Xuxa

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Xuxa Wiki Biography

Maria da Graca Xuxa Meneghel was born on 27 March 1963, in Santa Rosa, Brazil, of part Italian descent, and is a singer, actress, and businesswoman, best known for her various Spanish, Portuguese, and English shows. She is a two time winner of a Latin Grammy award, but is also known as the “Queen of the Shorties”. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Xuxa? As of late-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $1 billion, mostly earned through success in entertainment and business. She rose to prominence when she became part of “Xou da Xuxa” and is one of the first Brazilians to appear as part of Forbes Magazine’s richest artists. As she continues her endeavors, it is expected that her wealth will increase.

At the age of 15, Xuxa was discovered by a modelling agency which would start her career as she then appeared in various men’s and fashion magazines in Brazil as well as in the US. She appeared in Playboy, and was also known for her love affair with soccer legend Pele. In 1984, she was hired by Ford Models.

In 1983, her net worth was increasing at a fast rate, and she was offered a television role in the children’s program “Cluba de Crianca” – during this time, she taped during the weekends and modeled in New York City during weekdays. In 1986 she then received an offer to host a national children’s program, and her following was starting to increase as her program had an estimated viewership of 33 million, helping to significantly raise her net worth. Her show had skits, jokes, dancing and singing, and although “Xou da Xuxa” would end in 1992, it was followed up by another program called “Xuxa” which would continue to run for another six years. The popularity of “Xou da Xuxa” would lead to other opportunities for her, and in 1991 another show entitled “El Show de Xuxa” would become a hit.

She would release her first Spanish album entitled “Xuxa 1” which sold well. “El Show de Xuxa” also had an increasing viewership, and she would continue filming for the show until 1993. She was penned by New York Magazine as the “Latin American Madonna” and was then recognized by Forbes as one of the world’s highest paid entertainers. Her success in North and South America and Europe would continue to expand over the next few years, especially when she hosted an English show called “Xuxa”, although it did not find the same popularity and was cancelled after a season. The show would, however, be sold to other countries though she decided to stop working on her international career.

In 1994, she returned to Brazilian TV with “Xuxa Park”, and it helped create “Planeta Xuxa” which stayed on air until 2002. In 2001, the “Xuxa Park” set would be destroyed by a fire and it would lead to another show called “Xuxa no Mundo da Imaginacao”, however, this show had lower ratings. Four years later, “TV Xuxa” would debut as a daily morning show for kids of all ages, and it became very popular. The show had numerous international celebrities as guests and it would continue to run until 2014, when Xuxa had to stop television work due to sesamoiditis which effected her foot and therefore mobility. However, she recently signed a contract with Rede Record in2015 and is currently working on a new show.

For her personal life, Xuxa has never married, but it is known that she has a daughter with actor Luciano Szafir. She dated Pele in the 1980s and later Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna. In 2012, she revealed that Michael Jackson once courted her, and one of her recent relationships has been with actor Junno Andrade.

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Xuxa Quick Info

Full Name Xuxa
Net Worth $1 Billion
Date Of Birth March 27, 1963
Place Of Birth Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Profession Television presenter
Nationality Brazil
Children Sasha Meneghel
Parents Luiz Floriano Meneghel, Alda Meneghel
Siblings Solange Meneghel, Cirano Meneghel, Bladimir Meneghel, Mara Meneghel
Nicknames Maria da Graça Meneghel , xuxa , Xuxa Meneghel , Rainha dos Baixinhos , Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel
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Awards Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children’s Album, Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children’s Album
Nominations Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro for Best Childhood Film, Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro for Best Childhood Film
Movies , Love Strange Love, Xuxa in Crystal Moon, more
TV Shows As Brasileiras, Xuxa, Xuxa Meneghel

Xuxa Trademarks

  1. Voluptous figure
  2. Her pitched voice
  3. Blonde hair and piercing blue eyes
  4. Different, eccentric looks

Xuxa Quotes

  • [on being brunette for a cosmetics commercial ad] I always dreamed of being a brunette like Snow White.
  • [on Luciano Szafir’s family] Nobody is beautiful in that family. Only Luciano.
  • [at the press conference that announced her a Rede Record’ newest cast member] When I was getting ready to come here, I was thinking, ‘It’s really hard, ain’t it? To say that now I’m at Record [TV]. So many years unable to even say its name. [After] 29 years at Globo, it’s hard. Now after I walked through there and saw the [Record’s] emblem I thought, ‘man, I’m really at Record now’.
  • [on Xuxa (1993)] “When I got here, the first day, I was freaking out. English is difficult. They have nicknamed me ‘But why,’ because I keep asking about the rules of the language.”
  • [on children] If you wanna make me happy, let me be so among children.
  • [on Ayrton Senna] If that soul mate term really exists, mine was there in front of me. Some day we’ll meet once again.
  • [on her professional and personal breakup with Marlene Mattos] I lived in a easy and protected world. But without Marlene, the “Barbie” here now speaks by herself.
  • in my house even he has to smile.” (refering to a picture of a smiling Jesus which hangs in her house.) “Kisses Kisses

