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Los Angeles Actress / Model Tatyana Figueiredo Delights Children in the Toyland First Friday event in Bentonville, Arkansas

Tatyana Figueiredo demonstrated Hasbro's "Poppy" from the movie "Trolls" by Dreamworks in the Walmart Toyland event held in Bentonville, AR

Los Angeles actress / model Tatyana Figueiredo (originally from Brazil) recently delighted children in the annual Walmart Toyland event held November 4 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart Toyland is an outdoor event sponsored by Walmart, Disney, DreamWorks and other major companies to give back to the families of Arkansas.

The event was free and open to the public. There were children, families, adults, all kinds of people! Organizers estimated that the event drew between 6,000 and 7,000 participants.

Tatyana's association with Hasbro began with a Los Angeles, CA demonstration of the toy Poppy from the movie Trolls from DreamWorks.

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The people at Hasbro liked her work in Los Angeles so much that they asked her to audition for the Bentonville, AK event, then they selected her for the event!

Tatyana was very excited about participating in the event, as it took place on the same day that Trolls opened nationally.

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"It was very exciting to me to be a part of the event, working with children! I had a chance to meet great new people and make new friends. I enjoyed Bentonville, and had a really great time there!"

Tatyana is now back in Los Angeles, and continuing to work hard to build her acting and modeling career.

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