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Xuxa has been appeared in channels as follow: Som Livre.

Born 30 November, -0001 (2024 years old).

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Career of the Xuxa started in 1980 .

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Brazilian presenter, actress

Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ; born 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian television host, film actress, singer, model and businesswoman. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, English, and Spanish worldwide. She is a two-time winner of the Latin Grammy Award for Best Children's Album, and is also known for her epithet, the "Queen of Children".

Xuxa began her television career with the Clube da Criança on Rede Manchete in the early 1980s. She became a national superstar when she moved to Rede Globo in 1986 for the Xou da Xuxa. She was the first Brazilian to appear on Forbes magazine's list of richest artists in 1991, taking 37th place with an annual gross income of US$19 million.

Over her 30-year career, Xuxa Meneghel has sold over 50 million copies of her records worldwide, which makes her the second-highest-selling Brazilian female singer after Rita Lee. Her net worth was estimated at US$100 million in the early 1990s. As of 2020, she continues to be among Brazil's most prominent celebrities. Also successful as a businesswoman, she has the highest net worth of any Brazilian female entertainer, estimated at US$400 million.

Biography

Early life

Portico da Xuxa in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul

Maria da Graça Meneghel was born in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, to Luiz Floriano Meneghel and Alda Meneghel . Xuxa is of Italian, Polish, German and Swiss descent. Her paternal great-grandfather emigrated to Brazil at the end of the 1800s from the northern Italian town of Imer, in the Autonomous Province of Trento. In 2013, Xuxa obtained Italian citizenship by descent.

During Xuxa's birth, her father was told that both mother and child were at risk. He opted to save his wife, and prayed to St. Mary of Graces, promising to name his daughter after the Virgin if all went well. Although she was originally named after Saint Mary of Graces, Xuxa, the youngest member of the Meneghel family, received the nickname by which she came to be known from her brother, Bladimir. When their mother arrived home, she said to him: "Look at the baby that I bought to play with you." To this, he replied: "I know, it's my Xuxa." The nickname stuck, though it was not until 1988 that she officially became Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel.

Xuxa spent her early years in Santa Rosa. When she was seven, she and her family moved to Rio de Janeiro where they lived in the Bento Ribeiro neighborhood.

At 15 years she was discovered by a modeling agency, and began her professional career as a model at 16. During this time period Xuxa modeled in Brazil and the United States for both fashion and men's magazines, such as Playboy, and began a famous love affair with Brazilian football star Pelé. In 1984, she was hired as a model by Ford Models.

Social activism

Xuxa with then-Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília in 2007 Xuxa with President Dilma Rousseff at the Palácio do Planalto in 2014 Queen Silvia of Sweden, and Xuxa, participate in a seminar about violence against children in Brasília Students of the Xuxa Meneghel Foundation during Rio+20

In September 2011, Colombian singer, Shakira, and Xuxa joined forces through their respective charitable foundations to aid children younger than six years old who live in Brazil's poorest communities. The two artists, together with Brazilian government officials, signed an accord in Rio de Janeiro for a program of cooperation. In its first four years, it plans to provide better access to education to children from 100 schools in Brazil.

Xuxa is the godmother and poster girl of the campaign "Tri-national to Combat Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents" which aims to encourage people to report cases of exploitation and abuse of minors living on the border between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Since May 2013, the campaign has integrated the actions of several groups: the Itaipu Dam, the International Labour Organization , the Municipal Tourism Council, Childhood and Youth, Ministry of Labor and Employment, and entities of Paraguay and Argentina who work in the same area.

In May 2014, President Dilma Rousseff signed a law that applied stronger penalties to the crime of sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. On 4 June 2014, Xuxa was present when the Senate of Brazil passed the Lei da Palmada , which had been adopted by the Commission on Human Rights of the Chamber of Deputies. When asked about criticism from some parents about how they will educate their children after the passage of this law, Xuxa said that they can educate, but without violence: "We have to show that people can and should educate without violence". Xuxa said that the project should be treated as Lei Menino Bernardo, not Lei da Palmada.Lei Menino Bernardo, Lei da Palmada

Personal life

Fortune and investments

At the age of 16 she began to model professionally. Years later, the affair with soccer player Pelé boosted her profile and in 1982 Xuxa already was considered one of the main publicity figures of the country, announcing from underwear to residential buildings. In the same year she obtained a supporting role in the soap opera Elas por Elas at Globo TV and over time had more of a role in the telenovela.

