Sónia Araújo is a Portuguese

Portuguese people

The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....

 TV hostess, known for her work in the Portuguese talk show

Talk show

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 Praça da Alegria. More recently, she participated in the 2007 edition

Eurovision Dance Contest 2007

The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was the 1st Eurovision Dance Contest a dance entertainment co-production between the EBU and the BBC. The first ever pan-European dance competition was held on 1 September 2007 in London, United Kingdom with the participation of 16 countries...

 of the Eurovision Dance Contest

Eurovision Dance Contest

The Eurovision Dance Contest was an international dancing competition that was held for the first time in the United Kingdom on Saturday 1 September 2007....

, in which she won the fifth place, and she has stated that she had not expected to reach such a high qualification.

Career

Her career in broadcasting

Broadcasting

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 began in 1993, when she first appeared in the magic show Isto é Magia (Portuguese for This is Magic) by Luis de Matos

Luis de Matos

Luis de Matos is a Portuguese magician and was voted magician of the decade 2000-2009.-Biography:Luis de Matos was born in Portuguese Mozambique in 1970, a Portuguese overseas province until 1975. At the age of five he moved with his parents to Portugal where the family settled near the city of...

. She participated in several other programs (1,2,3, Chuva de Estrelas, Avós e Netos, to name a few) until she achieved recognition in Portugal by co-presenting Praça da Alegria in 1996, which she still hosts to this date, despite a short interruption while participating in the Eurovision Dance Show in 2007. A year later, she graduated in law

Law

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 at the Lusíada University of Porto

Lusíada University of Porto

The Lusíada University of Porto is a Portuguese private university located in Oporto, and founded in 1989.-Organization:Currently 3 374 students attend the courses provided by ULP's three faculties and two institutes...

 and has stated that even if she doesn't become a lawyer

Lawyer

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, her knowledge might be of use to her.