Nearly everyone can hum at least a few lines of the famous bossa nova classic, “The Girl From Ipanema.” But most don’t know the story of the girl who inspired the song by lyricist Vinicius ...

More than half a century after her bikini-clad body inspired a song about the Brazilian beach where she was a regular, the original "Girl From Ipanema" continues to stir curiosity. Helo Pinheiro ...

The Manchete magazine article that revealed the real Girl from Ipanema, Helo Pinheiro, with text by Vinicius de Moraes.Credit: “Her name is Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto, but everyone calls ...

Her life changed forever. The 'Girl From Ipanema', a.k.a. Helo Pinheiro. (Credit: Gilberto Haider) “They gave me this song as a gift,” she says now. “I just have to say thanks, because my ...

Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Ipanema goes running – this time with the Olympic torch. Helô Pinheiro, 71, the woman who was immortalized by the 1960s bossa nova classic “Th ...

At the young age of 22, she became a prominent figure with her performances in “The Girl from Ipanema” and “Corcovado ... young woman named Helô Pinheiro, who would often walk by ...

Getty Images Jobim, along with Vinícius de Moraes, had penned “Garota de Ipanema,” which was inspired by the duo’s infatuation with a teenage girl named Heloísa Pinheiro, who used to ...

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Later Jobim said, “She had long, golden hair, these bright green eyes that shone at you and a fantastic figure: let’s just say that she had everything in the right place…” Helo Pinheiro the girl from ...