Xuxa

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Xuxa Meneghel

Xuxa Meneghel
Born Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel
(1963-03-27) March 27, 1963
Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Nationality  Brazil
Occupation TV host, actress, singer, businesswoman
Net worth Increase US$ 500 million (2013)[2]
Partner(s) Pelé (1981–1986)
Ayrton Senna (1988–1990)
Luciano Szafir (1998–2009)
Junno Andrade (2012–present)
Children Sasha Szafir Meneghel (born 1998)
Website
www.xuxa.com

Xuxa (pronounced [ˈʃuʃɐ] "shoo-shah" -, Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel, March 27, 1963, Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian entertainer, TV host, film actress, singer and businesswoman. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, English, and Spanish worldwide.

As singer released twenty-eight studio albums, thirteen compilations, eight albums in Spanish, plus three DVDs with records shows, four choices of boxes with collections, over of 200 video clips and more than hundred and ten singles. The third disc was responsible for his biggest record: 3,5 million copies with the Xou da Xuxa 3, establishing itself as the album more expressive in sales in the Latin American market.[3] Of 1986 to 1992, only during this period Xuxa garnered about 139 gold albums, 52 platinum and 10 diamond - reaching 18 million albums sold.[4]

Starting in 1991, debuted a version of the program Xou da Xuxa in Spanish - El Show de Xuxa, that got to be broadcast to 17 countries in Latin America for the Argentine television Telefé. In the United States the program was aired on Univision Network.[5]

In 1992, launched the Xuxa Park, presented by the Spanish network Telecinco. An eponymous program, Xuxa Park, would be launched by Rede Globo in 1994.

In 1993, with a contract signed with the MTM Enterprises, Xuxa went to the United States. The American version of her program, Xuxa, was an English-language program and was launched in that country in September of that year. The program was broadcast daily from about 100 stations.[6]

She built an empire of entertainment for children that branched throughout Brazil, Latin America, Spain and the USA. Owns the largest average attendance since the resumption of national cinema, his biggest success of grossing was with the film Lua de Cristal with an average of 5 million viewers,[7] she accumulates the highest grossing of Brazilian cinema, with over 37 million people.[8] She was the artist that biggest selling albums by Som Livre.[9]

With over 30 years of career, Xuxa Meneghel has sold over 30 million copies of records worldwide and is the second singer who sold more albums in Brazil until today, behind only singer Rita Lee.[10]

Known in Brazil and Latin America as the "Queen of Kids", Xuxa is Brazil's most famous celebrity as well as the richest one with a US$ 500 million net worth.[11]

Biography

Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, hometown of TV host Xuxa.

Maria da Graça Meneghel was born in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul State, on March 27, 1963. On being told that both mother and child were at risk during the birth, her father, Luiz Floriano Meneghel, opted to save his wife, Alda Meneghel (née Alda Flores da Rocha), and prayed to St. Mary of Graces, promised to name her after a saint if all went well.[12] [13] But the name by which the youngest member of the Meneghel family came to be known by was given by brother Bladimir. When their mother arrived home, she said to him: "look at the baby that I bought to play with you", to which he replied: "I know, it's my Xuxa". It was not until 1988 that the presenter was officially called Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel.[14]

When Xuxa was seven, her father, who was in the army, was transferred to Rio de Janeiro. They at first lived in Santa Cruz, a neighborhood in the western zone of the city, for a month but then moved to Bento Ribeiro.[15] Her family moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was 7. She is a dual Italian and Brazilian citizen as her paternal grandparents are from Imer (province of Trento) in Northern Italy.[16][17]

Stardom in Brazil

Xuxa was discovered by the publishing company Bloch Editores and she appeared on the cover of one of their magazines, Carinho, at the age of 15, which started her career in modeling. Subsequently, she became involved in music and entertainment.[15] At 17, she began to date the Brazilian football legend Pelé, who was seen as being influential in launching her career.[18] They had a personal relationship from 1981 to 1986.[19] She dated world champion Formula One driver Ayrton Senna from 1988 until 1990.[20]

From 1983 to 1986, Xuxa hosted the "Children's Club" on TV Manchete, working with director Maurice Sherman. In 1986 Xuxa moved to TV Globo and hosted a daily show until 1992, called "Xou da Xuxa." In the six-year period, there were more than 2,000 programs, along with nearly 130 gold albums, 52 platinum albums, and 10 diamond albums. In total, Xuxa sold 18 million copies.[21][22]

Stardom in the world

After reaching success with her record sales in Brazil, Xuxa released her first Spanish-language album, Xuxa, which performed well in the Latin American market.

In 1991, Xuxa made her TV debut with the Argentina El Show de Xuxa, displayed by Telefé, the country's largest network. The program performed well in 17 Latin American countries and in the Spanish-speaking market in the United States.[23][24][25]

Xuxa was recognized by Forbes in 1991 as one of the world's 40 highest-paid entertainers. Her $19 million income accumulated between 1990 and 1991 put her ahead of actor Mel Gibson, cartoonist Matt Groening and rapper Vanilla Ice.[26][27][28]

From America over to Europe: In 1992 Xuxa launch the show “Xuxa Park” on Spain’s by Tele 5 channel.

In 1993 Xuxa hosted an English language series in the United States, Xuxa (TV series), but it did not achieve the popularity she had enjoyed throughout Brazil, Latin America and Spain. It was initially broadcast by 124 stations across the country. The shows were produced on Sound Stage 36 at CBS Television City in Los Angeles. 65 episodes were taped for the first season of the show. Taping of the episodes was done in a 5-week period in the summer of 1993. The shows were broadcast Monday through Friday, generally in the early morning or mid-afternoon. All 65 episodes were broadcast during the initial 13 weeks before there was a repeat. Helping Xuxa on the show were the Pixies (three U.S. "Paquitas" plus one Brazilian Paquita), the Mellizas (uncredited), Jelly, Jam, and ten "child wranglers" for the 150 kids on set. Starting September 1994, Xuxa began airing on The Family Channel cable network, at 8:00am ET/PT on all stations affiliated to The Family Network. They reprised original episodes on a new children's block until February 19, 1996 when Xuxa stopped airing on The Family Channel.[29][30][31]

The show was sold to a great number of countries throughout the world, among them Japan, Israel, Russia, Australia and some Arab countries.[32]

On July 28, 1998 Xuxa's only daughter, Sasha was born. The news program Jornal Nacional devoted a 10-minute segment to the event.[33][34]

Currently

Reinvented as a children's entertainer, Xuxa began the "Xuxa Só para Baixinhos" (Xuxa Just for Kids) series, releasing CDs and a videotape with song clips. She also began her first tour since the end of her Xou da Xuxa show, and won two Latin Grammy and has five award nominations.[35][36]

Currently Xuxa hosts the program TV Xuxa aimed at young people and their families. The show is broadcast on Saturday afternoons on "TV Globo". She presents the program 'Mundo da Xuxa' (World of Xuxa) – dedicated to children living outside Brazil. 'Mundo da Xuxa' is broadcast in more than 115 countries by Globo TV International.[37] Xuxa is also quite popular in Africa, many countries like Angola program your is audience leader on your timetable, where is displayed by same channel.[38]

Xuxa's musical career also remains active. Currently she is an artist for Sony Music.[39] She is one of the best selling artists of CDs and DVDs in Brazil. With more than 45 million albums sold in the last 30 years.

In July 2012, she was elected one of the "100 Greatest Brazilian of all Time" in a contest conducted by SBT with support from the British television network BBC.[40] [41]

Still in 2012, was elected by magazine Época one of the 100 Personality most influential of Brazil.[42]

Xuxa has one of the highest salaries of Globo, which is around R$3 million (somewhere around US$ 1.5 million dollars).[43] She recently renewed her contract of employment with Globo TV until 2017.[44]

In 2013, won the title of celebrity most commented by the Brazilian press.[45]

Xuxa on TV

Xuxa in 2011.

At the age of 20, Xuxa was invited by the director Maurício Shermann to host a show called "Clube da Criança" (the Children's Club) on the now extinct TV Manchete channel. In those days she modeled during the week in New York and recorded the TV show over the weekends. The agency then gave her an ultimatum, making her chose between her career in modeling and working on TV. She chose the children's show.

