A pioneer of ‘body positivity’ and grandmother at 41, Preta Gil turns 50; see interesting facts

This Thursday (8) is the 50th birthday of Preta Maria Gadelha Gil, Gilberto Gil’s fourth daughter and the singer’s second with Sandra Gadelha, known as Drão. The singer, who has this name because her father put his foot down and insisted on keeping it when he went to register her at the registry office (the employee thought it was weird), has always been marked by authenticity and avant-garde behavior.

In her half-century of life, Preta has become synonymous with courage, boldness, freedom and high spirits (her laughter can be heard from a considerable distance, as anyone who has ever witnessed it knows). Mother, grandmother, icon of feminism and the body positive movement, she recently underwent cancer treatment, faced the death of her brother when she was still young and every day confronts conservatives on the internet.

Married four times, the artist faced a painful breakup in her last marriage, but she didn’t give up. Months later, she was already partying with her ever-loyal friends on beaches, shows and events. She continued to post photos in a bikini praising her body and, now, showing the scars that the disease left on her skin. As she describes herself on her social media: “Free and happy”. Check out twenty interesting facts about Preta Gil.