Maria Helena Vianna

Maria Helena Vianna, was discovered in the same contest as the biggest names in modeling today, including fellow Brazilians and friends, Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima and Ana Beatriz Barros, the famed Elite Model Look Contest. Maria Helena entered to road to super stardom after the contest, shooting editorials for Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan and Glamour, and shooting her first cover before she was 17. She has also walked the runway for the biggest designers in the world, including Chanel, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera and Michael Kors. Her recent modeling campaigns include Mercedes-Benz, Natural Basic, Individual, Chifon and Linda de Morrer. She has recently appeared in articles and editorials in Vogue, L'Officiel, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, O and Fashion Q&A. A SAG member in the United States, her television and film work, includes her roles in 30Rock and Sex and the City 2. She has also filmed CBS's The Good Wife, HBO's Bored to Death, Joshua Radin's music video, 'Brand New Day', and several commercials in which she is featured. Maria Helena has also hosted IMG Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York for Fashion News Live and she speaks Portuguese and English fluently. In Brazil she played the role of top Russian model, Irina Grushenka, in Brazil's number one rated television show, Looks and Essence. In 2013 Maria Helena launched her career as a TV Host in Brazil, hosting the tourism block, "Rota de Inverno", or "Winter Route" for Record Television. In 2014 she became a fashion reporter for Record, presenting fashion blocks for the two most popular shows on the station, their morning and afternoon shows, Hoje em Dia and Programa da Tarde, respectively. Today she is back in the United States, modeling exclusively in NYC and Philadelphia, and reporting for Record Television through Vianna Media Group.