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Yesterday and today: 14 Brazilian celebrities who were models before fame

Television and cinema always need new and beautiful faces to captivate the public and make them dream of their dramas and romances. Nothing is more natural than looking for talent on the catwalks, where beauty is a fundamental requirement.

Many models dream of success in a dramatic career or on variety shows. Some make it there, as shown by our team of beautiful and handsome men from the fashion world who have crossed this barrier.

O awesome.club searched social networks for images of television stars who like to remember the times of fashion editorials and runway shows. Proof that talent and charm have lasted for decades.

14. Grazi Massafera

Grazi Massafera started parading at the age of 7, in the region of Jacarezinho (PR), where she was born. She participated in several beauty contests and was even elected Miss Paraná in 2004. Big Brother Brazil, in 2005, transformed his life. She managed to prove her acting talent, becoming a star. She continues to do advertising campaigns and has her own eyewear line, in partnership with Luxottica.

13. Angelica

Before running the program Children’s Club (on the defunct TV Manchete) and become one of the most popular presenters in the country, Angélica had a busy career as a child model. On her networks, every now and then she posts memories of those times, such as advertising for the Pataca brand (above) and the cover for the Christmas edition of Claudia magazine, in December 1981, when she was 8 years old.

12. Alinne Moraes

Alinne Moraes won a modeling competition promoted by the magazine Whim in 1995. He was 13 years old and saw his career take off: he modeled and photographed for famous brands in Japan, France, the United States and Italy. Upon returning to Brazil, in the early 2000s, she auditioned as an actress and won her first role in the telenovela. student’s heart (2002), by Globo. She has not stopped being successful, playing young ladies and also some villains.

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11. Reynaldo Gianecchini

In the 1990s, Reynaldo Gianecchini’s face began to become known because of the fashion campaigns and editorials in which he participated as a model. With his arrival in soap operas, in 2000, he became a heartthrob of the first magnitude. Below, a #tbt with the participation of Gisele Bündchen and André Resende, now the husband of Isis Valverde. “I was about to stop being a model and Gisele was starting to break through the world”, recalled Gianecchini in her post.

10. Taís Araújo

Taís Araújo also did her modeling before being revealed in the telenovelas Great Ambush (1995) and xica da Silva (1996). The black and white photo, posing on the hood of a VW Beetle, is from her first book, a collection of photos that models take to show their work. In the #tbt below, a photo made for the cover of a notebook, where she “acts” with Reynaldo Gianecchini in her modeling days.

9. Olivier Anquier

Baker, presenter and restaurateur Olivier Anquier also had a glorious past as a model. He even did international campaigns for trendy brands like Gianfranco Ferré and Calvin Klein, of which he posted a black and white photo (above) on his Instagram account. In the image below, an advertising piece made alongside Elisabeth Mas, who became a top model.

8. Ana Hickmann

Before becoming a successful presenter and businesswoman, Ana Hickmann had a hectic career on the catwalks, even appearing on the list of the 10 most beautiful women in the world, according to the magazine QA italian. In 2004, invited to present a painting in the program all to see, from Rede Record, set foot on television. Her connection with fashion remains firm: she has her own lines of clothing, shoes, eyewear, perfumes, cosmetics, jewelry, watches…

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7. Fernanda Lima

Fernanda Lima started her modeling career at the age of 14. In the photo posted above, left, she was 15 and launching an international career that took her to Japan, Italy and Switzerland. In 1999, she started working as a presenter on MTV and gained space on other stations, until she became a star on the TV Globo team, where she also did some work as an actress.

6. Rodrigo Hilbert

“At the age of 23 and one meter of hair”, joked Rodrigo Hilbert when posting the old photo above, taken backstage at a fashion show. At the time, he was already chasing his dream of being an actor, a career he actually fulfilled, in a series of soap operas on TV Globo. But he has carved out a special place in fans’ hearts as the host of the cooking show Family Seasoningon the GNT cable channel.

5. Maria Fernanda Cândido

Maria Fernanda Cândido started modeling at age 14 (when she posed for the black and white photo above). She paraded on international catwalks for powerful brands such as Dior, Versace and Prada, until she broke out as an actress in the telenovela. Terra Nostraby Globo, in 2000. Today he divides his time between acting and directing Casa do Saber, an institute that offers courses in philosophy, art, cinema, history, music and other humanities.

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3. Bruna Lombardi

Bruna Lombardi was one of the first models to cross the barrier that separated the catwalks from dramatic art, in the 1970s. Renowned as an actress, poet, interviewer and film producer, among other talents, she likes to remember her teenage days when she modeled and always posts very glamorous photos (past and present) on her social media.

2. Luciano Szafir

Luciano Szafir started his modeling career at the top, in New York, where he was part of the cast of Ford Models, one of the largest agencies in the world. Now and then he recalls those times on his Instagram account. “A long, long time ago,” he joked, as he posted the black and white photo above.

1. Xuxa

Xuxa Meneghel starred in hundreds of campaigns, commercials and fashion editorials before becoming the Queen of Baixinhos, first on TV Manchete, preceding Angélica in charge of the Children’s Cluband then on Xou da Xuxa, from TV Globo. In the 1980s, she was part of the Ford Models international team. She likes to post pictures from her book for fans who want to remember the past and for those who weren’t even born at the time.

Have you ever dreamed of working as a model? And as an actress or actor? Which of the celebrities above really proved their talent in transitioning from one career to another? Feel free to leave your story or opinion in the comments!


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