Maíra Cardi is a model, digital influencer and fitness muse. She became known nationally after participating in Big Brother Brasil.
Maíra Cardi is a Brazilian model, digital influencer, actress, athlete, businesswoman and fitness muse. She became known nationally after participating in the ninth edition of Big Brother Brasil.
Furthermore, Maíra Cardi gained notoriety due to her marriage to actor Arthur Aguiar, who is also ex-BBB. In fact, their relationship was full of controversies, including several betrayals.
Controversy aside, the fact is that Maíra is one of the biggest fitness influencers in Brazil, accumulating almost 9 million followers on Instagram. Next, let’s learn a little more about her story and career.
Who is Maíra Cardi?
Born Mayra Cardi, with Y, the influencer was born in the city of São Caetano, in the interior of São Paulo, on September 5, 1983. She is the daughter of Mário Cardi and Vandha Ramos and moved with her family to Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, when she was four years old. Currently, the muse lives between Brazil and the United States, where she lives most of the time.
Maíra Cardi, who is now 39 years old, is multifaceted, she has done a little bit of everything. She was a television presenter, model, actress and athlete. Nowadays, she makes a living as a digital influencer, health entrepreneur, and weight loss coach. In fact, she has some very famous clients, like the singer Anitta, for example.
However, Maíra became known in 2009, at the age of 25, when she participated in the reality show Big Brother Brasil, shown on Rede Globo. And, despite not having reached the final, having been eliminated ninth in the edition, the program gave her a national profile that she did not waste, as she has been in the media since then.
Relationships
In her personal life, Maíra Cardi doesn’t make much of a point of hiding her romantic relationships. In fact, she was previously married to Nelson Rangel, with whom she had a son, Lucas, who was born in 2000, when Maíra was 17 years old.
She was also married to comedian Viny Vieira, Marcelo de Faria and businessman Greto Guariz. This was her last relationship before she married actor Arthur Aguiar, at the end of 2017. From her relationship with Arthur, she had her second daughter, Sophia, who was born in October 2018.
The marriage between Maíra and Arthur Aguiar generated many controversies. This is because, in May 2020, the couple separated for the first time, after the influencer discovered that she had been cheated on more than 16 times by her husband. Maíra used social media to expose the abusive situation in her marriage. However, the following year, she forgave Arthur and the two resumed their marriage. Eventually the relationship came to an end.
In fact, in March of this year the fitness muse began her relationship with Thiago Nigro, O Primo Rico, who is also a digital influencer, but in the investment and finance sector. The couple used social media to make their romance public.
“Many relationships begin with overwhelming passion, but for us, admiration was the starting point”said the caption of the post shared by the new couple.
Maíra Cardi’s career
As previously mentioned, Maíra Cardi became known nationally after participating in the ninth edition of Big Brother Brasil. Therefore, she knew very well how to use the visibility that the program gave her, and used the opportunity to publicize her work in the area of nutrition, health and fitness.
Maíra does not have a degree in nutrition, but she took technical sports nutrition courses in the United States, and today works as a fitness and weight loss coach. She even has a course, “Seca Você”, which has more than 150 thousand followers. In her client list, Maíra brings together several famous people, such as singers Lexa, Anitta, Thaeme and actresses Samantha Schmütz, Larissa Manoela and Deborah Secco.
She has already created some weight loss programs, and proposed an interdisciplinary plan to help her clients lose weight. Currently, his Instagram profile has 8.6 million followers.
Before the fame
Before becoming a well-known fitness coach, Maíra Cardi worked as a model and TV presenter. She moved to the United States in 2013, with her then husband, businessman Greto Guariz. At that time, she dedicated herself to her studies, taking several courses related to nutrition, weight loss and health.
Controversies involving Maíra Cardi
And finally, the controversies involving the influencer and fitness muse could not be missing. In addition to the controversies involving her relationship with Arthur, Maíra also had some problems due to her weight loss tips and programs.
Surprise wedding and betrayals
One of the first controversial situations was the surprise wedding that the influencer organized, just five months after starting to date Arthur Aguiar. She prepared an entire wedding ceremony at her house, in Rio de Janeiro, and brought her then-boyfriend as a surprise to her own wedding. And she had already done something similar in 2013, when she married Greto Guariz. The whole situation, of course, generated several comments on the internet.
The actor’s various betrayals also generated a lot of talk on the internet, with several people criticizing the influencer for getting back together with him even after being cheated on 16 times during their marriage.
Weight loss controversies
Maíra shares several weight loss tips with her followers. However, every now and then it ends up generating a lot of controversy, as was the case with the 7-day fast on just water. According to the influencer, the objective of fasting was “to connect my body, my mind, my soul”. Of course, the idea didn’t go over well, and many internet users accused her of encouraging her followers to have eating disorders.
Another controversial situation involving the weight loss coach’s methods was when she posted a video about “food rape”, a term she created herself.. Obviously, the video went viral and took a lot of hits, generating a lot of criticism, even from his own followers.
Due to her somewhat controversial methods, the Regional Council of Nutritionists received several complaints about the influencer’s weight loss program. The body stated that the former BBB is not a nutritionist and that is why she is not able to practice the profession in Brazil.
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