Juggler, wire walker, equilibrist, telepath. She is part of the third generation of the Tavares family. His parents are José Tavares and Jandira Tavares. She started doing telephathy at age five and later on worked for the circuses Politerpsia, Irmãos Prata, Pavilhão Azul, Irmãos Tavares (owned by José Tavares) and Pavilhão Nosso Teatro until 1973. Zelma married Alaor da Silva and they had seven children. One of them - Mateus - was the clown Pampam.