Here are a couple of pictures and other items of my friend Fatima with the original "Garota de Ipanema", Helô Pinheiro. who inspire Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Carlos Jobim to write the famous Brasilian song of the same name.  These were taken in February of 1999 at a Carnaval ball in Miami, Florida (see the newspaper notice below).

That's Fatima on the left and Helô on the right.
 
 

Here's one of just Helô (or most of her anyway).
 
 
 

Here's the autograph she made just for me!
Notice she used the word "love" twice :-).
 
 
 

This is the notice of the event.  Not sure if this was in a newspaper or a magazine. Helô is on the right, and I'm told the woman on the left is her daughter.

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