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Brazil, the Victoria's Secret model and her husband and daughter are kidnapped by a gang in Sao Paulo
2024-12-01 14:29:53 / SHOWBIZ
She was enjoying a dinner with her family at a Japanese restaurant in her hometown of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Victoria's Secret model Luciana Curtis with her husband and their youngest child, when they finished eating, left the restaurant and started walking down the street of a densely populated area.
Suddenly a gang appeared in front of them and put them in a car at gunpoint. They took them to a hut, where they spent the night.
There has been a lot of interest in the kidnapping of the couple and their daughter with international networks focusing on the shocking adventure of the US-born Brazilian model.
As the German newspaper Bild writes, Curtis is Brazilian, although she has been living in New York for many years with her husband, photographer Henrique Gendre, and their two children.
He has posed for famous fashion houses such as " Victoria's Secret " but also for " H&M " and " Harrods ".
On Wednesday afternoon she and her husband and daughter were walking in the residential area of Alto da Lapa in Sao Paulo when they were suddenly kidnapped by a gang in a Brazilian slum.
Gangsters put the family in a car at gunpoint and drove them to a shack in Brasilia, 10 miles away.
As the German publication reports, poor neighborhoods in Brazil are controlled by drug gangs, which are widespread in a country where the " law of the street " reigns.
Curtis and her family were held captive overnight in a log cabin. The gang members blackmailed the couple demanding a ransom for their release.
The Brazilian woman's family has transferred the amount of 31 thousand euros to the kidnappers.
After the kidnappers pocketed the money, they also stole the family's car. They then released the hostages. Luciana, her husband and their 11-year-old child left.
Brazilian authorities launched a search for the missing tourists after the alarm was raised about their disappearance.
A spokesman for Luciana, 53, confirmed that her family is now " safe and well".
Regardless of the money, the family is certainly relieved to be together again. However, according to the US authorities, she is not in a very good psychological state, as their kidnapping could end badly.
The couple's eldest daughter alerted a relative who in turn alerted the police
The German publication reports that the Curtis couple's eldest daughter, who was not present at the dinner at the restaurant, alerted a relative hours later. her. On the other hand, the relative notified the police about the disappearance of her parents and sister.
Luciana Curtis was born in Sao Paulo to a British businessman father and a Brazilian teacher mother. Her career began when she was discovered as a teenager in a shopping mall and in 1993 she won the Brazilian final of the " Supermodel of the World " competition.
A few months later she was on the cover of magazines such as Glamour, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire, while collaborating with well-known companies such as Victoria's Secret, Harrods and H&M. In 2001 she participated in campaigns for Revlon and L'Oreal, earning millions of dollars.
Luciana lives in New York, after spending several years in London. She recently appeared on the cover of ELLE Brazil, which named her as one of the Brazilian supermodels who dominated the world's catwalks from the 1990s to the present day.
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