Consequently, she was actually honored with the Medal of Honor by the Brazilian president. Since that time, she has been probably the most recognizable Television faces in Brazil. An excellent philanthropist as she actually is, Xuxa Meneghel in addition has left a tag with her charity function. She was 15 when she made her profession beginnings as a model. Next, she stepped in to the music and entertainment globe. As her greatest achievement is known as her third album “Xou Da Xuxa 3”, which sold a lot more than three million copies. By enough time she turned 17, she began to day the legendary footballer Pele. As rumor offers it, Pele was the influential element for making her profession skyrocket. In her singing times, she managed to launch 28 studio albums, 13 compilations, 8 Spanish Albums and over 110 singles. Throughout that period, she was launched to numerous celebrities. At age twenty she was invited to sponsor a children’s display called “The Children’s Golf club”, which became an immediately hit. Therefore, in 1985, she was presented with the chance to host her personal show eponymously known as “The Xuxa Display”. Four years later on, she began to host another Television show which was broadcasted just on Sundays. Xuxa Meneghel was created on March 27, 1963 in the city Santa Rosa. The Xuxa Display still broadcasts and continues to be very popular. Identical to in Television, she had an excellent success in the film industry. Her first film was the controversial “Amor Estranho Amor”, and came such films as “Super Xuxa contra Baixo Astral”, “Lua de Cristal”, “Xuxa Requebra” among numerous others. Successful in virtually any filed that she experienced chosen to function in, Meneghel has ultimately become among the richest ladies in Brazil. Actually though she has broadly contributed to all types of initiatives, her focus on the marketing campaign against polio is recognized as among her biggest achievements.Xuxa Meneghel Net Well worth: Xuxa Meneghel is a Brazilian singer, film actress, businesswoman, Television host, entertainer who includes a net worth of $160 million.
| Full Name | Xuxa |
| Net Worth | $160 Million |
| Date Of Birth | March 27, 1963, March 27, 1963 |
| Height | 1.78 m, 1.78 m |
| Profession | Record producer, Television presenter, Actor, Model, Singer, Entertainer, Businessperson, A Linda Rosa Juvenil, Cinco Patinhos, Croc Croc, Record producer, Television presenter, Actor, Model, Singer, Entertainer, Businessperson, A Linda Rosa Juvenil, Cinco Patinhos, Croc Croc |
| Nationality | Brazilian, Brazilian |
| Children | Sasha Meneghel, Sasha Meneghel |
| Parents | Luiz Floriano Meneghel, Alda Meneghel, A Linda Rosa Juvenil, Cinco Patinhos, Croc Croc, Luiz Floriano Meneghel, Alda Meneghel, A Linda Rosa Juvenil, Cinco Patinhos, Croc Croc |
| Siblings | Solange Meneghel, Cirano Meneghel, Bladimir Meneghel, Mara Meneghel, A Linda Rosa Juvenil, Cinco Patinhos, Croc Croc, Solange Meneghel, Cirano Meneghel, Bladimir Meneghel, Mara Meneghel, A Linda Rosa Juvenil, Cinco Patinhos, Croc Croc |
| Facebook | http://www.facebook.com/XuxaOficialhttp://www.facebook.com/XuxaOficial |
| Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/xuxameneghelhttp://www.twitter.com/xuxameneghel |
| Instagram | http://www.instagram.com/xuxamenegheloficialhttp://www.instagram.com/xuxamenegheloficial |
| 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, Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz, Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia, A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões, Xuxa in Crystal Moon, Xuxa and the Goofies in the Mystery of Robin Hood, Xuxa Popstar, Xuxa Abracadabra, Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha |
| TV Shows | As Brasileiras, Xuxa, Xuxa Meneghel |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 |
Her brother Cirano Rojabaglia, died from a heart attack at 60 years old.(09/13/2015). |
| 2 |
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. |
| 3 |
Had never done a live television show prior to "Xuxa Meneghel". |
| 4 |
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. |
| 5 |
Inspired herself in both Ellen DeGeneres and Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) for her Rede Record program "Xuxa Meneghel". |
| 6 |
She has signed to host a TV Program in the Record in Brazil.(2015). |
| 7 |
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". |
| 8 |
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. |
| 9 |
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. |
| 10 |
In a 2012 Interview she stated that when she met singer Michael Jackson, he had offered a proposal for marriage to her. She declined. |
| 11 |
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). |
| 12 |
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. |
| 13 |
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. |
| 14 |
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. |
| 15 |
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)_. |
| 16 |
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. |
| 17 |
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] |
| 18 |
Host two Shows "Xuxa Park" and "Planeta Xuxa". [November 2000] |
| 19 |
Making her TV show, Xuxa no Munda da Imaginação. [December 2003] |
| 20 |
She is with her TV show, "TV Xuxa". [October 2005] |
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Had a six-year romance with Brazilian soccer legend Pelé (1980-1986). Met on a modeling assignment that paired them for a magazine cover. |
| 22 |
Xuxa was the first Brazilian to be on the list of the 40 artists more rich of the Magazine Forbes (1991). She placed 37º. |
| 23 |
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. |
| 24 |
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. |
| 25 |
The father of her only child (Sasha) is actor and former model Luciano Szafir. |
| 26 |
Siblings: Solange, Mara, Cirano and Bladimir. |
| 27 |
Mother: Alda. Father: Luiz Floriano Meneghel. |
| 28 |
She posed for Playboy in December 1982. |
| 29 |
Her nickname Xuxa is pronounced "Shoo-sha". |
| 30 |
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). |
| 31 |
Has allergies to meat and fish products. |
| 32 |
Mother of Sasha Meneghel |
| 33 |
Once went out with John F. Kennedy. Jr. |
| 34 |
Dated race car driver Ayrton Senna, who died in a car wreck in Italy during a race in 1994. |
| 35 |
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. |
| 36 |
Is a vegetarian |
| 37 |
Her nickname "Xuxa" was given by her brother Bladimir. Added this name to her birth certificate in 1998. |
| 38 |
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. |
| 39 |
Her father was in the Military. |
| 40 |
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. |
| 41 |
Considered Brazil's answer to Madonna. |
| # | Quote |
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[on being brunette for a cosmetics commercial ad] I always dreamed of being a brunette like Snow White. |
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[on Luciano Szafir's family] Nobody is beautiful in that family. Only Luciano. |
| 3 |
[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'. |
| 4 |
[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." |
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[on children] If you wanna make me happy, let me be so among children. |
| 6 |
[on Ayrton Senna] If that soul mate term really exists, mine was there in front of me. Some day we'll meet once again. |
| 7 |
[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. |
| 8 |
in my house even he has to smile." (refering to a picture of a smiling Jesus which hangs in her house.) "Kisses Kisses |
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