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Ana Beatriz Barros was born in
Itabira, a tiny town in Brazil, on May 29, 1982. Ana was raised in the
cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro after her family moved there. The hazel-eyed
statuesque beauty was discovered by the Director of Elite Model Management,
while vacationing in Brazil. It didn't take much for him to see that she was
absolute model material, and he encouraged her to enter the Elite Look of the
Year contest. In 1996, Ana placed first in the Brazilian Elite Look of the Year,
and second in the International level of the same contest, that same year. With
a national Elite Look of the Year championship and a modeling contract with the
agency, Ana was ready for the big leagues: in this case, Guess?. Once Paul
Marciano (Co-chairman and Co-CEO of Guess?, responsible for the careers of Eva
Herzigova, Kim Smith and Josie Maran) received Ana's impressive portfolio on
behalf of Elite, he knew he had a new Guess? girl on his hands. Ana's beauty
cannot only be seen in the Guess? Hawaii campaign (along with fellow Brazilian
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