Thaís Carla: The New Aphrodite. A New Era of Magnetism, Femininity, Beauty, Desire, and Freedom
Free to love, desire, and be desired, Thaís Carla embraces a new chapter of sensuality, self-discovery, and freedom, learning to experience love — in all its forms — through a new version of herself
STARS COVER EDITION - SEPTEMBER 2026 ISSUE
There are moments when a woman does not need to start over. She simply needs to bloom. It is from this place that Thaís Carla emerges in the new Stars edition of Hooks Magazine: a woman moving through a phase of discovery, freedom, sensuality, and, above all, a deeper relationship with love.
“I feel more loved than I ever have before.” The phrase captures a moment that, for Thaís, goes far beyond romantic love. It is about recognizing affection in different places and, above all, realizing that self-love can transform the way we receive everything that comes from the outside world.
For this edition, Thaís is presented as a contemporary Aphrodite. Not one shaped by the gaze of those who observe her, but a woman who understands that her beauty, desire, sensuality, and power of attraction belong, first and foremost, to herself.
“I feel like an Aphrodite. Not because someone chose me, but because I finally allow myself to experience love, desire, and beauty with freedom,” she says.
There is a particular lightness in the way Thaís speaks about the phase of life she is experiencing. She does not describe this moment as a definitive transformation, nor as a break from who she once was. There is, in her words, an understanding that a person can change without having to erase previous versions of themselves.
“I’m getting to know people, getting to know feelings, and, above all, getting to know a woman within me whom I may not have had the opportunity to experience before.”
This discovery seems to be one of the forces shaping her present. After years of taking on responsibilities, building a career, being a mother, and occupying an important space in the conversation around representation and fatphobia, Thaís allows herself to experience curiosity once again.
She speaks about having new firsts, about being able to surprise herself, change her mind, and discover new places within herself.
“It’s beautiful to realize that I’m still discovering myself.”
There is something almost adolescent about this feeling — the anticipation of the unknown, the pleasure of meeting new people, the possibility of falling in love with life. But there is also the maturity of someone who has learned to set boundaries and recognize what she wants.
This combination of curiosity and self-awareness is one of the most striking characteristics of Thaís that we encountered in this edition.
Her sensuality also emerges from a different perspective. For a long time, within traditional standards of representation, fat bodies were associated with the need for correction, restraint, or justification. Thaís has helped challenge this narrative by publicly defending the idea that fat people have the right to dignity, respect, accessibility, love, and desire.
Today, that advocacy continues to exist, but it meets an even more personal dimension.
“I never had to lose weight to be desirable. I was a fat woman, sensual, desired, powerful, and fully in control of myself, and no change to my body can erase that story.”
The statement establishes an important distinction. Individual changes do not have to be interpreted as a rejection of one’s own journey. A body can go through different phases without defining a person’s worth or invalidating a collective struggle.
“My body does not need justification to take up space, experience pleasure, be photographed, or be admired. I do not ask for permission to exist. I exist in my entirety.”
It is precisely within this freedom that the image of Aphrodite gains its power.
The photographs accompanying this edition work with white, water, translucency, flowers, skin, and delicacy. The aesthetic creates an almost mythological atmosphere, yet the woman at its center remains entirely contemporary.
There is no attempt to turn Thaís into an unreachable character. On the contrary. The image works because there is a sense of naturalness in her presence.
She is not trying to prove that she is sensual.
She simply is.
And perhaps this is one of the greatest changes in her relationship with her own image: sensuality is no longer a statement, but an experience.
“Today, I look in the mirror wanting to know what I feel, not what people expect me to feel.”
This sentence could also define the spirit of this new phase.
Looking at yourself before looking at external expectations. Desiring without guilt. Being desired without apologizing.Changing without having to explain. Living without turning every experience into a promise of the future.
Thaís speaks about love with a breadth that goes beyond any romantic narrative. When asked what most represents the woman she is today, among beauty, pleasure, desire, love, and the power of attraction, she chooses love.