Xuxa's charisma and beauty, as well as her easy-going way of presenting the kids’ show, drew attention and, in 1986, she was invited by the director Mario Lucio Vaz to have her first daily show with her own name: "Xou da Xuxa" (the Xuxa Show), broadcast by TV Globo.[46]

That show left its mark on a whole generation. Xuxa would arrive in a pink spaceship and every kid would want to fly off with her. Children all over Brazil would rush to have breakfast to the sound of the song "Quem Quer Pão?" (Who Wants a Bread Roll?). Another symbol of the times was the "Xuxa kiss", where the presenter would leave her mark in lipstick. The Xuxa Show was a happy break. Apart from enjoying herself, the presenter always put across positive messages to the public with phrases like: "Wanting is believing and getting!", "Chase after your dream!", "Drugs are bad!" and many more.

Her success with the public brought Xuxa a second show at TV Globo in 1989. "Bobeou Dançou" was broadcast only on Sundays and, with that, she ran two programs at the same time: a Monday-through-Saturday show and the other on Sundays.[47]

Another show that ran simultaneously with "Xou da Xuxa" was called "Paradão dos Baixinhos" (The Little Ones Charts), which started off as a set piece and gained its own life in 1991, and broadcast on Saturday mornings.

The "Xou da Xuxa" was wound up in 1992, making room for the Sunday show "Xuxa" in 1993, which had musical attractions, games and all the charm of Xuxa and her backup: the "Paquitas".

The following year saw the arrival of "Xuxa Park". The program ran from 1994 till 2001. The scene "Xuxa Hits" that was run in the last series received greater air time and ended up lasting half the length of each show.[48]

"Planeta Xuxa" (Planet Xuxa), inspired by "Xuxa Hits", was launched in April 1997, and became an immediate hit with those who had grown up following Xuxa's career. Initially "Planeta Xuxa" was broadcast on Saturday afternoons and "Xuxa Park" held all the morning air time. "Planeta Xuxa" was only switched to Sundays in 1998, and it stayed on the air until 2002.[49]

Little children were always the apple of Xuxa's eye and she developed "XSPB" (Xuxa Just for Little Ones) – a video for little kids. With the success of these videos, Xuxa went back to making a daily morning program in October 2002 with the show "Xuxa no Mundo da Imaginação" (Xuxa in the World of Make Believe). It was targeted at kids from zero to ten-year-olds and aimed to excite the imagination, help kids have fun and learn.[50]

The children's show changed name and age group in 2005. "TV Xuxa", which was still a daily morning show, included new scenes and games to amuse kids of all ages. In 2008, TV Xuxa was reformulated to change public and debuting new format, hourly and attractions. When it became game show came to be viewed weekly on Saturdays with the intention of rejuvenating the public. The program stopped showing cartoons, invested in play, and Xuxa began to receive his guests on a stage designed to interviews and musical numbers. At this stage, Xuxa talked with singers Justin Bieber (outside the studio, when he came to show in Brazil), and Taylor Swift.[51][52][53]

Television programs in Brazil

Year Program Periodicity Network(s)
1983-1985 Clube da Criança Monday to Friday Rede Manchete
1986-1992 Xou da Xuxa Monday to Saturday Rede Globo
1989 Bobeou Dançou Sunday Rede Globo
1990 Xuxa Star Sunday Rede Globo
1992 Paradão da Xuxa Saturday Rede Globo
1993 Programa Xuxa Sunday Rede Globo
1993–present Criança Esperança Special Rede Globo
1994-2001 Xuxa Park Saturday Rede Globo
1995-1996 Xuxa Hits Saturday Rede Globo
1997-2002 Planeta Xuxa Sunday Rede Globo
2002-2004 Xuxa no Mundo da Imaginação Monday to Friday Rede Globo
2005–2014[54] TV Xuxa Saturday Rede Globo

International

Year Program Network(s) Country
1991-1993 El Show de Xuxa Telefe Argentina and Latin America
1992-1993 Xuxa Park Tele 5 Spain
1993 Xuxa (TV series) CBS | MTM Enterprises United States
2011-currently Mundo da Xuxa Globo International Europe, Africa, USA and Japan

