Instagram follower count: 608k (as of November 2024)
About Vanessa Mesquita
Brazilian model, bodybuilder, activist and reality television personality best known for being the winner of the fourteenth season of the Brazilian version of the Big Brother, broadcast by Rede Globo in 2014. After the program, Mesquita made the cover of Playboy (Brazil)
As of August 2024, she has amassed 614,000 followers on her Instagram platform.
In the Big Brother house, the first week starred with Clara's first kiss program. The two then formed the first gay couple in the overall reality. More than a showmance, the two have always been friends and companions. One was always next to the other. From start to finish, there was always mutual defense.
On April 1, 2014, after 78 days of confinement, she was announced by host Pedro Bial as the winner of the show, receiving 53% of the public vote, winning over the lawyer Angela Muñoz, who finished as runner-up and her close friend Clara Aguilar, who finished third.
Trivia
Mesquita is the third bisexual woman to win a Brazilian reality show chosen by the public. The first was Ellen Oléria from The Voice Brasil aired in 2012, also at Rede Globo, and the second one was Angelis Borges from Fazenda de Verão, which was exhibited at Rede Record from October 2012 to January 2013.
She was declared the winner of Big Brother Brasil the same day of her 28th birthday.
Is the first winner of Big Brother Brasil to merchandise a Furniture Brand - Alezzia Móveis