About Rafaella Kalimann
Better known as Rafa Kalimann, is a Brazilian influencer, presenter, actress, model, advisor, social activist, environmental activist and missionary .
She began her career at the age of 14 as a model. Since 2013, she has boosted her career through Snapchat and Instagram . Rafa has the title of Citizen-Goiana by the Legislative Assembly of Goiás.
In 2020 he participated in the twentieth season of Big Brother Brasil . She is among the most popular digital influencers in Brazil, later becoming a presenter and actress. Since 2020, she has received awards and titles for Best Instagram, Best Instagram of All Time, Best Instagrammer, Sexiest Woman, Best Digital Influencer, Instagram of the Year, Digital Influencer Minas Gerais, Behavior and Power on the Networks.
In 2020, Rafa launched his clothing brand, which later also became a shoe brand, "RK by Rafa Kalimann", later becoming "RK Shop Now".
In 2021, he presented the program Casa Kalimann on Globoplay, which ended in the same year. In 2022, she worked as a reporter and presenter for Big Brother Brasil, on the Bate-Papo BBB panel. Still in 2022, she makes her acting debut in the series Rensga Hits!, original GloboPlay serial.
He was part of the cast of the twentieth season of the reality show Dança dos Famosos, part of the program Domingão com Huck, where he came in third place.
Still in 2023, he presented alongside Kenya Sade, Circuito Sertanejo, on TV Globo.
As a social activist, she has been an ambassador for the NGO "Missão África", since 2012, raising resources to meet social needs such as food, housing, health and education of African communities in Mozambique. She is the godmother of the "Hospital de Câncer de Goiás", of the "JK Community" of Goiânia and works in the Philanthropic Art, Education and Mission Project in Favela da Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro , called "Rocinha em Cena". As an environmental activist, she is the godmother of the "Brigadas Pantaneiras" of the NGO "SOS Pantanal", responsible for controlling fires in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.
Rafa Kalimann is a workaholic. In her first international editorial, carried out in 2022, posing for a photo shoot in the English magazine "1883 Magazine", the serial states right in the headline that "There is no one like her", exalting all her professional qualities and affirming her as a powerhouse: "To call Rafa Kalimann a powerhouse would be an understatement." In November 2023, in its first time at the awards, it presents one of the 17 categories of the biggest Brazilian music award in the country, the Multishow Award. Rafa was responsible for awarding the "Christian Music" of the year, a program that aired live and in full on TV Globo, where, in an interview, she celebrated her career as an actress taking off and her career as a presenter continuing.
Still in the second half of 2023, he participated in the recording of the second season of Rensga Hits!.
Participate throughout 2023 in major international events. In March, he participates in Paris Fashion Week .In May, he returns to the Cannes Festival, his second time at the event for the second year in a row, where he walked the red carpet, where he was highlighted this time bringing Brazilian charm to the premiere of Killers Of The Flower Moon, a film by director Martin Scorsese and the following day, the presenter also crossed the red carpet to attend the screening of the film “Firebrand”, by Brazilian Karim Aïnouz . In September, she arrived in Italy, being internationally recognized and invited for the first time to the Venice Film Festival , the influencer is present at the premiere of the film "The Killer", by North American director David Fincher, also participating in a charity tea . In conjunction with the trip to Italy, Rafa leaves for New York, where he participates as a guest at the launch event of the " Victoria's Secret World Tour", passing through the pink carpet of one of the most important and significant events in the world.
Personal life
In February 2020, while confined on Big Brother Brasil, Rafa revealed that she had a miscarriage when she was just 19 years old.
In 2014, she began dating country singer Rodolffo Matthaus, member of the duo Israel & Rodolffo, whom she married in September 2016. The marriage ended in June 2018, due to betrayal on Rodolffo's part.After the end of the marriage, Kalimann kept the singer's surname. The divorce was made official in August 2020.
In November 2018, she began dating businessman Flávio Moretto, ending the relationship in May 2019. In June 2020, she began a relationship with singer and composer Daniel Caon, with whom she had already had a relationship in 2014. In November 2020, the singer officially asked the influencer to be his girlfriend. In July 2021, the end of the relationship was confirmed, after almost eight months together.
In 2022, she began a relationship with actor José Loreto. In January 2023, the end of the relationship was announced after 6 months.
As of March 2024, she has amassed 21.5 million followers on Instagram and 12.8 million followers on her TikTok platform.
