Rose di Primo
{{Short description|Brazilian model and actress (born 1955)}}
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| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil
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Rosimary Souza Primo, better known as Rose di Primo (born 6 March 1955), is a former Brazilian model and actress. A sex symbol of the 1970s, she was one of the most sought after Brazilian models during that time. She is considered to be the inventor of the thong bikini.{{Cite magazine |title=Por onde andam estas sex-symbols dos anos 70, 80 e 90? {{!}} Memória |url=https://vejasp.abril.com.br/coluna/memoria/por-onde-andam-estas-sex-symbols-dos-anos-70-80-e-90/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |magazine=Veja São Paulo |language=pt-BR |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730045734/https://vejasp.abril.com.br/coluna/memoria/por-onde-andam-estas-sex-symbols-dos-anos-70-80-e-90 |url-status=live |trans-title=Where are these sex-symbols from the 70s, 80s and 90s? |first=Roosevelt |last=Garcia |date=17 March 2017 }}
Career
Di Primo's career began off at the age of 16 when she won a beauty pageant sponsored by broadcaster Flávio Cavalcanti. At the age of 18, she appeared on the cover of Manchete magazine. She was photographed seated on a motorbike wearing a white bikini.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-08 |title=Rose Di Primo, simbolo da mulher brasileira e musa de Ipanema |url=https://pierdeipanema.com.br/rose-di-primo-simbolo-da-mulher-brasileira-a-musa-de-ipanema/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Pier de Ipanema |language=pt-br |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207054317/https://pierdeipanema.com.br/rose-di-primo-simbolo-da-mulher-brasileira-a-musa-de-ipanema/ |url-status=live |trans-title=Rose Di Primo: The Symbol of Brazilian Women and The Muse of Ipanema}} After this, she was known nationally in Brazil and became one of the country's most sought after models of the 1970s. In the 1980s, she posed nude for Playboy, Ele e Ela and Status.{{Cite web|date=2017 |title=Brazilian beach fashion: An analysis of vogue magazine and discovered body |url=https://bdm.unb.br/bitstream/10483/18245/1/2017_PaulaLaCroixMalufdeMenezes.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908235113/https://bdm.unb.br/bitstream/10483/18245/1/2017_PaulaLaCroixMalufdeMenezes.pdf |archive-date=8 September 2023 |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=University of Brazilia}} At the time, she held the record for appearing on the cover of men's magazines the greatest number of times, and she also starred in a controversial yogurt commercial.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-30 |title=Antonia Morais se inspirou em musa e criadora da tanga na década de 70 para post |url=https://extra.globo.com/famosos/antonia-morais-se-inspirou-em-musa-criadora-da-tanga-na-decada-de-70-para-post-23412491.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Extra Online |language=pt-BR |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126162944/https://extra.globo.com/famosos/antonia-morais-se-inspirou-em-musa-criadora-da-tanga-na-decada-de-70-para-post-23412491.html |url-status=live |trans-title=For this Post, Antonia Morais was Inspired by the 70s Muse and Creator of the Thong}} She has acted in some films, most notably Os Machões (1972), Uma Virgem Na Praça (1973), Clockwork Banana (1974) and O Padre Queria Pecar.{{Cite web |title=Rose di Primo, a inventora da tanga |url=http://tiooda.com.br/index.php/modelos/modelos-brasileiras/4705-modelos-paulistas/5232-rose-di-primo-a-musa-de-ipanema-a-inventora-da-tanga-na-decada-de-1970 |date=10 September 2015 |website=Tio Oda |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004115429/http://tiooda.com.br/index.php/modelos/modelos-brasileiras/4705-modelos-paulistas/5232-rose-di-primo-a-musa-de-ipanema-a-inventora-da-tanga-na-decada-de-1970 |url-status=live |lang=pt-BR |trans-title=Rose di Primo, the Inventor of the Thong }}
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Category:Actresses from São Paulo
Category:Brazilian female adult models