Top Model: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Top Model is a Brazilian soap opera produced and aired by Rede Globo, between 18 of September of 1989 and 4 of May of 1990 in 197 chapters, replacing what King Am I?, And being replaced by Mico Black. It was the 42nd "novel of the seven" displayed by the broadcaster.

Written by Walther Negrao and Antonio Calmon, with collaboration Vinicius Vianna and Rose Calza, directed by Mário Márcio Bandarra and Fred Confalonieri, and general direction of Roberto Talma. Top Model was based Shop Shop aseries written by Antonio Calmon that had only displayed the pilot episode in 1988 and of which the base of actors was assembled for the soap opera the following year.

Series details

• Title: Top Model
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Portuguese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 1989-09-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 1990-05-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Globo
• Network country: Brazil
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8189

Cast and credited roles

• Malu Mader — Maria 'Duda' Eduarda
• Taumaturgo Ferreira — Lucas Pasolini
• Nuno Leal Maia — Gaspar Kundera
• Cecil Thiré — Alex Kundera
• Maria Zilda — 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

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-09-18; final listed air date 1990-05-04; episode order: 197.

Source and licence

Adapted from Top Model on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.