Mayra Dias Gomes

Mayra wrote her first book, “Fugalaça”, when she was seventeen years old. At age nineteen, her book was published by Editora Record (the largest publishing company in Latin America.) Mayra wrote “Fugalaça” while she was battling with depression. The author revealed that she went through a catharsis while working on her first novel. The book became an immediate phenomenon amongst Brazilian teenagers and a portrait of a generation unable to deal with frustrations. Satine, the narrator, is the author's alter ego. Both suffered with the sudden death of their father during pre-adolescence and became involved with a world of drugs, obsessive and destructive relationships and rock’n’roll. The book's foreword was written by Fernanda Young. In 2014, “Fugalaça” was published by Arara-Verlag at the Frankfurt Book Fair, in Germany, under the title “Brazilian Underground: Die Geschichte von Satine”.

Mayra made a name for herself in Rolling Stone Brazil magazine when she published an article about Damien Echols, an American boy falsely accused, convicted and sent to death row for the murder of three children, in the case known as The West Memphis Three. She later wrote the forward to the Brazilian version of “Devil’s Knot”, by Mara Leveritt, the most important book about the case. Rolling Stone also published her interviews with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg, amongst others.

Mayra joined professional wrestling in December 2019, debuting on NWA Powerrr and becoming a member of the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) roster. She plays the role of May Valentine, the girlfriend to Royce Isaacs of The Wildcards and Strictly Business. Mayra was trained by Future Stars of Wrestling and Royce Isaacs.

In 2015, Editora Record published Mayra's third novel, “Finalmente Famosa” (“Finally Famous”), a suspense thriller based in a real murder that occurred at the Hollywood Hillview, on the Walk of Fame, the building where Mayra first lived when she moved to Hollywood in 2010. The foreword is signed by renowned Brazilian television writer Gloria Perez.

In 2014, Mayra published a story on Glamour magazine, where she revealed that she had been raped when she was fifteen years old by a boy in her school. Glamour magazine also later followed Mayra at the Oscars, and published her interview with Caitlyn Jenner. In Hollywood, Mayra did several red carpet events, including the premiere of “New Moon” and The Academy Awards. She also does cinema interview for UOL, and has interviewed stars such as Vin Diesel, Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg, and the Muppets, amongst others.

In 2012, Mayra published her first book, “Dias Gomes”, alongside her sister Luana Dias Gomes and their mother, Bernadeth Lyzio. The book is a collection of interviews given by their father, Dias Gomes, from the sixties to his death in 1999, and show the evolution of his ideas, while reflecting on the changes that occurred in Brazil during that period.

After the success of her first novel, Mayra became a musical reporter at the largest newspaper in Brazil, Folha de São Paulo, and later a biweekly columnist. Her column “On The Road” talked about her adventures backstage at concerts and behind the scenes in general. In 2011, Mayra also became a collaborator for Folha Ilustrada, where she published interviews with the casts of “Twilight”, “The Hunger Games”, and “Mad Man”, amongst many others.

In 2010, Mayra married Canadian actor and musician Coyote Shivers in Las Vegas and was taken to the altar by Barbara Ramone, the widow of Dee Dee Ramone.

In September 2007, Mayra posed for VIP Magazine. In August 2009, she participated in a shoot with Playboy magazine. Mayra was the poster girl for the “Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival” in 2011.

Mayra Dias Gomes (born December 15, 1987) is a Brazilian author, reporter, media personality and professional wrestling valet. She currently plays the role of May Valentine on NWA Powerrr