I didn't know if he was dead when we left. (I) can't sleep. That's what you see because you know it could happen to you.

It wasn't supposed to happen.

At first, I thought they were going to kill me.

I'm a woman, they're women - we become really good friends. Waxing is like my social time. We catch up - 'what's going on in your life?' Talking is very important. It gets your mind off what's going on. We keep it nice and fun and light - not serious. That would be weird.

It's like getting your nails done. You just feel done. Once you're manicured down there, too, once the hair is gone, you feel so clean. You feel really smooth, somehow sexier. You just feel done, you know, pretty.

In Brazil, we grow up with Carnival. People paint their private parts and go dancing in the street.