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Sara Sampaio

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Benjamin Ward

Updated on March 13, 2026

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Sampaio in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Sara Pinto Sampaio

Place of Birth: Porto, Portugal

Date of Birth: 21 July, 1991

Ethnicity: Portuguese

Sara Sampaio is a Portuguese model and actress. She is a beauty ambassador for Giorgio Armani, works for Calzedonia, and has appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and been a Victoria’s Secret Angel.

Sara is the daughter of Cristina Pinto and Armando Sampaio. A picture of Sara with her parents and brother can be seen here.

A 23andMe DNA test taken by Sara stated that her genetic ancestry is:

*63.5% Southern European
——–*37.5% Broadly Southern European
——–*21.7% Iberian
——–*4.2% Italian
*30.1% Northwestern European
——–*17.7% British & Irish
——–*11.0% Broadly Northwestern European
——–*1.2% French & German
——–*0.1% Finnish
*6.1% Broadly European
*0.2% Sub-Saharan African

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