Evelina Pereira (born 11 May 1978) is a Portuguese film, television, and stage actress, singer, and top model who was crowned Best Model of the World in 2002. As the 22nd holder of the title, she became the first woman and second person from Portugal to win Best Model of the World. She studied singing, piano, and violin at the Porto Music Conservatory. In 1999, she was a lead singer in the pop

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. ''Backlight'', in which Evelina Pereira played the lead character Helena, was the second highest-grossing Portuguese film in 2010. Her television work includes appearances in ''Made in Portugal'' (1995), ''Herman 98'' (1998), ''O Amigo Público'' (1998), ''Gala Portugal Fashion'' (1999), ''Mundo VIP'' (2001), ''Só Visto'' (2005), ''

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'' (2010). Pereira lived in Italy, England, France, Greece, Spain, and Brazil. She speaks fluent English, French, Italian, and Spanish in addition to her native language Portuguese. In 2015, she moved to

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Early life

Evelina Pereira was born on 11 May 1982 in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

, northwestern Portugal, to a family of artists. She got involved in theatre productions, ballet, and jazz dance at a very young age. She studied singing, piano, and violin at the Porto Music Conservatory. She was a lead singer in the

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Antilook that consisted of four other models, Vera Deus, Rute Marques, Raquel Loureiro, and Luísa Beirão.

Pageantry

Best Model of the World

Pereira competed in the 15th Best Model of the World pageant and won the title "Best Model of the World" on 30 November 2012, succeeding Best Model of the World 2011 Şenay Akay of Turkey. As the 22nd holder of the title, she became the first woman from Portugal to win Best Model of the World. This is the second time that Portugal has won the title, after Miguel Teixeira won the male division in 1996.

Acting career

She has played roles in a variety of films and television series. Her debut film role was in the 2003 Portuguese

film ''The Fascination''. She has acted in American and Portuguese films, including the 2007 American

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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