Ticiana Villas Boas

Brazilian journalist

Ticiana Villas Boas

Villas Boas in 2013

Born|  (1980-11-22) November 22, 1980 (age 44)

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Occupation(s)| Journalist and TV host
Spouse|

Joesley Batista

(m. 2012)​

Children| 3

Ticiana Tanajura Villas Boas Batista, best known as Ticiana Villas Boas (born November 22, 1980) is a Brazilian journalist and TV host.

## Biography

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Ticiana began her career in 2005 as a reporter from Bahia for Jornal da Band, on Rede Bandeirantes. In 2006 she was transferred to São Paulo and, in 2007, took over the presentation of the electronic magazine Atualíssima alongside Leão Lobo. In 2008 she returned to Jornal da Band as an anchor alongside Ricardo Boechat. She participated and anchored important coverage such as the Pope's visit to Brazil, the Olympics, the World Cup, in addition to the tragedies of floods in Santa Catarina and landslides and deaths in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro.[1]

In 2010, she won the Troféu Mulher Imprensa for best news anchor in 2009, promoted by Revista Imprensa.[2][3] On April 28, 2015, she signed a contract with SBT to present the reality show Bake Off Brasil.[4] On the same channel, she presented another reality show, starting in February 2016, BBQ Brasil: Churrasco na Brasa.[5] In October of the same year, she also led the reality show Duelo de Mães.[5] In 2017, she left SBT when her husband, Joesley Batista, became the target of an investigation by the Federal Police, involved in illicit business between the Government and JBS.[6][7]

In July 2020, she was invited to lead Bake Off Brasil for three weeks in which Nadja Haddad tested positive for Covid-19.[8] In 2021, after being discarded for the Vem Pra Cá program, she signed with Band and returned with Duelo de Mães.[9] On February 11, 2022, Ticiana announced her departure from Band for the second time, in addition to leaving TV permanently to dedicate herself to new projects.

## Controversies

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Ticiana is married to businessman Joesley Batista, president of J&F, the holding company of JBS, one of the largest food industries in the world. In May 2014, a controversy arose after the removal from the Veja magazine website, without further explanation, of a video where the journalist gave an interview about her life as a married and wealthy woman with no limits on personal expenses and without knowledge of the prices of things. common everyday products such as car gasoline. According to another site, Imprensa, the material was removed from the magazine's portal after pressure from the businessman, with Veja giving in to the demand for fear of losing its advertisers. Among others, Batista is also the owner of brands such as Seara and Neutrox.[10]

## References

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1. ^ Redation (November 26, 2007). "Band exibe, ao vivo, inauguração da maior árvore de Natal do Brasil" [Band shows, live, the inauguration of the largest Christmas tree in Brazil]. Band.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
2. ^ Redation (February 26, 2010). "Ticiana Villas Boas, do Jornal da Band, é eleita melhor âncora de telejornal" [Ticiana Villas Boas, from Jornal da Band, is elected best news anchor]. O Repórter (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
3. ^ Redation (March 9, 2010). "Festa do Troféu Mulher Imprensa" [Party of Troféu Mulher Imprensa]. Associação Brasileira de Imprensa (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
4. ^ Redation (April 28, 2015). "Ticiana Villas Boas assina contrato com SBT" [Ticiana Villas Boas signs a contract with SBT]. O Fuxico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
5. ^ a b Redation (February 3, 2016). "BBQ Brasil - Churrasco na Brasa estreia dia 13 de fevereiro" [BBQ Brasil - Churrasco na Brasa opens on February 13th]. SBT na Web (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
6. ^ Redation (May 23, 2017). "Ticiana Villas Boas pede afastamento do SBT após escândalo político" [Ticiana Villas Boas asks for removal from SBT after political scandal]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
7. ^ Redation (August 3, 2017). "Após polêmica, SBT não renova com apresentadora" [After controversy, SBT doesn't renew with presenter]. RD1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
8. ^ Vaquer, Gabriel (March 1, 2021). "Veto a Ticiana Villas Boas revolta apresentadora e área comercial do SBT" [Prohibition of Ticiana Villas Boas revolt presenter and commercial area of SBT]. Na Telinha (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
9. ^ Feltrin, Ricardo (March 15, 2021). "Ticiana Villas Boas fecha com Band e volta à emissora após 6 anos" [Ticiana Villas Boas closes with Band and returns to the station after 6 years]. Splash - UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
10. ^ Redation (May 10, 2014). "Veja tira do ar vídeo com entrevista de Ticiana Villas-Boas" [Veja magazine takes down video with Ticiana Villas-Boas interview]. Portal Fórum (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2023.

*[m.]: married