Valéria Monteiro

Valéria Monteiro
Born
Valéria Monteiro

(1965-03-26) 26 March 1965 (age 59)
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Occupation(s)Model actress, journalist, television presenter
Years active1986–present
Notable workFantástico (anchor, 1988–1991, 1993)
Jornal Nacional (anchor, 1992)
Political partyPMN (Since 2018)
Spouses
Justin Kaufman
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(m. 1994; div. 1998)​
Paulo Ubiratan
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(m. 1989; div. 1992)​
ChildrenVitoria (b. 1990)

Valéria Monteiro (born 26 March 1965 in Belo Horizonte) is a Brazilian journalist, model, actress, and television presenter, member of the Party of National Mobilization (PMN).[1]

Biography

Model and ballet dancer, started her journalism career in Campinas, in a TV broadcaster affiliated to Rede Record. In 1986, was hired by Rede Globo to present RJTV, local afternoon news program in Rio de Janeiro. Later, acted as anchor of Fantástico between 1988 and 1991, and of Jornal Hoje.

Monteiro was the first woman to host Jornal Nacional in 1992. In 1993, returned to Fantástico. In 1994, she covered the January edition of Playboy. In 1995, was present of GNT Fashion. After that, acted in the miniseries Incidente em Antares. In 1996, had a brief passage through Rede Manchete. Moved to New York with her daughter Vitoria, born during her marriage with the director Paulo Ubiratan, who died in 1998.[2]

Valérias was also married to realtor Justin Kaufman, and she lived in the United States. Currently, the presenter is single.

In the U.S., she worked for Discovery Channel, Bloomberg and NBC. She returned to Brazil in 1999, and was hired by RedeTV!, where she presented the first phase of A Casa É Sua. Her last work in television was as advertisement girl of José Serra's electoral campaign.[3]

Currently, she owns an independent producer named Toda América, and presents the show Mondo' in the radio broadcaster Paradiso FM, based in Rio de Janeiro.

On 19 May 2014, she returned to television to command O Show da Vida é Fantástico in Canal Viva.[3][4]

On 22 September 2017, Monteiro announced herself as a pre-candidate for President of Brazil.[5] Monteiro joined the Party of National Mobilization (PMN) on 12 January 2018.[1] However, the party gave up on her candidacy, as she didn't reach 3% of the intention of votes in the opinion polls.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Valéria Monteiro oficializa filiação ao nanico PMN" (in Portuguese). Veja. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Infarto mata o diretor de novelas Paulo Ubiratan" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 28 March 1998. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b Pinheiro, Raquel (1 June 2014). "Valéria Monteiro: 'É difícil romper com o conceito do bonito'" (in Portuguese). Revista Quem. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. ^ "'O Show da Vida é Fantástico', 'Mixto Quente' e 'A Diarista' estão na programação de aniversário do VIVA" (in Portuguese). Canal Viva. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  5. ^ Jardim, Lauro (22 September 2017). "Valéria Monteiro se lança candidata à Presidência" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  6. ^ Mantovani, Kelly (29 March 2018). "PMN desiste de lançar ex-apresentadora do JN Valéria Monteiro" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 29 March 2018.