Michelle Bolsonaro was born in Ceilândia (DF) and met her husband in the Chamber of Deputies | New

Happiness in person. The state of mind of the new First Lady of Brazil was engraved on her face. The smiles, nods and discreet greetings in her possession reveal a great deal about the personality of Michelle Bolsonaro, a woman who was born and raised so close and so far from the capital's palaces.

Exactly 35 kilometers from Plbadto Palace, the largest city in the Federal District is also one of the poorest. Ceilândia has brazilians from all over, but is known as the cradle of the northeast. He was born and Michelle de Paula Firmo Reinaldo was raised. The old neighbors have good memories of that time.

"It was gay, but I have never seen anything wrong with her," says Líria Messias, a neighbor of Michelle Bolsonaro's family.

Douglas still lives in the same street as Michelle where she spent her teenage years.

"A man always very educated, very generous, had a particular affection", remembers Douglas Cardoso, neighbor of the family of Michelle Bolsonaro.

The first lady of Brazil is 38 years old and is the eldest of five brothers and sisters. The parents still live in Ceilandia, a housewife and a retired bus driver.

Some friends say that Michelle did everything for her family to live in another place, but no one wants to leave.

The story of the girl Michelle looks a lot like that of so many other girls who live in neighborhoods on the outskirts of major Brazilian cities. In Ceilândia, she has always studied at public school, graduated from high school and had to help the mother cover the expenses of the house.

The young woman, who would be the first lady of Brazil, had a lot of energy and was fighting. He worked in a supermarket, in a food industry. In fact, it was the first job with a formal contract.

In 2004, Michelle was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the House. The meeting with the then MP, Jair Bolsonaro, took place in 2006. She went to work in the Bolsonaro office and then married a civil society. In 2008, the Federal Supreme Court banned the employment of family members in the civil service and the deputy fired the woman. The wedding, at an evangelical ceremony, took place in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.

Michelle already had a daughter, from a previous relationship, Letícia, now 16 years old. years. And then they had Laura, now eight.

The closest friends say the same thing about Michelle Bolsonaro: she's a simple, sweet and shy woman, and at the same time a strong and determined woman. As a mother, it is a hard line and as a wife. Inside the house, she dictates the rules.

Michelle held out after the Bolsonaro bombing in Juiz de Fora in September. And it was also closed at the time when the candidate of the time had been released from the hospital and had made the campaign internally, as a second full team.

PSL MP Joice Hbadelmann saw first-hand how Michelle set her limits.

"She has already been very clear:" The space of the house is mine, who is the boss here, it's me. "She created a space there, and sometimes I I had it, I had the smell of dinner that she was running and he, separated in a room next door, gathering people, "says Joice Hbadelmann.

During the election campaign, Michelle remained behind the scenes. She avoided interviews at all costs. He testified only once in the electoral program. And the Jornal Nacional, in one of the few interviews she's given, helped to muffle her husband's image before the elections.

"It's unfortunate to say that he's racist, macho or homophobic.It's all lies."

In the victory speech, Michelle again preferred discretion, even in the church that she frequents, in a worship celebrating the victory of her husband.

Michelle has already indicated that she approved 99% of her husband's ideas, but she did not share No longer the way he used the words on certain occasions.

The first lady was born into a Catholic family and became evangelical in her teens. In Rio, she attends Baptist Church Attitude and for years, she became a Catholic. "

" Today, Michelle contributes to social work as part of the food distribution, end-of-year celebrations for institutions in need. and to the Ministry of the Deaf, which we call Inclusion, "she says. Josue Valandro Júnior, pastor of Baptist Attitude Church.

"I've had this approach to people with disabilities, the deaf, I also have a deaf uncle and I have a lot of love for this community, I want to do my best "Michelle explained.

At the end of September, she participated in the graduation of the Miolo Mole Troop, a group that brings joy to children hospitalized in hospitals. In December, he helped organize a Christmas party for poor children in Duque de Caxias, Baixada Fluminense.

Michelle Bolsonaro is already united in Brasilia to implement a social project for her husband's government.

The first action has already begun in possession. The designer Marie Lafayette created the two dresses worn by the first lady on Tuesday (1st). The inspiration came from two fashion icons: Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, and Jacqueline Kennedy, former First Lady of the United States. Marie was already responsible for Michelle's wedding dress. But to win the first lady's preference at this unique moment, the designer has made the right offer.

"I told him that I had just got an idea:" Why do not you put those dresses on, what are you going to wear? "Because there is a protocol for dressing at official events, then these dresses can be sold, auctioned, and then she will choose institutions that please her, which finally touch her heart for that she make these gifts, "says the stylist.

"I have a lot of projects, and I ask God to bless us, we can have the wisdom and discernment necessary to bring it all to a successful conclusion, I know it's difficult, this is n & rsquo; Is not easy, for the moment that Brazil is going through, but we will ask wisdom and discernment so that every day we can deal with the new, "said Michelle in October.

In all of the candidate's statements, there was an interpreter of books.

In the victory speech, Michelle gave way to the interpreter, to diplomacy and, today, to possession as well.