‘I’ve already used my cameraman’s underwear’

Gloria Maria, who died at the age of 73 this Thursday (2), at the Copa Star Hospital, in Rio de Janeiro, lived her reports intensely and used to share with the public the experiences she went through around the world. In 2016, in a report in Jamaica for “Globo reporter”, she participated in a ritual in which she tried “ganja”, an herb compared to marijuana, and took a test drive on a roller coaster. The reporter’s reaction to the situations was popular with Internet users and became a meme.

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Interviewed by Globo in 2018, when the “Globo reporter” turned 45, the journalist declared: “We don’t travel just looking for scenery and landscapes. We show people and feelings. I communicate in any language through the look, the gesture. Terrorism and the Islamic State have changed the world and the way we travel. I’m not brave, I’m scared, I do things when I’m scared, and I’m not afraid to make a fool of myself. Once, I found myself on top of a camel and I didn’t know what to do to get off the animal. I once slipped on a boat in Vietnam and that made it into the program. In Jamaica, there was that tititi because I smoked ganja (weed compared to marijuana). It was a scandal, I became the queen of memes. I love the comments on the internet because of my work. I think it’s literally the glory.”

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Experienced in work trips around the planet, Gloria was not troubled when her suitcase was lost and needed to record stories for “Globo Repórter” the day after her arrival at her destination.

“I look for a mall and buy something. If I don’t find it, I improvise. I’m tired of using my cameraman’s underwear instead of panties, for example. And I also used my technician’s jeans”, recalls the journalist, who takes a far from basic bag to spend 20-something days abroad: “I carry a container and take possibilities of winter and summer clothes. In many countries you face different temperatures. Sometimes, we arrive at airports that look like a chicken coop. In addition to my suitcase, I also help to load camera, light…”

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