Fernanda was born in Natal, a northern Brazilian town on September 22,
1980. She was always very beautiful and people would tell her that she
should be a model. She decided to try the Elite Look of the Year and
she won at age 13, having to move to New York afterwards to pursue
modeling, and never stopped working since then.
A really important step was when she went to Paris and in only two
weeks she modeled for "Chanel" and "Galiano" and was photographed for
"Vogue". After that all the top fashion designers wanted her, such as
Ralph Lauren, Versace, Luis Vuitton, Armani and Chloe. Then she became
famous in Brazil by working as a VJ for MTV Brazil on two different
occasions: first at age 16 presenting a show about dating, then at age
23 presenting "Missão MTV" (MTV mission) a show modeled after Queer Eye
for the Straight Guy.
Fernanda has appeared in several important magazines, such as "Marie
Claire", "ELLE", "Vogue", "Cosmopolitan", "Allure" and "Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue".