A former model and ballerina is mak-ing headlines across Brazil after being i-dentified as John McCain's lover 51 years ago. Maria Gracinda Teixeira, 77, says she is the woman the Republican presidential candidate fondly de-scribed--though never named--in his 1999 book "Faith of My Fathers.''

曾當過模特兒和芭蕾舞女伶、今年已經77歲的泰瑟拉，在被指認是馬侃51年前的舊愛後，立刻成為巴西媒體焦點。她說她是共和黨總統候選人馬侃在他1999年出版的書《將門虎子》中深情提及但從未透露姓名的那個女人。

In the book, McCain said he met a "Brazilian fash-ion model'' as a young Navy sailor in Rio de Janeiro when the destroyer USS Hunt docked in the city for a week in 1957. McCain was stationed on the ship.

馬侃在書中說，當美國驅逐艦「杭特號」1957年停靠巴西里約熱內盧時，他正派駐艦上，身為年輕海軍水兵的他，曾碰到一位「巴西時裝模特兒」。

Local reporters tracked her down late last week, turning Teixeira into an overnight media sensation. She told Brazilian media that the young McCain was a romantic and a "good kisser.'' "We met because I used to have lunch near the docks,'' Teixeira told the newspaper Extra. "He is so cute. But I never imag-ined he would write about me, that was a surprise.''

當地記者上周末追蹤到她，使泰瑟拉一夕之間成為媒體寵兒，她告訴巴西媒體，馬侃年輕時浪漫，而且「吻功一流」。「我們之所以認識，是因為我曾在碼頭附近吃午餐，」泰瑟拉告訴巴西新聞報Extra。「他很迷人，但我從沒想過他會提到我，實在很意外。」

In his book, McCain wrote about his rambunctious time in Rio, saying he and his fellow sailors "in-dulged in the vices sailors are famous for.'' McCain wrote that he returned to Rio after the short stay and saw her again, but that the romance didn't blossom for long because of "youthful impatience and short attention spans.''

在書中，馬侃提及他在里約時曾有段放浪形骸的時光，並稱他和同船水兵「耽溺於水手惡名昭彰的種種惡劣行徑，但這段戀情未開花結果，因為「年輕時總是沒耐心，嘗鮮期也很短。」

Photo shows Teixeira holding a picture of herself as the 1949 Miss Trade, during an interview on September 18, 2008 in Teresopolis, 130 km north of Rio.

圖為泰瑟拉今年9月18日在里約北部130公里的特瑞索波利斯接受訪問時，手拿1949年當選商展小姐的舊照。