Ana Paula de Vasconcelos Padrão, also known as Ana Paula Padrão (

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, November 25, 1965) is a Brazilian journalist, chief editor, entrepreneur, writer and television presenter. She has been a journalist for over thirty years, working for several Brazilian television networks, including

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, SBT and Record. Currently she works for Band Networks, where she hosts MasterChef Brazil, MasterChef Profissionais and MasterChef Para Tudo. She also presents Conexão com The New York Times in BandNews TV.

Notable works

From 1987 until 2005, Padrão worked for Rede Globo in

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, covering mostly international news, including the

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. She signed a new contract in May 2005, to work as a chief editor and host of the national news SBT Brasil, for SBT Networks and two years later she started to present SBT Realidade, a weekly television documentary. From 2009 until 2013, she worked for Rede Record as host of the national news Jornal da Record. In 2014, Padrão released her first book, ''O Amor Chegou Tarde em Minha Vida'' (Love Arrived Late in My Life), and started to host all

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versions in Brazil and a new television documentary titled Ana Paula Padrão.Doc (stylized as ''_anapaulapadrão.doc''). Padrão founded ''Touareg'', an agency specialized in developing content, documentaries and series for television. She is also the founder of the following websites: ''Tempo de Mulher'' (Woman's Time) and ''Escola de Você'' (School of You), both of them created in 2014.

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1965 births Brazilian television journalists People from Brasília Living people {{Brazil-journalist-stub