Also in 1982 Xuxa founded her first company, Xuxa Produções, a legal entity that takes care of the brand of Xuxa and holds, exclusively, the rights to commercialize the use of the brand and image of the artist, nationally and internationally, and represents the artist in contracts in any area. However, in 1993 Xuxa Produções was responsible for the coming of the Dangerous World Tour, from Michael Jackson to Brazil and has performed in other segments without the presence of Xuxa, as the co-production of films by Renato Aragão, Angelica and Father Marcelo Rossi.

At the age of 20, in 1983, Xuxa was invited to present the Clube da Criança in the extinct TV Manchete. During this time, she worked as a model during the week in New York City, and recorded the show on weekends. However, the agency made her choose between career photos and walkways as a model or TV and Xuxa opted for the television show. With the success of audience of the program and the album Xuxa e Seus Amigos, which sold 500,000 copies, Xuxa was contracted by Globo TV and Som Livre. In the same year Xuxa founded the brand O Bicho Comeu, responsible for the commercialization of clothes and accessories for children.

With the initial salary at Globo TV of US$40,000, Xuxa had several increases in its salary, which in 1987 had already reached one million dollars. Also in 1987 she founded "Beijinho Beijinho Produções", responsible for the co-production of television programs and albums. Until 1988, the companies of Xuxa were commanded by her father, the retired military Luís Floriano Meneghel, the mother, Alda, the brothers Cirano, Bladimir and Solange. This year, Marlene Mattos, director of her program and lawyer Luiz Cláudio Moreira took over the companies. The Xuxa film series premiered for theaters the same year, with the film Super Xuxa contra Baixo Astral, which was watched by more than 2.8 million viewers. This year the artist's fortune was over R$50 million. In 1989 Xuxa already shared with Hebe Camargo the title of highest-paid host of Latin America, receiving only in the Globe TV US$1.5 million monthly. This year, she bought the "MG Meneghel" farm in Rio Bonito, Rio de Janeiro, which had three million square meters and had 50 mango trees and 200 dairy cattle. Also in 1989, the activities of the Xuxa Meneghel Foundation, which currently carries out four social development programs began. year.

In 1990 Xuxa had already reached the mark of 12 million records sold, which had generated a turnover of more than $110 million, of which 20% was destined for it. The movie Lua de Cristal, released this year, was watched by more than 5 million viewers and generated a profit of $5 million for Xuxa Productions. This year she founded "Xuxa International Corporation", based in the Cayman Islands, a well-known tax haven, responsible for collecting royalties and royalties around the world. Xuxa's royalties varied between 5% and 20% of the final profit from the sale of products licensed under its brand. Xuxa made a final profit of $19 million in 1990, resulting in her 37th appearance on Forbes' list of "Top 40 Most Enlightened Celebrities" in 1991, the first Latin American to appear on the list. The magazine reported that her fortune had already surpassed that of Madonna and was equated with that of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Also in the year 1990, Xuxa bought a site in Vargem Grande, in Rio de Janeiro for two million dollars. The property underwent several renovations so that it could be the official residence of Xuxa, with mini zoo and nursery, heated pool with waterfall, main house , guest house , Japanese restaurant , fitness center , party room , recording studio , sauna , house of the employees , old house of the caretaker , support cellar , linen and storage , garage for eight cars and helipad. With a total of 78,000 square meters, Xuxa traveled with the golf carts and this one was a refuge for the artist, which did not prevent that fans slept in the entrance of the site waiting for Xuxa. The site was called Casa Rosa was a frequent figure in television programs and specialized magazines, consequently gaining space in the popular culture, arriving to be called Brazilian "Neverland". In 2007, with the concern of providing a social life closer to normal to her daughter Sasha, Xuxa put the site up for sale for $8 million. However, the presenter has not yet been able to sell the property, which is still part of its equity. Still in 1990 Xuxa acquired an apartment of five million dollars in New York, that still forms part of the artist's patrimony and took advantage of the opening of the Brazilian market to the imported vehicles to found the Shine Car, concessionaire of imported luxury cars based in Rio de Janeiro. With a partnership with Grendene, Xuxa sold 4 million sandals in Brazil, 1 million in the United States, 1 million in Mexico and 500,000 in the rest of Latin America only in 1990.

