| Genre: | Telenovela |
| Creator: | Walther Negrão Antônio Calmon |
| Director: | 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 |
| Opentheme: | "Eu Só Quero Ser Feliz" |
| Composer: | Buana 4 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Num Episodes: | 197 |
| Channel: | Rede Globo |
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]
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.
| Actor[2] | Character | |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Eduarda Pinheiro (Duda) | ||
| Taumaturgo Ferreira | Lucas Pasolini | |
| Gaspar Kundera | ||
| Alex Kundera | ||
| Mariza Borges Magalhães | ||
| Anastácia Passos (Naná) | ||
| Evandro Mesquita | Adaílton Pinto de Saldanha (Saldanha / Sal) | |
| Giulia Bonicelli | ||
| Morgana Kundera | ||
| Luís Carlos Arutim | Silas Bonicelli | |
| Jacqueline Laurence | Simone Bourier | |
| Suzana Faini | Cleide Pinheiro | |
| Jacques Dupont | ||
| Lia | ||
| Suzy Rêgo | Carla | |
| Raul | ||
| Rose | ||
| Chiquinho Brandão | Paulo Otávio (Grilo) | |
| Maria Aparecida das Dores do Parto (Cida) | ||
| Rita Mallot | Magali | |
| Marvin Gaye | ||
| Cinira Camargo | Milu | |
| Irma Lamer | ||
| Felipe Donavan | Armando | |
| dona Norma | ||
| Márcia Couto | Glória | |
| Felipe Martins | Ivanildo (Jacaré) | |
| Veridiana (Big Loira) | ||
| Mercedes | ||
| Children and Adolescents | ||
| Marcelo Faria | Elvis Presley Kundera | |
| Olívia Kundera | ||
| Carol Machado | Jane Fonda Kundera | |
| Rodrigo Penna | Alex Kundera Júnior (Alex Jr.) | |
| Henrique Farias | Ringo Starr Kundera | |
| Jonas Torres | Arthur Dupont | |
| Cristina (Tininha) | ||
| Tânia | ||
| Igor Lage | John Lennon Kundera | |