Raica Oliveira (born 22 January 1984) is a Brazilian model known for her work with numerous companies, including Emanuel Ungaro, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, Vogue, Chanel, Lancôme, Victoria's Secret, Pepe Jeans, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, JLO, H&M, Elle, Marie Claire, TNG, Ann Taylor and XOXO.

[7] In 1999, Oliveira entered the Elite Model Look contest in Brazil and beat 30,000 girls for the top prize.

[citation needed] Raica Oliveira was christened "The Sensation" at the 1999 fall fashion shows in Paris and Milan.

Her first campaign was for Christian Dior, shot by photographer Nick Knight; it appeared in the likes of Vogue and Vanity Fair.

[8] The 2002 calendar celebrating the Vespa, shot by Peter Beard, featured Oliveira, along with Nourchene Scherif and Mia Rosing.

The same year Jennifer Lopez decided to make her own clothing line and Oliveira was chosen to appear on the ads as the head face for the fall/ winter collection.

In addition to her campaigns and ads for Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, and La Perla, Oliveira was unveiled as a spokesmodel for the cosmetics company Lancôme in 2006[10] and fashion laicence Punto Blanco.

Oliveira was one of the supermodels who appeared in the Blame It On Brazil edition of Vanity Fair in September 2007, photographed by Mario Testino.

Photographer Gabriel Mendes' work, "Urban Puns - Trocadilhos Urbanos", which consists of urban portraits, mostly everyday-people shot in front of street-art murals, that were shot in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and New York, where Mendes resides, has Oliveira posing for the photographer as the subject on one of the twelve photos that make his visual diary.

São Paulo Fashion Week released a calendar featuring 25 Brazilian models including Oliveira, photographed by Bob Wolfenson with art direction by Giovanni Bianco.

The calendar was accompanied by a movie containing interviews with the models, which was broadcast at GNT in Brazil and then hit the shelves as a DVD.

[citation needed] Since 2008, Oliveira has been working as a reporter in Paris and New York for the Portuguese Jornal Record.

[2] Oliveira will be reporting on fashion occasions occurring in Paris and New York for the program Hoje em Dia which is hosted by fellow model Ana Hickmann.