Anna Maria de Souza: The Brazilian Ball's Leading Light

October 4, 2007

Anna Maria de Souza, founder and organizer of Toronto’s Brazilian Carnival Ball and recipient of BizBash Toronto’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award, died September 18 after a nine-month fight with cancer. Since 1966, when the first ball was held in a Portuguese church basement, the spectacular fund-raiser has generated more than $46 million for various beneficiaries in Toronto and Brazil.

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