Xuxa Important Facts

  • Her brother Cirano Rojabaglia, died from a heart attack at 60 years old.(09/13/2015).
  • Filmed the entire event while her flight went into forced landing after the plane was struck by lightning, in December 2016. The incident happened in the same week the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense crashed in Colombia, killed 76 people. Similarly, Angélica (who had a similar career focused on children and replaced her as a host in Clube da Criança (1983)) also survived a plane crash with her fiancee Luciano Huck and their three sons in 2015.
  • Had never done a live television show prior to “Xuxa Meneghel”.
  • In the night of her Rede Record show “Xuxa Meneghel”‘s premiere, both ‘Patricia Abravanel’ and Danilo Gentili spoofed Xou da Xuxa (1986) in their respective shows. A replica of the spacecraft was constructed for Abravanel’s performance, in which she performed Xuxa’s songs herself.
  • Inspired herself in both Ellen DeGeneres and Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) for her Rede Record program “Xuxa Meneghel”.
  • She has signed to host a TV Program in the Record in Brazil.(2015).
  • Was personally invited in the 90s by SBT’s (Rede Globo’s former main rival TV channel) owner and host Silvio Santos, who knocked on her door with a flower bouquet, to “move house” and go to SBT. Her career being at the height in Rede Globo, she refused but reportedly found it “cute”.
  • Pulled Rede Globo’s prominent director Mariozinho Vaz from the channel to head her Rede Record show. Andrezza Cruz, her former “paquita” from Xuxa Park (1992) and also a Rede Globo director was also invited, but refused.
  • After eleven different TV programs in twenty nine years, and several months of rumors, dropped out from Globo network and moved to Rede Record, signing contract with the new channel live on March 5, 2015.
  • In a 2012 Interview she stated that when she met singer Michael Jackson, he had offered a proposal for marriage to her. She declined.
  • Got inspiration for her trademark spaceship introduced in Xou da Xuxa (1986) from Wilson Viana’s character “Capitão AZA”. The ship’s design came from Penelope Pitstop’s vehicle in Wacky Races (1968).
  • Inspired on educative videos such as The Wiggles (1998) to create and produce her “Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos” series. Many songs in the first videos are Brazilian Portuguese versions of Wiggles songs.
  • In the 80s, shortly after her work for children started, Pelé reportedly collected every sensual photograph of hers (from her time as a model) he found and gave them to Xuxa, mentioning that she should be careful with her new career.
  • Considered ending her career after a fire generated by short circuit interrupted a shoot of the Brazilian version of her Spanish show Xuxa Park (1992). Some of the present children were injured, and Xuxa escaped unharmed.
  • Caused initial controversy after changing the tone of her shows, from a more mature genre of Xuxa Park (1992) and _Planeta Xuxa (1997)_ to a more educational premise focusing on a youngest audience with _Xuxa no Mundo da Imaginação (2002)_.
  • Creative differences between her and close friend and manager Marlene Mattos led to their break-up in 2002. Marlene is the godmother of Xuxa’s only daughter, Sasha Meneghel.
  • She is with her TV show, “Xuxa no Mundo da Imaginação” and she produces a new movie each year featuring her and other Brazilian actors and actresses. [June 2004]
  • Host two Shows “Xuxa Park” and “Planeta Xuxa”. [November 2000]
  • Making her TV show, Xuxa no Munda da Imaginação. [December 2003]
  • She is with her TV show, “TV Xuxa”. [October 2005]
  • Had a six-year romance with Brazilian soccer legend Pelé (1980-1986). Met on a modeling assignment that paired them for a magazine cover.
  • Xuxa was the first Brazilian to be on the list of the 40 artists more rich of the Magazine Forbes (1991). She placed 37º.
  • She won the 2001 Latin Grammy Awards of Best Album for Children for Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos (2000). The project focused on a much younger audience and caused controversy among her crew and friends.
  • As a model, appeared in on the cover Manchete magazines (Rede Manchete was the network where Xuxa debuted as a TV host), often alongside Luiza Brunet with whom she is good friends to this day.
  • The father of her only child (Sasha) is actor and former model Luciano Szafir.
  • Siblings: Solange, Mara, Cirano and Bladimir.
  • Mother: Alda. Father: Luiz Floriano Meneghel.
  • She posed for Playboy in December 1982.
  • Her nickname Xuxa is pronounced “Shoo-sha”.
  • Her TV show Xou da Xuxa (1986) spawned several of Brazilian children-TV presenters and shows that referenced much of her style, including Angélica, Mara Maravilha, Mariane Dombrova and Patrícia Nogueira (as Pat Beijo). Angélica and Nogueira assumed by their respective times the show Xuxa hosted presented before moving to Rede Globo, Clube da Criança (1983).
  • Has allergies to meat and fish products.
  • Mother of Sasha Meneghel
  • Once went out with John F. Kennedy. Jr.
  • Dated race car driver Ayrton Senna, who died in a car wreck in Italy during a race in 1994.
  • Gave birth to daughter Sasha Meneghel in 1998. The first 10 minutes of Rede Globo’s Jornal Nacional (1969) (“National News”) were dedicated to the girl’s birth.
  • Is a vegetarian
  • Her nickname “Xuxa” was given by her brother Bladimir. Added this name to her birth certificate in 1998.
  • Despite not being a professional singer, four of her albums are placed among the best selling list in Brazil. “Xou da Xuxa 3” reached Guiness Book as the number one seller of all time in Brazil.
  • Her father was in the Military.
  • Was nearly a victim of a 1991 kidnapping at the Rede Globo studio where Xou da Xuxa (1986) was filmed. Letícia Spiller was also planned to be taken by the gang.
  • Considered Brazil’s answer to Madonna.