In 1991 she began her international career as a television presenter, launching the show El Show de Xuxa by Telefe, Argentina. The program was retransmitted to 17 countries in Latin America and the United States. Between 1991 and 1992 Xuxa received $1 million a month for work on the Argentine broadcaster. She launched the Xuxa Meneghel Models Course in Rio de Janeiro, with a duration of seven months and a load of six hours a week, tuition starting from $60. Also in 1991 Xuxa intensified the licensing of products with her brand and even sold 1.5 million sandals in the United States. She bought five luxury apartments in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, which earned $200,000 in rent.

In 1992 Xuxa signed a contract with the Spanish television network Telecinco for 15 episodes of the Xuxa Park program, receiving $240,000 per episode. Only Rede Globo, Telefe and Telecinco Xuxa received more than $3.4 million monthly. In May 1992, Xuxa's estate was estimated at US$100 million by People, making it the second-richest artist in Brazil until then, with the same patrimony of Roberto Carlos and behind Silvio Santos. In the same year she founded Light Beam Corporation to license her brand exclusively in the United States, selling this year, among other products, 500,000 dolls. Xuxa made 12 advertising campaigns a year, earning $200,000 each. Xuxa made a final profit of $27 million in 1992, resulting in her return to the list of "40 celebrities who grew richer in the last year" by Forbes in 1993, this time in 28th place. Between 1986 and 1992 Xuxa had sold 18 million discs, which had generated a revenue of over $175 million, of which 20% was destined for Xuxa. Xuxa's Xuxa program produced four tours, including Xuxa's Xuxa 89 tour, in which Xuxa's cache was over $300,000, with a production schedule that involved ten trucks, 60 air tickets, two wagons, two 25-ton stages with more than 150 people involved.

In 1993 she premiered the Xuxa program in the United States, in English. The program was broadcast by more than 100 relays in the country, including CBS and Freeform, and was also sold to more than 120 countries. Through the program, Xuxa received $7 million and launched products in more than 100 countries. So that she could rest between the recordings of the show, Xuxa bought a mansion in Calabasas, Califórnia. In September 1999 the residence was bought by the singer and American actress Brandy Norwood, for $1.7 million. In the year of 1993 Xuxa handled $220 million only in licenses. At the end of this year, a problem in the spine made her slow down. In 1994, the death of Ayrton Senna also contributed to that the artists diminished its rate of work gradually. Also this year, she bought a mansion on Star Island in Miami for $15 million. The mansion had already belonged to Madonna and is owned by Xuxa until the present time. A tourist boat ride, titled Rich and Famous Tour, includes the Xuxa mansion in the script. In present values, a mansion in the island has the minimum price of $65 million.

On her 33rd birthday she won a Ferrari F355 from her manager Marlene Matos. In 1996 they realized the tour Tô de Bem com a Vida, with more than 45 concerts and a cache of $350,000. In that same year the international press announced that Xuxa is concerned about having little private life. In October, she announced that she would soon leave her career to try to be a mother through artificial insemination, which did not happen because Xuxa had to meet contractual deadlines, which did not prevent the artist from again slowing down the work pace. In November its patrimony was estimated at $300 million. Also in 1996 she founded Lar's Empreendimentos, responsible for real estate investments and the creation of the O Mundo da Xuxa park in 2003.

In 2000 she acquired a million-dollar home in Celebration, Florida, near Walt Disney World. In 2005, an 11-year-old girl, daughter of friends of Xuxa, passed away in the parks of Disney while it was lodged in the house of Xuxa.

