Tereza Rosa Martins
Divisa Nova, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1934
Acrobat, actress, singer, trapezist, equilibrist. She is the step sister of Jeanini Martins. She learned contortion from Ana Rosa, known as the old Sinharinha, and vaulting from Silvio Rocha, making her debut at age five. She also performed dental and acted as a catcher in aerial hoop. Tereza married the clown Vitrolinha and both acted in the circus until 1974.