Meet Benedita, Vassouras’ Inspiring Fighter

People in the market burst into laughter when a farmer offered only seven cents for a towering woman nearly two meters tall, whom most buyers had already dismissed as useless and unmanageable.

Many believed she had no practical value for labor. They said her strength was uncontrolled, that no task could properly suit her, and that keeping her would only lead to losses. However, Joaquim Lacerda did not react like the others.