Luciana Curtis, international model. her photographer husband, Enrique Gendre; She and her 11-year-old child were reportedly kidnapped in her home country on Wednesday night and held hostage for 12 hours.
“Armed criminals approached the victims outside the restaurant and detained them,” Brazilian police said in a statement, citing local reports by the New York Post.
Brazilian-born Curtis, 47, has modeled for brands such as Victoria's Secret and H&M, appeared on the covers of fashion magazines such as Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan, and worked with celebrities such as Beyoncé.
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Luciana Curtis, international model. Her photographer husband. She and her 11-year-old child were reportedly kidnapped in her home country on Wednesday night and held hostage for 12 hours. (Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/Getty Images, ARD Foundation)
She has homes in New York, London, and Brazil.
The family was forced into their car by the kidnappers after dining in an upscale neighborhood in São Paulo. According to reports, they were forcibly taken by car to a hut on the outskirts of the city, equipped with only mattresses, toilets and sinks, where they were kept overnight.
They were released early Thursday morning after the kidnappers stole money from their bank accounts.
Curtis walks the runway in Brazil in 2004. (Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images)
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According to the newspaper, police said, “During the search by a specialized police team, the gang fled, abandoning their families.''
The couple's eldest son did not go to dinner with his family, but they called police when he did not return from dinner on Wednesday.
Curtis and her husband Enrique Gendre. (Luciana Curtis/Instagram)
“The family has been released and is safe and well,” a representative for Curtis told local media, according to the paper.
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No arrests have been made.
