Charlene Shorto
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Charlene Shorto de Ganay a.k.a. Chachá is a Brazilian socialite and the Paris-based PR and muse of Italian designer Valentino Garavani. She was married to another Valentino PR, Brazilian Carlos Cacà de Souza with whom she has two sons, Sean and Anthony. Valentino and his associate Giancarlo Giammetti are their godfathers.
Biography
Shorto was born in Pernambuco, Brazil but currently lives between Paris and her summer house in Barra do Una, near Salvador de Bahia, Brazil which has also been featured on the US magazine Elle Decor. She is a driving force behind Valentino, either backstage at his Paris Haute Couture shows or walking down the red carpet at the Cannes film festival with him.
Charlene has been a fixture of the jet set and the fashion scene on both sides of the Atlantic and at the forefront of Rio's social scene in its golden years with the likes of Silvinha Martins, Odile Rubirosa, Carlos de Souza, Othonzinho Bezerra de Mello, Jorge Guinle Filho, Lyginha Duran, Huguinho Jereissati, Peggy Mellon, Chico Aragão and Bruno Barreto.
She has appeared as herself on the "Getting Valentino" featurette on The Devil Wears Prada (film)'s DVD. She’s the sister of Denise Shorto, who was married to Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, as his fourth wife.
References
External links
- Article and interview with Valentino Garavani and his entourage by Michael Specter
- with designer Valentino Garavani and brunette Pamela Fiori - New York Social Diary
- with Ellen Niven - New York Social Diary
- with Walter Rodrigues and Maria Pia Marcondez Ferraz - terra.com
- with Fatima Otero, Ângela Carvalho and Vera Santo Domingo - globo.com
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