Special

Year Program Network(s)
1987 Natal da Xuxa Rede Globo
1988 Natal da Xuxa Rede Globo
1989 Natal da Xuxa Rede Globo
1989 Natal da Xuxa Rede Globo
1990 Xuxa Especial Rede Globo
1991 Xuxa Especial - Fábrica de Ilusões Rede Globo
1992 Xuxa Especial - Lar dos Idosos Rede Globo
1993 Xuxa Especial - Presentes Mágicos Rede Globo
1993-currently Criança Esperança Rede Globo
1994 Xuxa Especial - Crer Pra Ver Rede Globo
1995 Xuxa Especial - Deu a Louca Na Fantasia Rede Globo
1996 Xuxa 10 anos Rede Globo
1996 Direito de Ser Feliz Rede Globo
1996 Xuxa Especial - Natal Sem Noel Rede Globo
1997 A Festa dos Brinquedos Rede Globo
1997 Luz da Paz Rede Globo
1998 Xuxa 12 Anos com Você Rede Globo
1998 Uma Carta Para Deus Rede Globo
2000 TV Ano 50 Rede Globo
2001-2002 Planeta Verão Rede Globo
2003 Xuxa Especial de Natal - Siga Aquela Estrela Rede Globo
2004 Xuxa Especial de Natal - Papai Noel Sumiu Rede Globo
2005 Xuxa Especial de Natal - Folias de Natal Rede Globo
2006 Xuxa 20 anos Rede Globo
2006 Xuxa Especial de Natal - Natal Todo Dia Rede Globo
2007 Xuxa Especial de Natal - Giramundo Rede Globo
2007 Conexão Xuxa Rede Globo
2008 Xuxa e as Noviças Rede Globo
2009 Natal de Luz da Xuxa Rede Globo
2010 Xuxa Especial de Natal Rede Globo

International career

Tour of Xuxa in the Maracanãzinho Gymnasium in the city of Rio de Janeiro (2011).

As early as in the 1980s, Xuxa already had international recognition for her work on TV. In 1987, the French newspaper Libération included Xuxa on the list of the most remarkable women in the world. Between 1991 and 1993, Xuxa became very popular in the whole of Latin America, widening her appeal among Spanish-speaking audiences, when she recorded a program in Argentina, El Show de Xuxa, which was also popular when broadcast in Chile, Mexico and 16 other Latin American countries, as well as Univision in the United States. The first two seasons of the show, the most popular, were produced by Argentine TV channel Telefé while the third one, in 1993, was produced independently and then sold for broadcast to Canal 13. Her last Spanish speaking show aired in Latin America on December 31, 1993.[55]

The New York Times newspaper highlighted his resounding success in Brazil and Latin America, in a matter taken by correspondent in Rio de Janeiro James Brooke. The publication highlights the record sales of album of the singer, which in 1990 reached the 12 million copies and its success in the Hispanic market, when it reached 300,000 copies with their first album in Spanish. Was considered by New York Magazine the Madonna Latin American.[56] [57]

In 1992, taping programs in Brazil and Argentina, Xuxa was invited to present the program Xuxa Park, Spain. Released by Telecinco channel, the program was shown on Sundays, with high ratings, the show lasted two years. The theme song of the show, "Sabor de la Vida" ("Flavor of Life"), had a huge success in Spain, being among the 100 most played in the European Hot 100 Singles. Her Xuxa Park album also sold well for 8 weeks, and was certified gold. [58][59][60][61][62]

The Billboard magazine published in September 1992 that the disc "Xuxa 2" was the first-charting Spanish and appeared in position 77 of the 100 most sold in the world. The biggest hits on this disc were: Loquita Por Ti (# 29 on the billboard stop), Luna de Cristal (# 35 on the chart billboard) and Chindolele (# 10 on the billboard stop) all of big hits. Reaching the fifth position in the 'U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums' of 1991.[63]

In 1993, Xuxa hosted an English language series in the United States, Xuxa (TV series), but it did not achieve the popularity she had enjoyed throughout Brazil, Latin America and Spain. The show was sold to a great number of countries throughout the world, among them Japan, Israel, Russia, Australia, Romania and some Arab countries. Her international ambitions apparently ended after the gruelling taping schedule for her American show. She was hospitalized for several days due to exhaustion, and decided to give up her international career.[64][65][66][67][68][69]

In the U.S., Sony Wonder has released two of her videos and a record that includes English translations of some of her most successful songs in Portuguese and Spanish.[70]

She was one of the biggest celebrities in Brazil and was the biggest idol among kids around Latin America in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Xuxa 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.[71][72][73][74][75]

In 1992, People Magazine chose Xuxa as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.[76]

On the back of her success with "XSPB", Xuxa launched a video in Argentina in 2005 called "Xuxa Solamente Para Bajitos".[77]

On July 7, 2007, Xuxa presented at the Brazilian leg of Live Earth in Rio de Janeiro.[78][79]

In April 2011, Xuxa launched a show called "Mundo da Xuxa" (Xuxa's World), on Globo TV International. Broadcast to Brazilian subscribers from every continent, the show is made of the greatest moment of Xuxa's career at Globo, music videos from the XSPB series and the participation of children from all over the world.[80]

Xuxa phenomenon became in Brazil and abroad. He has recorded discs and programs in Spanish and English, she launched products of all types.

