Íris Stefanelli
Irislene Stefanelli (born July 23, 1979) is a Brazilian television personality, actress and television presenter. From March to July 2008, she worked with a co-host at Transalouca (Transamérica Pop Radio) and acted in theater. Currently, she is the host of the show TV Fama.[1]
Born in Tupã, a city west of São Paulo, the first child of Antonio Carlos Stefanelli and Aparecida Clarice Stefanelli, a family of scarce financial resources, Íris Stefanelli was raised in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. Íris studied nursing at college until the next-to-last period and has worked as a saleswoman standalone to support their studies.
Her first appearance in television was in the reality show Big Brother Brazil 7th edition, from which she was eliminated in the 7th week. She had a special participation in the same reality show in Argentina.[2] After that, she started to appear frequently in the media and won several awards.[3][4][5][6] She was the cover of several magazines and was in many campaigns, in addition to attending events and parades.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Stefanelli was also on the cover of the Brazilian edition of Playboy magazine, in its anniversary edition, who considers that it was the best selling edition of the magazine in 2007.[13]
According to Jornal Extra, her website is one of the most accessed website among artists in Brazil, with 1,5 million accesses in three months.[14]
There are two characters created after her by Rogério Martins and Robson Rocha, Sirizinha and Sirizinha Baby, dedicated to her child fans.[15][16][17] In December 2007, Íris launched her brand of the character Sirizinha.[18] In 2008, she started a new collection of children's clothing.[19]
