Rafaella Santos changes positions at the 2023 carnival after being criticized as Salgueiro’s muse

A year after being criticized as Salgueiro’s muse at the 2022 carnival, for the lack of samba on foot, influencer Rafaella Santos, Neymar’s sister, will return to Avenida in a different way. In her debut at Sapucaí, she paraded on the ground and will now be one of the highlights in the last car of the samba school.

Rafaella visited the Salgueiro shed, where the school’s costumes and creations are kept. On Avenida, it comes in the last allegory, representing the “perfect paradise”. The plot “Delirios of a red paradise”, developed by carnival designer Edson Pereira, will talk about valuing freedom of expression, in addition to showing that everyone builds their own paradise.

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Last year, criticism of Rafaella began with her performance in the technical rehearsal. On social networks, Internet users spoke of a lack of samba on foot and advised that the influencer take classes. “I should have taken some classes, I don’t samba at all,” wrote one Twitter user. “The criterion for being a samba school muse is not knowing how to samba? It has become fashionable”, questioned another.

After the attacks, Rafaella countered the comments: “I’m here to learn, I’m a beginner, I don’t have samba on my feet, but I’m definitely going to train for it and I’m Salgueiro until the end”.