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Lima in 2014, photo by Celso Pupo /bigstockphoto.com
Birth Name: Fernanda Cama Pereira Lima
Place of Birth: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Date of Birth: 25 June, 1977
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Catalan, Portuguese, possibly other]
Fernanda Lima is a Brazilian actress, model, and television host and presenter. She was the muse of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Fernanda was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the daughter of Maria Tereza Cama Pereira, who is from Rio Grande do Sul, and Cleomar Antônio Pereira Lima, who is from Rio de Janeiro. She is married to Brazilian actor, television host, and model Rodrigo Hilbert , with whom she has three children.
The surname Pereira is of Portuguese origin. Her Portuguese roots include Azorean.
Fernanda stated during her television show Amor & Sexo that her great-great-grandfather was Catalan. Fernanda’s parents are pictured here .
Fernanda’s maternal grandfather was Artur/Arturo Cama y Castart/Costart (the son of Agostin Cama Valmana and Elvira Costart). Artur was born in either Calonge or Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Fernanda’s maternal grandmother was Celina Castilhos Pinto da Cruz (the daughter of Constantino Pinto de Azevedo da Cruz and Celina Alves Castilhos). Fernanda’s grandmother Celina was born in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Constantino was born in Rio Grande do Sul, the son of Capitão José Antonio Almeida da Cruz, whose father was born in Ponafiel, Porto, Portugal; and of Umbelina Francisca Ilha. Fernanda’s great-grandmother Celina was born in Rio Grande do Sul, the daughter of Francisco Xavier de Castilhos and Anna Alves Canteiro, whose father was from Porto, Portugal.
Sources: http://www.elmundo.es (in Spanish) http://www.diaridegirona.cat (in Catalan) http://gshow.globo.com (in Portuguese) http://www.diaridegirona.cat
Marriage record of Fernanda’s maternal grandparents, Artur Cama y Castart/Costart and Celina Castilhos Cruz – https://www.familysearch.org