Sampaio started her career in 1939, in São Paulo, Brazil, as Diva Rios, singing sambas and marches.
[2][3] Later on she changed her name to Suzy King and started her iconic act of performing with pythons.
She was a multi-media star of sorts when such a term did not exist yet, always making sure newspapers would keep abreast of what she was doing.
She also tried to emulate Lady Godiva wearing a long blond wig to cover her breasts and riding a horse through the center of the city.
She left for Mexico in the late 1960s, where she changed her name to Yacui Yapura Sampaio Bailey.