Celebrities: Grazielli Massafera - photoshoot for Brazilian Playboy, August 2005

Grazielli "Grazi" Massafera (born June 28, 1982 in Jacarezinho, Paraná, Brazil) is a Brazilian former model and TV actress.

In 2004, Massafera won the Miss Paraná Beauty pageant contest, and represented the state in that year's Miss Brasil contest. She finished third, which earned her the title of "Miss Brasil Internacional", and gave her entry into the Miss International contest, held annually in the China. In the international pageant, Grazi (as she is commonly known) did not reach the semi-finals.

In 2005, she took part in the fifth season of the Brazilian version of the reality show Big Brother, known as Big Brother Brasil (BBB). The season was the most-watched season ever. Grazi ended in second, with 40% of the votes.

Grazi, with her stunning looks and great personality, became the second Big Brother contestant to become a real celebrity (the first one being Sabrina Sato). After the show, she ended up on covers of numerous magazines and had several commercial deals and appeared in lots of events. Surprisingly, commercial deals and magazine cover pictures continued, even after the next Big Brother started (by the time the next Big Brother started, all contestants of the previous seasons are already usually forgotten).

Right after the show, Grazi signed a 1-year contract with Globo, Brazil's most powerful television channel. She soon started working as a reporter on the successful Saturday afternoon teen show Caldeirão do Huck. At the time, Globo was planning to transform Grazi in the "new Xuxa", thinking about a children's show for her.

She also posed nude for Brazilian Playboy in the August 2005 issue. Different from the American version, A-listers in Brazil usually accept posing naked for the magazine. Grazi was one of their highest-paid stars to pose in Playboy. Her photo shoot was much less risqué than usual. She showed almost nothing, which made the edition highly criticized. Even though the photos of the prude shoot leaked on the internet, the Grazi edition of Playboy sold twice what a typical edition would sell.

Grazielli Massafera Bio
Born: June 28, 1982 (age 32)
Ethnicity: Latina
Nationality: Brazilian
Boobs: Enhanced
Body type: Slim
Hair: Blonde