True, yes, I was told by an escort who I've seen in both Rio and Sao Paulo that it is all locals in SP. I saw her first in SP in 2017 and then again in Rio in 2018 and her English had improved out of sight from moving to Rio. She said it's because in SP she really had no English speaking clients so didn't speak English, while in Rio had many English speaking clients so she spoke it often and her English was better. So understand what you are saying. My frustration with Athena was more because I thought she could have made the effort to use the translator herself. Anyway, it's a huge city and she probably gets lots of business so she doesn't need to cater to what I want (I was told though that the girls charge more when they know it's a foreigner).
I've also found a few on the escort sites who can speak some English (probably 10% or so), but none really to my liking if I'm honest.
What I did find was via other apps, a lot of girls who were 'working' and spoke English. Part time models, students, instagram girls etc, higher class girls who charged more and didn't want to have their photos on escort websites but were confirmed to be escorts by a girl who I was speaking to (who also fell into the category of student, part time model and sometime escort). My guess is that it's probably impossible to find these sorts of girls without an intro, or being a local. Likely debatable if they are worth the money.
