Patrícia Araújo (also known as Patrícia Oliveira; 11 March 1982 – 4 July 2019)[1] was a Brazilian actress and model. Araújo was also a former pornographic actress.
Patrícia Araújo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 March 1982 |
| Died | (aged 37) Brazil |
| Other names | Patrícia Oliveira Patrícia Chantily |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Biography
editAraújo was born into a middle-class family in Governador Island (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil. At 12, Araújo kissed a male classmate prior to her transition inside the public school where she studied. This event generated rumors that came to the school board's attention, and Araújo was persecuted by the supervisor. Thinking that the employee's intention was only to help her, Araújo confessed she was gay. As a result, she was expelled from school in 1997 while in seventh grade.
After the incident, Araújo confessed to her parents, Severino Araújo and stay-at-home Terezinha Araújo, both evangelicals, that she saw herself as a woman, not a man, and was attracted to males. Her older brother, whose name she never disclosed, wanted her to be expelled from the house because of it, but her parents supported her.
Araújo began to dress as a woman, and guided by a transvestite who lived near her home, began taking hormonal control pills to become more feminized. At 15 years of age, she married a man twenty years older and lived in São Paulo. The relationship lasted four years and soon after it ended, Araújo returned to Rio de Janeiro to find work and complete high school. She could not find work and subsequently went into prostitution, first in Brazil and later in Italy, using the name Patricia Chantily.[2] In 2009, she was mentioned on newspapers for being invited by football player Adriano to a private party in his home, allegedly with other prostitutes.[3]
In 2009 Araújo was featured in Rio Fashion Week.[4][5] She has also worked as an actress in the miniseries A Lei e o Crime and the telenovela Luz do Sol, both on the Brazilian television network Rede Record. In April 2009 she posed along with the model Pamela Sanches, for the magazine A Gata da Hora.[6][7]
When Patricia was performing in erotic films, she was known for not showing her breasts because her nipples were "crossed" or wall eyed. She had surgery to correct this problem.[8]
Legally, her name was Patrícia Oliveira.[9]
She died on July 4, 2019 after suffering from serious mental health problems (suicide by overdose).[10][11]
Awards
edit- Miss Brazil Transsex 2002
- Miss T-girl World 2004
- Miss Universo Trans 2005
Partial filmography
edit- Rogue Adventures 5 (1999)
- Shemale Yum Takes on Brazilian Transsexuals 3 (2002)
- Gia Darling's Shemale Slumber Party (2003)
- Big-Ass She-Male All-Stars (2003)
- She-Male Slumber Party (2003)
- Trans X 2 (2003)
References
edit- ^ patrícia araújo | Silvia Pilz Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Reportagens" (in Portuguese). Revistamarieclaire.globo.com. 18 December 2007. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Red Light Party at Adriano's Home [IT]" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 28 March 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "O DIA Online – PatrÃcia Araújo, o travesti que desfilou para Complexo B, foi ovacionada". Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "SRZD | Brazilian Carnival Ball 2009 | Notícia | Carnavalesco | Thatiana Pagung" (in Portuguese). Sidneyrezende.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ Eliane Santos Do EGO, no Rio (20 September 2007). "EGO – NOTÍCIAS – Travesti Patrícia Araújo posa nua para revista masculina" (in Portuguese). Ego.globo.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ Do EGO, no Rio (20 September 2007). "EGO – NOTÍCIAS – Leitores vão comparar travesti Patrícia Araújo com mulher em ensaio nu" (in Portuguese). Ego.globo.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Patricia Araujo is Transgender Model". Right Celebrity. 17 January 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Patricia Araujo: Rio Fashion Week Closes With Transgendered Model (PHOTOS)". HuffPost. 17 January 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ Admin (9 July 2019). "Patricia Araújo died, Brazilian actress of the novel "Salve Jorge" - News". Portugal´s News. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Conheça a história de Patricia Araújo (1982-2019), un travesti plus bonita do Brasil". ilpiccolemagazine. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2024.