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Bicicleta da Garota de Ipanema - The Girl from Ipanema Bike. / Series: Life in Rio.

Bicicleta da Garota de Ipanema - The Girl from Ipanema Bike. / Series: Life in Rio.

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Roberto Matheus


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Bicicleta da Garota de Ipanema - The Girl from Ipanema Bike. / Series: Life in Rio.

Decades ago, Helô Pinheiro the pretty "Girl from Ipanema", inspired the singer and composer Vinicius de Morais to write and sing the worldwide famous song, Girl from Ipanema. Today she is much older and her daughter Kiki Pinheiro has the age of Helô, by the time of the song (both can be seen on the small photo).
In the photo above, Helô is by Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, enjoying her bike on a sunday afternoon, under the arms of the fabulous Christ the Redeemer statue on the Corcovado peack.

RIO DE JANEIRO - THE WONDERFULL CITY.

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  • Wolfgang Degenhardt 31/01/2007 17:48

    I always wanted to see that girl, knowing only the song, and now there she is, even on her bike, and again "she looks straight ahead, not at me... :-) Thank you
    All the best
    Wolfgang