Mari Paraiba: biography and achievements

Mari Paraiba is a famous Brazilian volleyball player. Beauty has become more popular after filming for Playboy magazine.

short biography

The Brazilian volleyball player was born in the territory of Central America in 1982. She grew up in Wisconsin.

In the world of sports, the beauty is known as Mari Paraiba, but her real name is Mariana Andrade Costa. From a young age the girl became addicted to volleyball. At the age of ten, she began attending training. The athlete has established itself as a promising player, so the girl quickly achieved success.

The Brazilian beauty participated in the women's super league. The pretty volleyball player acted as a part of such teams as Osasco, San Caetano and Pineiro.

Achievements and successes

For her sporting career, Mari Paraiba especially distinguished herself at the Olympic Games in 2012 in London. At the international level, the volleyball player defended the honor of the Brazilian women's team. At the 2012 Olympics, she won worldwide fame and the title of Olympic champion.

After participating in international competitions volleyball player Mari Paraiba decided to leave the big sport. She announced this in September 2012. The Olympic champion went to television, where she began to work as a TV presenter. She also began to take an active part in competitions in beach volleyball.

2012 was a period of change for Mariana. Beauty shocked all frank photographs in the magazine Playboy. For shooting in the men's magazine, she earned a fee of 250 thousand dollars.

Participating in competitions in beach volleyball, Mariana Andrade Costa was dressed in a rather frank sports uniform. But during the photo shoot the girl was still very shy. She felt awkward and uncomfortable. Only thanks to the professional work of the crew, the sportswoman was able to overcome her fears and throw off her clothes. So in July 2012 on the pages of Playboy magazine there were erotic photos of Marie Paraiba.

Return of the sportswoman to the big sport

In 2016, Mariana Andrade Costa continued her career as a volleyball player on a professional level. She signed a contract with the club "Volero" (Zurich), who is the current champion of Switzerland. For the Brazilian athlete this is the first experience of playing in a foreign team.

Mari Paraiba was invited to the club "Volero" in 2015. The president of Swiss team Stey Jacobi is convinced of the correctness of the decision to acquire a volleyball player. In his opinion, it will strengthen the game "Volero" both in attack and in defense.

The beauty is to get to know the women's team. As it turned out, one player volleyball player has long been familiar. In the Swiss club plays Fabiola, with whom Mariana was part of the Brazilian national team.

Mari Paraiba herself is waiting for the start of the season. The athlete has a great desire to put on a T-shirt "Volero" and show everyone what she is capable of.