Oliveira walking on the fashion shows of Agua de Coco.

Raica Oliveira is featured in the brands new campaign in 2009.

Raica Oliveira is the first Brazilian model ever to appear in a Swarovski campaign.

Raica Oliveira is the face of the Ginga Collection which hits the stores in April 2010.

Since the year 2000 Raica Oliveira has appeared in more than 6 Vogue editions such as Vogue USA, Vogue Australia, Vogue Spain, Vogue Italy, Vogue Brazil, Vogue Paris.

In November 2010 Raica Oliveira became the new face of lingerie brand Ultimo replacing Kelly Brook.

However, while Raica Oliveira is happy to pose in her underwear for the new campaign, she has drawn the line at ever posing nude.

Since 2008, Raica Oliveira has been working as a reporter in Paris and New York for the Portuguese Jornal Record.

Raica Oliveira will be reporting on fashion occasions occurring in Paris and New York for the program Hoje em Dia which is hosted by fellow model Ana Hickmann.

Raica Oliveira was going to be the presenter of Forum Desenvolvimento Sustentavel 2008 but was unable to do so because of her modeling work.

Raica Oliveira is a vegetarian and she has stated she has been one her whole life and does not feel the urge to eat animal meat.

Raica Oliveira has six tattoos and plans to study philosophy at university when she retires.

Raica Oliveira's photograph is in a book in calendar format that the Hope House has launched in 2008.