- Born
- Mara Maravilha was born on March 6, 1968 in Itapetinga, Bahia, Brazil. She is an actress, known for As Aventuras de Sergio Mallandro (1985), The Slave Isaura (2004) and H2M: Popstar (2021).
- The dark-haired host in Brazilian children's television, back when the other stars were mostly blonde.
- Silvio Santos's children appeared on stage with her in "Show Maravilha" several times. Santos' grandson Tiago Abravanel celebrated a birthday on stage. A young Cleo Pires also appeared in one of the episodes.
- The only former Brazilian children's TV star of the 1990s to have had a TV show outside of Brazil, besides Xuxa. She also titled a program in Argentina.
- The "Show Maravilha" special episode celebrating her birthday was broadcast live and went off air due to a blackout. She still guaranteed her viewers that "nothing would go wrong" before going off air.
- Distinguished for being a brunette while most of the other children's TV hosts were blonde.
- Converted to christianity in 1995, starting her career in gospel music.
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