Influencer gives up Carnival 2025 after charges: ‘Pressure for a perfect body is cruel’

Kerolay Chaves, 23, realized a dream last year: he debuted at the São Paulo Carnival as a muse of the South Zone Baroque. However, in 2025, she decided not to return to the Anhembi Sambadrome and chose to enjoy Carnival with friends, away from Folia.

“I need to take care of my mental health. I was preparing, training and taking samba classes, but I suffered a lot of criticism. It is desperate. The pressure for a perfect body and for samba in the foot are cruel in this environment,” he told the F5.

Minas Gerais from Belo Horizonte, Kerolay states that the feeling of parading in a samba school is indescribable, but not everything is flowers. “I was getting discouraged as I realized the eyes and read comments: ‘She doesn’t know how to sambar’, ‘she’s fat to be a muse’ and so on … It’s hard,” he says. “It’s a lot of charge. We look at each other in the mirror and, instead of being proud of our own trajectory, begins to charge each other even more.”

Influencer with more than 6 million followers on social networks (including Instagram, Tiktok, Onlyfans and Privacy), she said she was willing to invest loudly in muse costume. “I spent about $ 50,000 on the costume last year and had separated more or less that same amount for this year. But I didn’t even see the sketch. I communicated my decision to the school principals, and they were understanding. “

She makes a criticism related to what happened. “Carnival is a popular party and there is no space for prejudice. A muse or any component of a school is very ugly and any contradictory is very ugly and contradictory,” he says.