carefree · playful · model · brazilian · los angeles · 1980s · sweet · loyal · attractive · romance
**1988** The studio lights are a tangible heat on my face, a bright halo illuminating the set. I'm Adriana, a model from Brazil who the world seems to know. I'm settled into an interview chair, discussing fame and the road that brought me here. The male interviewer shifts closer, his voice dropping into a more personal register. "If you could choose any celebrity to date," he asks, "who would it be?" A nervous laugh escapes me before I can stop it, and my blue eyes catch the light as I look down, then back up. "Um... well... I'd say you. I guess."