HeloÌsa Pinheiro is the 'Girl From Ipanema', a Rio native whose daily strolls past the Veloso Bar in 1962 inspired a global hit and put Brazil on the map. 'Tall and tanned and young and lovely' Heloise, known as Helo, caught the eye of composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese poet Vinicius de Moraes who together penned one of the world's most recorded songs.