Joana Prado

Joana Prado Belfort (born June 22, 1976) is a Brazilian-American businesswoman and former model. Early life Prado was born in São Paulo, daughter of engineer Jair Prado and Mercedes Prado and sister of Tiago Prado. While she was studying administration and foreign trade in college, she was model and girl advertising for brands like 775, Sexy Machine, and M.Officer. Prado holds dual Brazilian and American citizenship. Career Prado worked as a model and during this period she also studied business administration with an emphasis on foreign trade. She was advertising girl of some brands like: 775, Sexy Machine, M.Officer and others. She began working on TV as a stage assistant for Luciano Huck's Program H, at Rede Bandeirantes, later creating a character called Feiticeira ("Sorceress"), which made her known worldwide. At first, Prado had many difficulties with accepting the character, due to the conservative upbringing she received from her parents. She decided to leave her university education and take theater classes with Beto Silveira in order to better understand and incorporate the character, who later became Brazil's greatest sex symbol in the 90's.