Top Model (TV series)
Top Model is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired in the 7pm timeslot by Rede Globo, from September 18, 1989 to May 4, 1990. It had 197 chapters. It replaced Que Rei Sou Eu? and was followed by Mico Preto.[1]
| Top Model | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Walther Negrão Antônio Calmon |
| Directed by | Roberto Talma |
| Starring | Malu Mader Taumaturgo Ferreira Nuno Leal Maia Cecil Thiré Maria Zilda Bethlem Zezé Polessa Evandro Mesquita Alexandra Marzo Eva Todor Suzy Rêgo Alexandre Frota Jonas Bloch Denise Del Vecchio Drica Moraes Marcelo Faria Gabriela Duarte Jonas Torres |
| Opening theme | "Eu Só Quero Ser Feliz" |
| Composer | Buana 4 |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of episodes | 197 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Rede Globo |
| Original release | September 18, 1989 – May 4, 1990 |
- For the Argentine TV series, aired as Top Model in non-Ibero-American countries, see 90-60-90 Modelos.
Plot
Maria Eduarda "Duda" Pinheiro is a successful top model. After being hired to model Covery brand clothes, she meets the Kundera brothers, Alex and Gaspar, owners of the company.
Gaspar, a former beatnik, is over 40 but still practices surfing, lives in a beachside house and raises five children: Elvis (named after Elvis Presley), Ringo (Starr), Jane (Fonda), Olívia (Newton-John) and (John) Lennon, all from different mothers who left them with him. Anastácia "Naná" Passos, Duda's friend and mentor, loves him platonically, and rivalizes with Mariza Borges (mother of Gaspar's latest son, whom she named Alex Jr., however) over him.
Alex by contrast is a yuppie. He and their mother Morgana have a love-hate relationship and rivalizes with his brother over Morgana's attention and the company.
Alex begins to love Duda, however she falls in love with Lucas, a graffiti artist who is on the run from the São Paulo police due to his involvement in a crime there. He is also searching for his real father, and thinks it's either Alex or Gaspar.
Cast
| Actor[2] | Character |
|---|---|
| Malu Mader | Maria Eduarda Pinheiro (Duda) |
| Taumaturgo Ferreira | Lucas Pasolini |
| Nuno Leal Maia | Gaspar Kundera |
| Cecil Thiré | Alex Kundera |
| Maria Zilda Bethlem | Mariza Borges Magalhães |
| Zezé Polessa | Anastácia Passos (Naná) |
| Evandro Mesquita | Adaílton Pinto de Saldanha (Saldanha / Sal) |
| Alexandra Marzo | Giulia Bonicelli |
| Eva Todor | Morgana Kundera |
| Luís Carlos Arutim | Silas Bonicelli |
| Jacqueline Laurence | Simone Bourier |
| Suzana Faini | Cleide Pinheiro |
| Jonas Bloch | Jacques Dupont |
| Denise Del Vecchio | Lia |
| Suzy Rêgo | Carla |
| Alexandre Frota | Raul |
| Cissa Guimarães | Rose |
| Chiquinho Brandão | Paulo Otávio (Grilo) |
| Drica Moraes | Maria Aparecida das Dores do Parto (Cida) |
| Rita Mallot | Magali |
| Miguel Magno | Marvin Gaye |
| Cinira Camargo | Milu |
| Vera Holtz | Irma Lamer |
| Felipe Donavan | Armando |
| Yara Cortes | dona Norma |
| Márcia Couto | Glória |
| Felipe Martins | Ivanildo (Jacaré) |
| Maria Gladys | Veridiana (Big Loira) |
| Ana Maria Magalhães | Mercedes |
| Children and Adolescents | |
| Marcelo Faria | Elvis Presley Kundera |
| Gabriela Duarte | Olívia Kundera |
| Carol Machado | Jane Fonda Kundera |
| Rodrigo Penna | Alex Kundera Júnior (Alex Jr.) |
| Henrique Farias | Ringo Starr Kundera |
| Jonas Torres | Arthur Dupont |
| Adriana Esteves | Cristina (Tininha) |
| Flávia Alessandra | Tânia |
| Igor Lage | John Lennon Kundera |
References
- "Top Model - Memória Globo" (in Portuguese). Memória Globo. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- Nilson Xavier. "Top Model - Elenco". Teledramaturgia (in Portuguese). Retrieved December 29, 2017.
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