Heloisa Alves
Heloisa Alves (May 21, 1986-) is a Brazilian-American actress and beauty pageant contestant.
Biography
Early life and education
Heloísa Alves was born in Rinópolis, Brazil on May 21, 1986. Growing up she attended a public school in Clementina, São Paulo, E.E.P.G de Clementina, where her mother was one of her teachers. Heloisa moved to Redmond, Washington with her parents at the age of 14. She attended and graduated from Redmond High School in 2004.
Career
During her teen years Heloisa was part of her first rock band Tercer Elemento where she played the keyboard and sang. Shortly after graduating from RHS, Heloisa was first runner up at the 'Miss Latin World' pageant representing WA state in 2005. That same year Heloisa auditioned for La Academia USA reality show, and was selected to be one of the 18 participants, during and after the show Heloisa lived in Mexico where she started to pursue her career. Spanish is not Heloisa's first language, but she learned it in a short amount of time, and was invited by producers from Azteca América to participate of a sports show called "Los Protagonistas a Nivel Mundial" during the Soccer World Cup. Shortly after the show, she moved back to Seattle, where she attended Bellevue College to study Music Production and Audio Engineering. Heloisa formed a band called Oziriz with Oscar Ruiz, Alexander Weng, Cesar Alcantar and Terrance Lyn. In November 2007 in NYC, Heloisa Alves won the Miss Brasil USA pageant. In 18 years of history of the pageant, she became the first winner representing Washington State. In early 2009 Heloisa participated of Univision's reality show Nuestra Belleza Latina where she became one of the 20 finalists. On May and June 2009 she became part of the cast of "En La Casa de Carlos" comedy show on America TV for 12 episodes featuring "Chiquinha". In July 2009 she won the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Washington State and while she's still waiting for the finals in January 2010, she will be launching her 100% Mineral Make up line called Forever Young by Heloisa Alves.