Xuxa Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos 3 2002 Video Actress
Xuxa e os Duendes 2: No Caminho das Fadas 2002 Kira Actress
Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos 2 2001 Video Actress
Xuxa e os Duendes 2001 Kira Actress
Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos 2000 Video Actress
Xuxa Popstar 2000 Nick Actress
Xuxa Requebra 1999 Helena (Nena) Actress
Não Fuja da Raia 1995 TV Movie Actress
Xuxa 1993 TV Series Actress
Gaúcho Negro 1991 Narrator Actress
O Mistério de Robin Hood 1990 Tatiana Actress
Lua de Cristal 1990 Maria da Graça Actress
A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões 1989 Princesa Sharon Actress
Grupo Escolacho 1988 TV Movie Actress
Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral 1988 Xuxa Actress
Xou da Xuxa 1987 Video Xuxa Actress
Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia 1985 Irmã Maria Actress
Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz 1984 Aninha Actress
O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé 1983 Actress
Black Beetle 1983 Diana Actress
Amor Estranho Amor 1982 Tamara Actress
Elas por Elas 1982 TV Series Actress
Guerra dos Sexos 2012 TV Series Teresinha Romano (2013) Actress
As Brasileiras 2012 TV Series Rita Actress
Aventuras do Didi 2010 TV Series Various (2010) Actress
Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha 2009 Cinderela Actress
Natal Mágico 2009 TV Movie Maria / Natália Actress
Xuxa e as Noviças 2008 TV Movie Irmã Maria da Graça Actress
Xuxa em Sonho de Menina 2007 Kika Actress
Xuxa Gêmeas 2006 Mel Montiel / Elisabeth Dourado Actress
Xuxinha e Guto Contra os Monstros do Espaço 2005 Xuxa / Voice of Narrator Actress
Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida 2004 Bárbara / Deusa Blomma Actress
Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos 5 2004 Video Actress
Xuxa Abracadabra 2003 Sofia Actress
Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos 4 2003 Video Actress
Morfi, todos a la mesa 2016 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Tu cara me suena – Argentina 2014 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Televisión registrada 2013 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Criança Esperança 2012 2012 TV Special performer: “Garota de Ipanema” – as Xuxa Soundtrack
220 Volts 2012 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Aquele Beijo 2011 TV Series performer: “Garota de Ipanema” – as Xuxa Soundtrack
Senna 2010 Documentary as Maria da Graça “Xuxa” Meneghel, “Papai Noel Dos Baixinhos” / performer: “Papai Noel Dos Baixinhos” – as Xuxa Soundtrack
Xuxinha e Guto Contra os Monstros do Espaço 2005 performer: “Caminhos do Amor” Soundtrack
Xuxa Abracadabra 2003 performer: “Abracadabra” Soundtrack
Xuxa e os Duendes 2001 performer: “O Maravilhoso Mundo dos Duendes” versão de Nel meraviglioso mondo degli gnomi Soundtrack
Xuxa Requebra 1999 performer: “Efeito Dominó”, “Só o Nosso Amor” Soundtrack
Vila Madalena 1999 TV Series performer: “Profecias Fim do Mundo” Soundtrack
El árbol azul 1991 TV Series performer: “El Milagro de la Vida” Soundtrack
Ritmo de la noche 1991 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Lua de Cristal 1990 performer: “Lua de Cristal”, “Verde Que Te Quero Verde”, “Contos de Fadas” – as Xuxa Soundtrack
Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral 1988 performer: “Arco-íris”, “Alto Astral”, “Eu Quero Saber” Soundtrack
Aquele Beijo 2011-2012 TV Series performer – 2 episodes Music Department
Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos 6 2005 TV Movie Director
Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha 2009 producer Producer
Unissex 2007 Short sound Sound Department
Mato Sem Cachorro 2013 special thanks Thanks
Porta dos Fundos: Contrato Vitalício 2016 Herself Self
Xuxa Meneghel 2015-2016 TV Series Herself – Host / Herself Self
