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CarnavalCity.com wiki > Rio de Janeiro Carnaval > Queens & Muses

Queens & Muses

2010 Best Reina da Bateria/ Queen of the Drum Corps

as voted on by globo.com/carnaval 2010/ on-line readers

Paola Oliveira, da Grande Rio

Viviane Araújo, do Salgueiro

Bruna Bruno, da União da Ilha

Luiza Brunet, da Imperatriz Leopoldinense

Adriane Galisteu, da Unidos da Tijuca

Thatiana Pagung, da Mocidade

Renata Santos, da Mangueira

Rayssa Oliveira, da Beija-Flor

Júlia Lira, da Viradouro

Gracyanne Barbosa, da Vila Isabel

Juliana Portela, da Portela

Valesca Santos, da Porto da Pedra

The 3 Julias

--- good things come in threes!

Juliane of Viradouro

Juliane Almeida - Rainha da Bateria da Viradouro

Juliane Almeida, the Queen for Viradouro 2010 is a popular actress, model and TV presenter but is perhaps is best known as a member of É o Tchan, a famous musical group which featuredcatchy music and simple lyrics, with choreography performed by two dancers, a blonde (loira do Tchan) and a brunette (morena do Tchan) At the peak of their popularity there was controversy when the eroticized lyrics and choreography became popular among children and children's dancing contests.

foto by Criarte / Fabrício Belote

Juliana of Portela

Portela Samba School from the Madureira neighborhood in Rio appointed a local girl as Reina da Bateria replacing the legendary muse Luma de Olivera. Juliana Portela although well known since a kid rose to promineance internationlly as a Funk dancer and singer, in “Jaula da Popozudas” the same group that Porto da Pedra's Queen Valesca Santos hails from

foto by Brazilcarnival.com.br/

Juliana of Imperatriz

Juliana Alves no Sambodromo, Carnaval no Rio 2009, Vila Isabel

Juliana Alves de Oliveira was born in Rio de Janeiro on May 3 of 1982 and is an actress and model Brazilian, who first caught on with the public in a reality show known as Big Brother Brazil 3, which aired in 2003, Previously she was a health worker from NGO Criola, and also a dancer. In 2009 she was the godmother of drum orchestra [madrinha de bateria ] of the samba school Pérola Negra.and made the cover of Playboy in October of 2009. She replaces illustrious and renowned long-time Queen of Imperatriz Luiza_Brunet

foto from Rio 2009 Vila Isabel by Quasebart

Paola Oliveira is a well known TV novela [soap opera] star who is also considered a very good samba dancer. 2010 will be her 2nd year as the Reina da Bateria for Grand Rio.
AgNews - Ensaio técnico da Grande Rio na Sapucaí Data: 17 01 10
Fotos: Roberto Filho e Phillipe Lima/Agnews via flickr share

Three months pregnant, Adriane Galisteu exhibited for the first time the tummy on a Sunday in January for the technical testing of Unidos da Tijuca de Sapucaí. The school is the third to parade in the Carnival Sunday (February 14) with the theme "The Secret", developed by Carnival Paulo Barros

The Uniao da Ilha Drum Bateria Queen Bruna Bruno and its Godmother Luciana Picorelli got some attention from the Carnaval Press for exchanging alleged barbs. When asked how Bruna would handle the attention of the media with such a prominent TV star joining her show, the 6 year Queen said "Two bodies do not occupy the same place in the same space,"
Luciana, actress in the sitcom "Zorra total", would not comment directly on the statement of Bruna and instead talked about the diamonds she was working with to adorn her costume. The school has long been proud of its reputation for fun and simplicity. Lu is returning to the school she last paraded with in 1994

Bruna Bruno Rainha de Bateria [most interesting flickr]

União da Ilha do Governador

The 2009 theme worked as "Travel is necessary - extraordinary journeys through worlds familiar and unknown" propelled Uniao da Ilha and its queen to Special Samba School League for 2010 after eight years in the Access League. União da Ilha will attempt to remain with and appropriate enredo “Don Quixote de La Mancha, o cavaleiro dos sonhos impossíveis” (Don Quixote de La Mancha, the knight who fought for impossible dreams).
União da Ilha’s best result ever was in 1980, when it came second in the Sambodrome contest with a parade led by the ‘enredo’ (theme) that probably inspired the school’s current image: “Bom, bonito e barato” which means “Good, pretty and cheap”, a typical expression in Brazil used when one refers to a decent bargain.

Tatiana Pagung Musa do RIO carnaval 2010	Semifinal do concurso de Rainha[QUEEN) do Carnaval 2010

Valesca Santos, the diva of funk met with the President of the Porto da Pedra, Uberlan de Oliveira regarding repeating as the Queen of the Drum bateria for 2010. During the meeting, the singer pledged to prioritize the school on her agenda, a basic requirement to continue as the queen of the Tigers.

Quite the local media sensation in 2009, Valesca is also known to her music fans “Valesca da Gaiolas das Popuzadas”which translates as the “Cage of the Augmented Buttocks”. Rio funk music is now played globally by DJs and her songs preach about the liberty and power of the free woman. Valesca has never posed nude so negotiations with Brazilian Playboy are said to be ongoing. During the Carnaval 2009 season, Valesca was one of the last Carnaval Queens selected. Porto da Pedra samba school did not annouce her selection until after mentioning many tantalizing names at a rehearsal on December 12th. Following the event the newly crowned Bateria Queen embarked on a regimen of daily samba lessons as the cameras recorded her every move getting ready for her debut on the avenue Marques de Sapucai.

Valesca Santos carnaval

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