Denise Rocha
Denise Rocha | |
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| Born | Denise Leitão Rocha December 5, 1983 Brasília, Federal District, Brazil |
| Television | A Fazenda 6 (Runner-Up) |
Denise Rocha (born Denise Leitão Rocha on December 5, 1983, Brasília, Federal District) is a Brazilian model, lawyer, and a former parliamentary adviser, best known for coming in second place on the A Fazenda 6, a reality show broadcast by Rede Record in 2013. She made the cover of Playboy Magazine in September 2012.[1]
Career as adviser & lawyer
Denise worked until January 2011 at the office of a Federal senator. Her task was to monitor the progress of the committees coordinated by Senator Nogueira, such as the Parliamentary Enquiry Commission (CPI) for the Cachoeira case. Denise was separated from her commissioned position as a parliamentary adviser with the office of Senator Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI). Denise became the center of attention in Congress after the leak of a video that shows her having sex with a man, a video made six years earlier.[2]
Career as a model
Denise was selected for the cover of Playboy Magazine for the September 2012 issue, and she was the muse of samba school Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel in 2013, during Brazilian Carnaval. Soon after, she was invited to join the cast of the A Fazenda.[3]
A Fazenda
On Jun 23, 2013, Denise Rocha was officially announced by host Britto Junior as one of the sixteen celebrity contestants who would be on the sixth season of A Fazenda, the Brazilian version of the reality series The Farm, which aired on Rede Record.
On September 29, 2013, after 100 days of confinement, Denise was runner-up to Bárbara Evans who won season six of that reality show, with 54.87% of the vote and who took home the grand prize of 2 million reais. Denise Rocha's second-place finish, with 41.28%, won her a brand new car. Marcos Oliver finished in third place with 3.85% of the vote.[4]
Trivia
- She is one among three participants, and the second woman to be nominated in the first week and reach the final two, with the other being Sergio Abreu. Both finished as runners-up, whereas Viviane Araújo finished the winner of the season she participated.
- She won the last race of the Week Farmer who competed in the season.
References
- ^ "Denise Rocha perfil R7.com" (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Denise Leitão Rocha é demitida do Senado" (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Biografia de Denise Rocha" (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Bárbara Evans vence A Fazenda 6" (in Portuguese).
