Model Dandara Couto Says She Is Safe After Brief Disappearance

Overview

• Dandara Couto posted a video on October 21 saying she was “lost for three days,” calling the period turbulent and thanking supporters for messages of concern.
• Family and friends had publicly circulated her last known location near Rua Cristiano Viana in Pinheiros, São Paulo, after she left home to buy bread and later to have her hair braided.
• Couto said she is in Florianópolis receiving family care and professional follow-up but did not give a detailed account of what happened during the days she was missing.
• Reporting in O Globo states she was found the night after she vanished, a detail the model did not address directly in her statement.
• Couto is a working model represented by Mega Model in Brazil and Elite Model in Chile, and her team and family have asked for privacy while stressing the importance of mental health and ongoing care.