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60 || FITNESS MAGAZINE || DECEMBER 2015 how. MOST Fitness is proud to have Tacy on our cover this issue and finds it fascinating how she blends fashion and fitness together with her new company. Wait until you hear how she manages to stay true to her roots, enjoy life, maintain a fit body, and work hard to better herself everyday so that she can pass it on to others. In our eyes, as we say in Brazil, Tacy is just linda, maravilhosa (gorgeous and marvelous)!MFM: What was the impetus to make you first want to participate in Miss Brazil USA Washington, DC, which ended up leading to so many opportunities?TD: To be honest, I wasn%u2019t really into Ms. Brazil or pageants overall. Basically, it was for fun, and I had friends who were going to participate. The runner up was in New York so I said; why not, I%u2019ll do it for fun, and for travels, and it turned out to be a great experience and opened a lot of doorsMFM: You were internet Miss USA Brazil in 2004 with over 100,000 votes-Do you know what made you win? What attributes stood out for the voters that gave you the title?TD: It was actually new and the first time they did it online where people could vote for contestants by looking at your photos and your file and everything. I had a friend who I met there, a journalist and photographer Lee Ferraz who was also running the show, and he said he thought I won partly because of my charisma. He said I was very carefree and wasn%u2019t so stressed out, and it showed through. Some of the girls were very intense, and took it very seriously. So maybe that%u2019s why I won, and maybe having a good picture online may have helped too. We had a great time, but it was intense, more than I realized it would be; we had to wake up super early to train for the dance, but we had so much fun!MFM: In what ways does your Brazilian heritage play a role in your daily life?TD: A lot actually- I have a 9 year old son, so it%u2019s very important to me that he speaks Portuguese and learns about his culture. I speak Portuguese with him, cook Brazilian food, and teach him about the Brazilian culture every day. It%u2019s a lot easier for him to speak English, so I have to constantly be reminding myself to speak Portuguese with him. So far he speaks it well, and I hope we continue that way. He knows about Brazil and loves it and soccer of course.MFM: What characteristics does a Brazilian woman possess? Do you have a lot of family still in Brazil?TD: I do; I go every year, at least two times a year. I also have some family here, and my mother was living in San Francisco and just moved to Texas. Brazilian women tend to be very passionate about everything we do, friendly, family oriented, and we are also known to be very good samba dancers! We love to celebrate life%u2014one of the reasons why I created a line is because we are very feminine and are always on top of beauty trends and taking care of ourselves and working on being fit and in shape. MFM: Who do you look to for inspiration and guidance both in your personal life and your business?TD: My mother, she is my gravity, she is my inspiration in every way, as she is a very strong woman. She helps me in business and my personal life. Also my uncle, Romualdo Can%u00e7ado whom I call my second father-he is the best person I have ever known, and there is nothing I can%u2019t talk to him about both business-wise or personal, and everything. He is unbelievable. I try to be as good as both of them and learn from them as much as possible and absorb everything. I like to learn; I like to be around people who try to help me grow. Those two are my biggest inspirations in life.