Clodovil Hernandes

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Clodovil Hernandes
Clodovil Hernandes

Clodovil Hernandes (Elisiário, June 17, 1937) is a former Brazilian fashion stylist and is currently a television presenter and politician. Clodovil was raised by a Spanish immigrant couple (Diego Hernández and Isabel Sánchez), he never knew his biological parents.

In 2006, he was one of 70 congressmen elected to represent the state of São Paulo in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil, as a candidate of the Christian Labour Party.

Hernandes is a member of the Brazilian Congress. He is an openly gay politician in South America.[1]

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[edit] Television career

  • TV Mulher (Rede Globo, 1980 season)
  • Clô para os Íntimos (Rede Manchete, 1987-88 seasons)
  • Noite de Gala (CNT, 1993-95)
  • Clô Soft (Rede Bandeirantes, 1996-97)
  • A Casa é Sua (Rede TV!, 2004-05)
  • Clodovil Por Excelência (Rede JB, soon on April season)
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Clodovil's education was completed by Catholic priests. He speaks two other languages besides Portuguese - French and Spanish.

After his breakthrough on Globo's TV Mulher, Clodovil was fired from the female program hosted by Marilia Gabriela and sexologist São Paulo former mayor and new Brazilian minister for Tourism, Marta Suplicy. In 1982, when Walter Clark, Globo's former director general, was invited to be a director on the Rede Bandeirantes network, Clô hosted his program. In the 1993 Brazilian TV season, Clodovil hosted a program in Rede Manchete, when the network suffered a severe financial crisis and strike action with the suspension of part of the national schedule, based in Rio de Janeiro. Adolpho Bloch returned control by legal determination when he left the channel in the first days of May due to past differences with the ex-boss.

In 2006 in São Paulo, Clodovil was depicted in a musical. He defends the preservation of Mata Atlântica in the Ubatuba region and minority rights in the lower house. His future project is Casa Clô, a foundation attended by women not helped by official social assistance programs.

Clodovil trained as an actor and as a singer. He created the evening gowns for Miss Brasil and Miss Universe in the 1970's, Sandra Mara Ferreira and Sandra Guimarães de Oliveira.

His controversial declarations on (Rede TV!), caused legal consequences for Clodovil's artistic career. Today, he is the presenter of Clodovil Por Excelência (Clodovil By Excellence) on the TVJB network, which was established in March 2007.

[edit] Political phrases

[edit] 2006 campaign

  • "Brasília will never be the same".
  • "I will not promise anything. I will report [any kind of corruption] that comes directly to me.".

[edit] Theatrical career

  • Elas por Elas (2006)

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