Cleo Brandao

About Cleo Brandao

She is a Brazilian TV host and model, known for her work on sports programs on TV channel Rede Bandeirantes.
At 14 years old, she was invited by a teacher to take a test at a modeling agency, where she was accepted and began a regional career. Three years later, living in the city of Cristalina, she was elected the "Garota do Fantástico", a segment of the TV program Fantástico on Rede Globo, and appeared on various magazine covers and advertising campaigns.
At 22, she was invited to join the regular cast of the program Os Trapalhões, also on Globo, and shortly after passed a test to become a presenter for the sports news show Esporte Total on Rede Bandeirantes. She soon became one of the network's main sports presenters, also hosting Band Esporte, Show do Esporte, Faixa Especial, and Faixa Nobre do Esporte.
She was on the cover of the Brazilian edition of the men's magazine Playboy in May 1999.
In 2001, she was fired from Bandeirantes for recording a commercial for Telesena, a capitalization bond of the companies belonging to entrepreneur Sílvio Santos, owner of the competing television network SBT.
She then went to work at Rádio Transamérica, where she hosted the program Transamérica Esporte and created, coordinated, and hosted the program Rock Motor. She remained at the radio station for five years.
Currently, she lives in São Paulo and works for the magazine Speedway, focused on the world of motorsports. She also collects recipes from world cuisine for publication in specialized magazines. As a curiosity, she also played soccer on the women's team of São Paulo Futebol Clube.
In 2019, Cleo returned to TV as a reporter for Desafio ao Galo, broadcast on RBTV.