Stephanie-Xiani Andrea Sperandio
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'''Stephanie-Xiani Andrea Sperandio''' (born [[Thursday]], [[September 7]], [[1978]]) is a [[United States|U.S.]]/[[Brazil]]ian [[actor]], [[Model (person)|model]].
==Biography==
Sperandio was born in [[Manhattan]], [[New York]] at the NYU experimenatl Neo-Natal Hospital in [[1978]]. Her paternal family is of [[Afro]]-[[Brazilian people|Brazilian]]-[[Demographics of India|Indian]]-[[Italian people|Italian]] descent and her maternal family is [[Spaniard]]-[[Puerto Rican]]. She is the middle of three children, as well as the youngest of two, and oldest of two, and single child. Yes confusing, but meaning: She had an half-older sister that was put up for adoption when she was born in [[1971]] by her mother, and her younger brother passed away as a full-term, miscarriage birth. So she is the only child left in the her unit family.
She was born on the Independence day of Brasil which:
is 1822 - Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal over the shores
of the Ipiranga in São Paulo.
She was named the Princess of the Independence Day Festival in Newark, NJ and NY 1996, 1997, 1998,& 1999. as well as Miss Brasil .
She was a runner-up for Miss Teen New York in 1994 but had to pass because her Paternal Uncle was dying of Cancer in Brasil and chose to spend time with him instead of taking the crown.
She started her career as an infant model and guinea-pig for many projects of photography and still life for [[photographer]]/[[sculptor]]/[[painter]]/[[writer]]/[[Film producer|producer]]/[[artist]] John-Paul Sardina-Quinones and was a very successful teen model during the [[1980s]] & [[1990s]]. Her most famous Soho photo feature was a black and white of her on the roof of an apt building in [[1988]].
She modeled for some school established students at FIT in Fashion Week in [[2005]].
She also has her own company and is President/CEO of Xiani's Celebrations! An eclectic business of Party Supplies and Party Planning & Cateering.
She is also a singer and dancer.
She has had her poems published in a couple book.
She also currently resides in [[Sunnyside]], [[New York]] with her son's father and their child.
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She is also a photographer and creates and edits pictures for websites and portfolios. One of her unique shots is of her family with a sunset background, made in 2004.
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==Awards==
===Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA===
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==Filmography==
==External links==
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