hi, everyone, long ago i did follow her career . she recently has retired back to brasil and is working there with some fashion company in sao paulo i think. my friend in brasil read a recent article about her having moved back after 10 yrs of success in NYC.this thread has been wonderful and i hope it stays alive. some these pics are rare and just great . renata is 5 feet nine inches , has dated another model named jr gallison , until recently (not sure ) but i think they broke up after 8 yrs.she is easily approachible and shy, . at any given time you could have seen her and her BF in central park ridin bikes .to me she is beautiful and many people say she is the hardest workinmg model of all times. and yes , she did start the brasilian model craze. her and other brazo models would stay couped up in hotels in one room many times when they first started , it took the world by storm back then , nothin had ever been seen the likes when the brasilians came to london , milan etc and it will nevr happen again. renata never got her dues in my opinion, but she did work steadily and save3d her money and bought land in brasil , just like she always said she would do. she has been and will be a tremendous success . she is wonderful in evwery sense of teh word , she isnt pretentious about her beauty . she speaks 5 languages fluently yet never finished high school. when they would be all over the worlod , many times alone, the brasil teens would stick together like glue, its all they knew . so naturally they got a bad rap for not being friendly , they were just kids. anyway. if i can find any old articles tec or pics from way back i will post.. thanks for all this. its heart felt.kisses to all.