Xuxa in 2004

In 2002 they acquired a coverage of four suites for R$13 million in São Conrado, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. In 2008 part of the cover caught fire when Xuxa, Sasha and Luciano Szafir were in the property. Luciano was taken to the hospital with a degree of intoxication by the great smoke that quickly spread. According to the magazine Veja, also in 2002, Xuxa had $250 million in equity referring only to real estate. The year 2002 was also marked by the professional breakup of Xuxa and Marlene Mattos, who left the command of the holding company of Xuxa, by reducing their salary at Globo TV to $1 million a month, which lasted until their exit of the issuer, and the foundation of the company Espaço Laser, in which Xuxa owns 51% of participation. It ended the year with 200 licensed products and monthly sales of R$30 million.

In 2003, she bought the Gugu Park at the SP Market mall in São Paulo and transformed it into the Xuxa Mundo O Mundo amusement park. Xuxa bought the park for $15 million. The park made about R$10 million a year.

In 2007, when she left to live in Casa Rosa, Xuxa moved to a residence that had been built in the Malibu Condominium in Barra da Tijuca. The 1,700-square-meter, three-storey mansion is valued at R$10 million.

In 2009, Lar's Empreendimentos of Xuxa was ordered to pay an indemnity of R$50,000 for moral and material damages in legal proceedings.

In November 2010 Xuxa did not agree to the increase in the rent of the building which the Shine Car company occupied and started the company in court, but lost the action, leaving the property and extinguishing Shine Car in January 2011. Also in January 2011 Xuxa won a $150,000 lawsuit against Folha Universal, which had stated in 2008 that the artist "was Satanist and would have sold her soul to the devil for $100 million."

In 2012 Xuxa received R$2 million to participate in an advertising campaign of the beauty products brand Wella, changing the color of her hair, appearing brunette for the first time in her career. The amount was donated to the Xuxa Meneghel Foundation.

In 2013 TV Bandeirantes was condemned by the Superior Court of Justice to pay an indemnity of 1.1 million reais to the presenter. The STJ ruled that Xuxa appeared naked on the station's show in 2008. The images had been published by Playboy before Xuxa launched herself as a children's show host in the early 1980s. The STJ, therefore, rejected the request of the issuer to rediscuss the amount of compensation established by the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro in 2011. Also in 2013 Xuxa bought an island in Angra dos Reis, for R$12.7 million.

Xuxa at the premiere of the movie Senna in 2009

In 2014 RecordTV was ordered to pay R$100,000 to Xuxa. The broadcaster was sued for broadcasting photos of the hostess in an essay performed for Playboy in the 1980s without authorization during the Gugu Liberato in 2012.

In February 2015, Xuxa refused a proposal of renewal with Globo TV, since its salary would happen to be 1 million dollars monthly, that received from 2002, to R$250,000, without next projects to return to present a program. In the same month, the O Mundo da Xuxa came to an end, since the place would have to go through new investments in attractions and layout, to meet the need to expand the shopping center in which it was, which would not be viable that due to the Brazilian economic crisis the park had a final profit of R$4 million in 2014, against R$10 million in 2008. It was sold to Parque da Mônica for R$40 million. In March Xuxa signed with RecordTV for R$1 million monthly. If the program leaves the grid of the station, Xuxa will receive $250,000 monthly. In that same year the Laser Space earned R$50 million. Xuxa, as a businesswoman, had a final profit of $160 million from her companies.

In 2016, Espaço Laser earned R$60 million, expanding its operations to 187 units in Brazil. Xuxa, as a businesswoman, made a final profit of R$200 million with her holding company in 2016. In the same year he launched himself as YouTuber.

The company of children's parties—Casa X—of the presenter earned 17 million reais in 2017, a 50% increase in one year.

The equity of Xuxa and its companies is valued at US$1 billion, being one of the richest women in Brazil.

Maternity and relationships

Xuxa has one daughter, Sasha, who was born in 1998. Sasha's father is actor Luciano Szafir. Xuxa dated Brazilian soccer legend, Pelé, in the 1980s, and, later, Formula 1 legend, Ayrton Senna.

She reported in 2012, that reclusive singer Michael Jackson had once courted her, inviting her to dinner at his Neverland estate and then his manager asked whether she would consider conceiving his children. She currently is in a relationship with actor and singer Junno Andrade. In 2013, her Italian nationality was recognized.