But for her, love is everywhere.
It is in her daughters, in the woman she has built, in her body through all its phases, in the life she still longs to live, and in her ability to remain connected to herself.
“My greatest power of attraction comes from being connected to myself.”
It is an answer that shifts the traditional idea of magnetism. Attraction does not come solely from appearance, approval, or another person’s desire. It comes from the relationship someone builds with themselves.
Perhaps that is why this Thaís feels so different without needing to become someone else.
She remains the woman who advocated for bodies outside conventional beauty standards. She remains a mother, an artist, and a public figure who learned to occupy spaces that, for a long time, were not made available to women like her.
But now there is also a freedom to live what she has always defended.
“My fight has not changed. What has changed is that today I also allow myself to live everything I have always stood for.”
Perhaps this is the essence of the new Aphrodite.
A woman who does not need to choose between strength and delicacy, between conviction and sensuality, between transformation and permanence. A woman who can advocate for an idea collectively while, at the same time, allowing her own life to be complex, contradictory, and constantly evolving.
Thaís does not seem interested in figuring out what the ending of this story will be.
She wants to discover how many versions of herself still exist within her.
“How many versions of myself are still there when I allow myself to live without fear?”
It is this question that remains after the photographs, the interview, and the words.
Because perhaps blooming is precisely this: not arriving at a definitive version of yourself, but finally understanding that there is no obligation to arrive.
In this Stars edition, Thaís Carla does not appear as a woman who started over.She appears as a woman who allowed herself to live.And by doing so, she discovered that love can be everywhere — including in the place where everything begins: within herself.
Exclusive Interview with Thaís Carla:
1. You described this moment by saying, “I feel more loved than I ever have before.” What changed within you that allows you to receive, recognize, and experience love in such a different way today?
I think that, first, I learned to love myself in a different way. Today, I listen to myself more, respect my desires and my boundaries, and I’m not afraid to choose myself. I’m a mother, I’m a woman, I have an entire life happening around me, but I understood that I also need to make myself a priority. I feel more loved than I ever have before because, before anything else, I’m loving myself in a way I had never experienced before.
2. Our cover presents you as a kind of contemporary Aphrodite: a woman free to desire, be desired, and experience her own sensuality. When did you realize that you no longer needed to see your body through the eyes of others, but through your own desire?
I spent many years showing other women that they could love their bodies. At some point, I realized that I needed to keep doing that for myself, too. My body has changed, my life has changed, but my sensuality has never depended on a number on the scale. Today, I look in the mirror wanting to know what I feel, not what people expect me to feel. To me, being this Aphrodite means exactly that: belonging to my own body.
3. Is there anything this new version of Thaís has discovered about herself that surprised you?
I discovered that I still have many firsts left to experience. Sometimes, when we become mothers, work a lot, and take on so many responsibilities, it feels like we are supposed to have all the answers. I discovered that I can still surprise myself, fall in love with life, change my mind, and discover new places within myself. It’s beautiful to realize that I’m still discovering myself.
4. For a long time, fat women were confronted with the idea that their bodies needed to be corrected, hidden, or justified in order to be considered desirable. Today, you are occupying that very space of magnetism and desire. What does it mean to you to claim this space without asking for permission?
I never needed to lose weight to be desirable. I was a fat woman, sensual, desired, powerful, and fully in control of myself, and no change to my body can erase that story. What I am experiencing today is a new phase, not a correction of who I was. My body does not need justification to take up space, experience pleasure, be photographed, or be admired. I do not ask for permission to exist. I exist in my entirety.
5. If Aphrodite symbolizes beauty, pleasure, desire, love, and the power of attraction, which of these words most deeply represents the woman you are today — and what do you still want to discover about this new phase of your life?
Love. But not just romantic love. The love for my daughters, for the woman I have built, for my body through all its phases, and for the life I still want to live. Today, I understand that my greatest power of attraction comes from being connected to myself. And perhaps that is what I most want to discover from this point forward: how many versions of myself still exist when I allow myself to live without fear.
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