Raica Oliviera. Brazilian supermodel.

Raica Oliveira was born in Niterói, Brazil, the youngest of three children. She has two brothers. She graduated from the Sao Vicente de Paula school in Niteroi. Before becoming a model, she practiced body boarding. She dreamed of becoming a model since she was ten years old. Oliveira was discovered by the same agent who discovered Gisele Bundchen, Sergio Mattos.

In 1999, Oliveira entered the Elite Model Look contest in Brazil and beat 30,000 girls for the top prize. She was sent to Nice, France, for the final international competition, where she placed second. Soon thereafter, she moved to New York with her mother Conceição de Oliveira to try to build her career. Raica Oliveira was christened "The Sensation" at the 1999 fall fashion shows in Paris and Milan. alongside Adriana Lima, Maggie Rizer, Oluchi and Karen Elson.

Her first campaign was for Christian Dior, shot by photographer Nick Knight; it appeared in the likes of Vogue and Vanity Fair. In May 2000 Oliveira was one of the models to appear in the Vogue USA edition' segment Blame It On Rio , the photographer was Mario Testino and it also featured Gisele Bundchen, Fernanda Tavares and others.

In 2001, Oliveira was ranked by the magazine Istoe Gente to be on of the best paid Brazilian models, earning US$300,000 for her work, which included walking in more than 76 fashion shows in only two seasons.