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 In 1992, the Spanish government awarded Miss Mara its ''Premio Nacional del Circo'' (National Circus Award). This was one of the many distinctions she received during her career as well as after her retirement. Mara had immense charisma, great natural elegance, and a powerful personality&mdash;not to mention outstanding talent. Hers remained, until the 1970s, among the greatest trapeze acts the circus had ever seen. Remarkable trapeze performers such as [[Isabella Nock]], [[Judy Merton]], and more recently, [[Silvia Zerbini]] have since continued in her footsteps.
-By the late 1980s, Russian trapeze artists, beginning with [[Elena Panova]], transformed the character of the swinging trapeze, deemphasizing danger in favor of more elaborate tricks. This transformation also brought about tricks that, although increasingly more amazing, were sometimes made possible only by the use of a hand-held longe. Still, in her days, the flamboyant Maria Papadópulos Campos reigned supreme over the single trapeze world, and took the risks (and paid the price) to maintain her position.
+By the late 1980s, Russian and Canadian trapeze artists, beginning with [[Elena Panova]], transformed the character of the swinging trapeze, deemphasizing danger in favor of more elaborate tricks. This transformation also brought about tricks that, although increasingly more amazing, were sometimes made possible only by the use of a hand-held longe. Still, in her days, the flamboyant Maria Papadópulos Campos reigned supreme over the single trapeze world, and took the risks (and paid the price) to maintain her position.
 Mara retired in Madrid. She was an avid reader, a classical music lover, and was keenly interested in the arts (her brother Enrique became a painter), so she kept herself busy. Mara passed away on December 14, 2013. She was seventy-nine. To those who saw her perform, she will always be remembered as "La Mara," as she was often called&mdash;one of the truly great circus performers of the twentieth century.

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 By the late 1980s, Russian trapeze artists, beginning with [[Elena Panova]], transformed the character of the swinging trapeze, deemphasizing danger in favor of more elaborate tricks. This transformation also brought about tricks that, although increasingly more amazing, were sometimes made possible only by the use of a hand-held longe. Still, in her days, the flamboyant Maria Papadópulos Campos reigned supreme over the single trapeze world, and took the risks (and paid the price) to maintain her position.
-Mara retired in Madrid. She was an avid reader, a classical music lover, and was keenly interested in the arts (her brother Enrique became a painter), so she kept herself busy. Mara passed away on December 14, 2013. She was seventy-nine. To those who saw her perform, she will always been remembered as "La Mara," as she was often called&mdash;one of the truly great circus performers of the twentieth century.
+Mara retired in Madrid. She was an avid reader, a classical music lover, and was keenly interested in the arts (her brother Enrique became a painter), so she kept herself busy. Mara passed away on December 14, 2013. She was seventy-nine. To those who saw her perform, she will always be remembered as "La Mara," as she was often called&mdash;one of the truly great circus performers of the twentieth century.
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−	María ~~Papadopoulos~~ y Vaquero (1934-2013) was born in 1934 in San Fernando, in the province of Cádiz, Spain, to Miro Papadópoulos Stavanovich, who had Greek ancestry but came from a Romanian family, and his wife, Remedios Vaquero Canela. María was the firstborn of a very large family: She had six brothers and one sister, and all her life she would assume a sort of matriarchal responsibility for her siblings, including her brother Antonio, known as [[Tonito]], who became a celebrated acrobat on tight wire—before developing a famous tight wire duo, [[The Tonitos]], with his brother Jorge.	+	María Papadópoulos y Vaquero (1934-2013) was born in 1934 in San Fernando, in the province of Cádiz, Spain, to Miro Papadópoulos Stavanovich, who had Greek ancestry but came from a Romanian family, and his wife, Remedios Vaquero Canela. María was the firstborn of a very large family: She had six brothers and one sister, and all her life she would assume a sort of matriarchal responsibility for her siblings, including her brother Antonio, known as [[Tonito]], who became a celebrated acrobat on tight wire—before developing a famous tight wire duo, [[The Tonitos]], with his brother Jorge.

	Mara, as she became known, made her debut in the ring at age five in 1939, in Cartagena, where she performed a small trapeze act in her father's circus, Circo Florida. A very strong girl, both physically and psychologically, Mara developed in time a remarkable trapeze act in which she did most of her work swinging—not a common presentation at the time. Her tricks included heel-catches, neck-hangs, and a slide to heel-catch in full swing, which had been a specialty of the great Australian trapeze artist [[Winnie Colleano]]. Mara worked at dizzying heights, without any safeguards.		Mara, as she became known, made her debut in the ring at age five in 1939, in Cartagena, where she performed a small trapeze act in her father's circus, Circo Florida. A very strong girl, both physically and psychologically, Mara developed in time a remarkable trapeze act in which she did most of her work swinging—not a common presentation at the time. Her tricks included heel-catches, neck-hangs, and a slide to heel-catch in full swing, which had been a specialty of the great Australian trapeze artist [[Winnie Colleano]]. Mara worked at dizzying heights, without any safeguards.

