Sonia Maria Abrão (born June 20, 1958) is a Brazilian journalist, television presenter and writer who throughout her career has worked for

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and

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Biography

Abrão was born in

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on June 20, 1958, and graduated in Journalism at the

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. Throughout her career she has worked for newspapers and magazines such as '' Notícias Populares'', ''Contigo!'', ''Amiga'' and ''Diário de S. Paulo''. In 1991 she debuted as a journalist for

's ''Aqui Agora'', retaining her position until 1997, when she was invited to join ''Domingo Legal'' as a reporter. In 2002 she was given her first solo

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, ''Falando Francamente'', which ended its run in 2004 after she joined

. There she hosted ''Sonia e Você'' until 2006, when a series of divergences prompted her departure. Shortly after she was invited by

to host ''A Tarde É Sua'', which continues to be broadcast to the present day. Besides her career in television, Abrão has also published the cookbooks/memoirs ''Santas Receitas'' (2007) and ''Doces Lembranças'' (2013), the latter alongside her sister Margareth Abrão; the

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books ''Abaixo a Mulher-Capacho!'' (2009) and ''Homens que Somem'' (2012); and ''As Pedras do Meu Caminho'' (2015), a biography of Polegar frontman Rafael Ilha.

Personal life

A devout

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, Abrão was married to entrepreneur Jorge Damião for 17 years, with whom she had a son, Jorge Fernando Abrão Damião (born 1992); later in life she would reveal that, before getting pregnant with Jorge Fernando, she suffered a

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. In 2017 she embraced

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. She was a cousin of

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frontman Alexandre Magno Abrão, better known as Chorão.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abrao, Sonia 1958 births Living people Brazilian journalists Brazilian women journalists Brazilian television presenters Brazilian women television presenters Brazilian writers Women food writers Brazilian biographers Brazilian memoirists Self-help writers People from São Paulo Brazilian Roman Catholics