Programa da Sabrina 2016 TV Series Herself Self
Hora do Faro 2015 TV Series Herself Self
Todos juntos 2015: 25 años de Telefé 2015 TV Movie Herself – Guest Self
Altas Horas 2009-2014 TV Series Herself Self
TV Xuxa 2005-2013 TV Series Herself – Host Self
Fantástico 2008-2013 TV Series documentary Herself / Herself (segment “O Que Vi da Vida”) Self
vem_aí 2013 TV Special Herself Self
Cheias de Charme 2012 TV Series Herself Self
Na Moral 2012 TV Series Herself Self
Criança Esperança 2012 2012 TV Special Herself Self
Mulheres Ricas 2012 TV Series Himself – Mecânico da Equipe RM Self
Ivete Gil Caetano 2011 TV Special Herself – Audience (uncredited) Self
Criança Esperança 2011 TV Movie Herself Self
Caiga quien caiga – CQC 2011 TV Series Herself Self
Susana Giménez 2011 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Domingão do Faustão 2010 TV Series Herself Self
Hebe: Mulher e Amigos 2010 Video Herself – Audience (uncredited) Self
Senna 2010 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Self
Hebe 2010 TV Series Herself Self
Por Toda Minha Vida 2007-2009 TV Series Herself Self
Live Earth 2007 TV Special documentary Herself Self
Sob Nova Direção 2006 TV Series Herself Self
Xuxa 20 Anos 2006 TV Movie Herself Self
Mañanas informales 2005 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
La noche del 10 2005 TV Series Herself Self
Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos 6 2005 TV Movie Herself Self
Casseta & Planeta Urgente 2004 TV Series Herself Self
The 5th Annual Latin Grammy Awards 2004 TV Special Herself Self
Zico 2002 Documentary Herself Self
Xuxa no Mundo da Imaginação 2002 TV Series Herself – Host / Various (2002) Self
Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar 1990-2000 TV Series Herself – Performer Self
TV Ano 50 2000 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Mundo VIP 1996-1999 TV Series Herself Self
Pecado Capital 1998 TV Series Herself Self
Torre de Babel 1998 TV Series Herself (uncredited) Self
Planeta Xuxa 1997 TV Series Herself – Host (1997) Self
Duro de acostar 1997 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Xuxa Hits 1994 TV Series Herself – Host (1994) Self
Queridísimos 93 1993 TV Movie Herself Self
Xuxa Park 1992 TV Series Herself – Host (1994-2001) Self
Navidades con Xuxa 1991 TV Movie Herself – Hostess Self
Gala TP de oro 1990 1991 TV Movie Herself Self
Ritmo de la noche 1991 TV Series Herself – Musical Guest Self
El show de Xuxa 1990 TV Series Herself – Host (1990) Self
Roberto Carlos Especial 1990 TV Series Herself Self
Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon 1990 TV Series Herself Self
Xou da Xuxa 1988 TV Series Herself – Host Self
Rio de Janeiro – Terra Mágica 1985 Documentary Herself Self
Clube da Criança 1983 TV Series Herself – Host (1983-1986) Self
Tu cara me suena – Argentina 2013-2014 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
1002 Momentos de la tele 2012-2013 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Vídeo Show 2012-2013 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Domingo Legal 2012 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers 2011 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Por Toda Minha Vida 2008 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Aunque usted no lo viera 2005 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Pelé Eterno 2004 Documentary Herself Archive Footage

Xuxa Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2011 Honorary Award Extra Television Awards, Brazil Won
2009 Special Kikito Gramado Film Festival Won
1999 Extra Award Extra Television Awards, Brazil Best Host (Melhor Apresentador(a)) Won
2011 Honorary Award Extra Television Awards, Brazil Nominated
2009 Special Kikito Gramado Film Festival Nominated
1999 Extra Award Extra Television Awards, Brazil Best Host (Melhor Apresentador(a)) Nominated