In 2011, Bruna also appeared in a Brazilian reality show called A Fazenda (local version of The Farm) finishing as the second runner-up (third place).

She claims that, although she never lacked material goods, and was well educated in private schools, she did not receive much affection and attention from her parents, always being in the company of the nanny and maids.

She was always the subject of humiliation by her brother, who never accepted the fact that her parents had adopted her and taken him from the position of only child, and therefore sole heir.

After a few years she had saved some money, and underwent psychotherapeutic treatment to quit drugs and eventually managed to get out of the brothel.

[5] She revealed that her greatest sadness was that her father had died without talking to her again, and that she resented her mother for not wanting to see her anymore, but that she is very happy with her current life.

[12][13][14] Surfistinha had a premonitory dream about the death of her father, so a friend took her to a yard, and there an entity confirmed that he had died, which made her desperate.

[12] Pacheco began her literary efforts through a blog, under the name Bruna Surfistinha, where she commented on her routine as a call girl.

After some time as a prostitute, she met her ex-husband, João Correa de Moraes whom she publicly referred to as "Peter" or "John Paul", and whom she married in 2005.

[15] On April 27, 2006, The New York Times published an article about the phenomenon by Larry Rohter entitled, The One Who Controls Her Body May Annoy Her Countrymen.

The book, titled "O Doce Veneno do Escorpião — O Diário de uma Garota de Programa" (The Scorpion’s Sweet Venom — The Diary of a Call Girl), was a non-fictional description of life as a prostitute, written by journalist Jorge Tarquini, who collected Surfistinha's testimonials to write the work.

[16] In the book, the reader finds descriptions of a young prostitute who entered a world, she said, unknown, but became routine to her: Crazies, surubas, many different men (and women) a day, almost endless nights.

The title was to be the same as the first book, "O Doce Veneno do Escorpião" (The Sweet Poison of Scorpio), and would receive about four million reais by means of a tax waiver.

[24] In 2006, adult movie producer Sexxxy released the DVD 3X com Bruna Surfistinha where Raquel Pacheco participates in three pornographic stories.

[27][28] In June 2017, FOX confirmed the start of recordings of the second season of the series,[29][30] which also stars Sérgio Malheiros and Maitê Proença.