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−	María Papadopoulos Vaquero (1934-2013) was born in 1934 in San Fernando, in the province of Cádiz, Spain, to Miro Papadópoulos Stavanovich, who had Greek ancestry but came from a Romanian family, and his wife, Remedios Vaquero Canela. María was the firstborn of a very large family: She had six brothers and one sister, and all her life she would assume a sort of matriarchal responsibility for her siblings, including her brother Antonio, known as [[Tonito]], who became a celebrated acrobat on tight wire—before developing a famous tight wire duo, [[The Tonitos]], with his brother Jorge.	+	María Papadopoulos y Vaquero (1934-2013) was born in 1934 in San Fernando, in the province of Cádiz, Spain, to Miro Papadópoulos Stavanovich, who had Greek ancestry but came from a Romanian family, and his wife, Remedios Vaquero Canela. María was the firstborn of a very large family: She had six brothers and one sister, and all her life she would assume a sort of matriarchal responsibility for her siblings, including her brother Antonio, known as [[Tonito]], who became a celebrated acrobat on tight wire—before developing a famous tight wire duo, [[The Tonitos]], with his brother Jorge.

	Mara, as she became known, made her debut in the ring at age five in 1939, in Cartagena, where she performed a small trapeze act in her father's circus, Circo Florida. A very strong girl, both physically and psychologically, Mara developed in time a remarkable trapeze act in which she did most of her work swinging—not a common presentation at the time. Her tricks included heel-catches, neck-hangs, and a slide to heel-catch in full swing, which had been a specialty of the great Australian trapeze artist [[Winnie Colleano]]. Mara worked at dizzying heights, without any safeguards.		Mara, as she became known, made her debut in the ring at age five in 1939, in Cartagena, where she performed a small trapeze act in her father's circus, Circo Florida. A very strong girl, both physically and psychologically, Mara developed in time a remarkable trapeze act in which she did most of her work swinging—not a common presentation at the time. Her tricks included heel-catches, neck-hangs, and a slide to heel-catch in full swing, which had been a specialty of the great Australian trapeze artist [[Winnie Colleano]]. Mara worked at dizzying heights, without any safeguards.

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 ==See Also==
-*Video: [[Miss Mara Video|Miss Mara]], at the Spanisher National Circus (1962)
+* Video: [[Miss Mara Video|Miss Mara, swinging trapeze]], at the Spanisher National Circus (1962)
 ==Suggested Reading==

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−	María Papadopoulos Vaquero (1934-2013) was born in 1934 in San Fernando, in the province of Cádiz, Spain, to Miro Papadópoulos Stavanovich, who had Greek ancestry but came from a Romanian family, and his wife, Remedios Vaquero Canela. María was the firstborn of a very large family: She had six brothers and one sister, and all her life she would assume a sort of matriarchal responsibility for her siblings, including her brother Antonio, known as [[Tonito]], who became a ~~famous~~ acrobat on tight wire—before developing a famous tight wire duo, [[The Tonitos]], with his brother Jorge.	+	María Papadopoulos Vaquero (1934-2013) was born in 1934 in San Fernando, in the province of Cádiz, Spain, to Miro Papadópoulos Stavanovich, who had Greek ancestry but came from a Romanian family, and his wife, Remedios Vaquero Canela. María was the firstborn of a very large family: She had six brothers and one sister, and all her life she would assume a sort of matriarchal responsibility for her siblings, including her brother Antonio, known as [[Tonito]], who became a celebrated acrobat on tight wire—before developing a famous tight wire duo, [[The Tonitos]], with his brother Jorge.

	Mara, as she became known, made her debut in the ring at age five in 1939, in Cartagena, where she performed a small trapeze act in her father's circus, Circo Florida. A very strong girl, both physically and psychologically, Mara developed in time a remarkable trapeze act in which she did most of her work swinging—not a common presentation at the time. Her tricks included heel-catches, neck-hangs, and a slide to heel-catch in full swing, which had been a specialty of the great Australian trapeze artist [[Winnie Colleano]]. Mara worked at dizzying heights, without any safeguards.		Mara, as she became known, made her debut in the ring at age five in 1939, in Cartagena, where she performed a small trapeze act in her father's circus, Circo Florida. A very strong girl, both physically and psychologically, Mara developed in time a remarkable trapeze act in which she did most of her work swinging—not a common presentation at the time. Her tricks included heel-catches, neck-hangs, and a slide to heel-catch in full swing, which had been a specialty of the great Australian trapeze artist [[Winnie Colleano]]. Mara worked at dizzying heights, without any safeguards.

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 File:Miss_Mara_(c.1955).jpeg|Miss Mara (c.1955)
 File:Miss_Mara_Heel_Catch.jpg|Miss Mara (c.1955)
 File:Miss_Marra_flexing_Muscles.jpg|Miss Mara (c.1955)
 File:Miss_Mara_Poster_1962.jpg|Miss Mara (1962)

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 File:Miss_Mara_Poster_1962.jpg|Miss Mara (1962)
 File:Miss_Mara_Swinging.jpg|Miss Mara (c.1965)
 File:Miss_Mara_Entrance.jpg|Miss Mara (c.1970)
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 ==Suggested Reading==
-Simón González, ''Una Vida apasionante en la Barra del Trapecio'' (Madrid, Ed. J. García Verdugo, 1999) ISBN 84-95144-23-9
+* Simón González, ''Una Vida apasionante en la Barra del Trapecio'' (Madrid, Ed. J. García Verdugo, 1999) ISBN 84-95144-23-9
 ==Image Gallery==