Carol Marra (1992 - ) model, actress

Marra was raised in Belo Horizonte, and was an androgynous child often taken for a girl. She moved to Rio de Janeiro where her parents paid for her to take a degree in journalism.

After working for TV Globo, Marra found work in fashion on the production side, still dressing androgynously. A photographer whom she had been working with approached her and asked to do a photo-shoot. He showed the photos to a lot of people, and Carol, by now dressing as female, was invited to participate in the Minas Trend Preview, a fashion show that happens right before Fashion Rio and São Paulo Fashion Week.

This led to more work, including in Paris. She also acted in a production of Jean Genet's play The Maids. She has been in two television mini-series and was the first transsexual featured in Revista Trip magazine.

She has recently been seen in the company of a parliamentary advisor, who has endured the ribaldry of his colleagues, and has a supporting mother. Carol has been postponing transgender surgery because because of her busy schedule, but has met with Dr. Marcio Littleton in Rio, and had counselling.

• "Carol Marra: Aos 25 anos, a jornalista e modelo mineira é a primeira Trip Girl transex da nossa história". Revista Trip, 20.09.9012. http://revistatrip.uol.com.br/revista/214/trip-girls/carol-marra.html.
  
• Jukiana Leandra. "Chapter 50: Brazil - Carol Marra" Frank151, Winter 2013. www.frank151.com/news/chapter-50-brazil-carol-marra.html.
  
• Taylor Barnes. "Transgender Models Prosper in Brazil, Where Carnival and Faith Reign". The New York Times, March 15, 2014. www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/world/americas/transgender-models-prosper-in-brazil-where-carnival-and-faith-reign.html.
  
• "Família do namorado de Carol Marra ficou surprsa por ela ser transexual: ‘Tem que ser muito homem e seguro da masculinidade para me assumir’, disse a modelo sobre Tiago Tessari.". ego.globo, 06/2014. http://ego.globo.com/famosos/noticia/2014/06/familia-do-namorado-de-carol-marra-ficou-chocada-por-ela-ser-transexual.html.
  
• "Biquíni não atrapalha transexual Carol Marra: 'A gente esconde': A modelo posou para um grife de biquíni em uma praia no litoral norte de São Paulo.". ego.globo, 07/2014. http://ego.globo.com/famosos/noticia/2014/07/biquini-nao-atrapalha-transexual-carol-marra-gente-esconde.html.