His performances broke records of public, not only in Brazil, more like in many Latin American countries as in the Rio de Janeiro, with about 200,000 people (Maracanã - 1998), in São Paulo with 300,000 people (1997), Fortaleza, over of 60 thousand people (Arena Castelão - 1996) and 100,000 people in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Velez Sarsfield Stadium - 1991).[81][82]

Discography

Children's entertainment

In 1983 Xuxa began a new career as a children's show presenter, in the same year she was invited to her first starring role in a movie with Os Trapalhões. Xou da Xuxa, however, is probably the most famous children's show in Brazil and Latin America. According to Veja magazine, she sold more than 30,000,000 albums worldwide. It started in 1986. In the show, aired every weekday morning, Xuxa presented cartoons and games, did interviews and performed some of her songs. The show created a kid show frenzy in Brazil, and until about 2001, more than seven years after the ending of Xou da Xuxa, most TV networks had at least one kids' show in the same style. Not only in Brazil, but also in most of Latin America, Xou da Xuxa-type shows (with a beautiful host, usually blonde, who presented cartoons such as Walt Disney's DuckTales) became popular.[83]

The audience of the show was of kids who jumped up and down during the whole show. Kids shook pompoms throughout the show, marking the trademarks of the show. But the biggest trademark was the pink spaceship. Every show began with Xuxa getting out of the spaceship and at the end, she would go back to the spaceship (it remains so even today).[84]

Every year she released a new album for children. 1988's Xou da Xuxa 3 with her biggest hit 'Ilariê' (#1 in the radio in almost every Latin America country)[85] is her best-selling album, selling 4 million copies in Brazil alone. Xou da Xuxa 3 is the best-selling album in Brazilian history and the best-selling album for children in world, to date with almost 6 million copies sold.[86][87][88] Xou da Xuxa ended in 1993 due to Xuxa's desire to invest more time in her international career, which included Spanish and English versions of Xou da Xuxa as well as various shows in the U.S. and Europe. During that year, she developed health problems attributed to stress; a typical week consisted of seven hours of taping for a month's worth of shows coupled with flying to Argentina where the Spanish version was taped. By the 1990s English-dubbed versions of the show were also broadcast in the southern Anglophone Caribbean.[89]

Ten years ago she opened O Mundo da Xuxa, in São Paulo, the largest kids' park in Brazil.[90]

Movies

News conference Movie Xuxa Gêmeas.

Her first starring role was in Amor Estranho Amor (English title: Love Strange Love), a controversial 1982 Brazilian film produced by Anibal Massaini Neto for Cinearte.

Xuxa also starred in a new movie every year. Her first biggest box office was in 1988 with ''Super Xuxa Contra Baixo Astral'', which included her hit song Arco-Íris (Rainbow), a hit across Latin America. Her second biggest box office was ''Lua de Cristal'' (1991), which had over 5 million viewers and spawned a number 1 single, "Lua de Cristal", the sixth biggest box office success of all time in Brazil and biggest box office of the 1990s.[91]

At the summer of 1993, presenter Sergio Malandro, "Lua de Cristal" male lead, and the "Paquitas" and "Paquitos" (Xou da Xuxa dancers) made another movie, this time produced by Xuxa. ''Sonho de Verão'' (''Summer Dream''), a youth-oriented movie, was a moderate hit compared to her other films.

It took seven years before she made her next film, 1999's ''Xuxa Requebra''. The movie was a critical success and a big commercial hit, becoming the most successful Brazilian movie of the year and the most successful Brazilian movie in years, and she used the same formula for her next movie, Xuxa Postar, which was also very successful, but a critical failure.[92]

In 2001, she did ''Xuxa e os Duendes''. Since then, she has released a new movie every year. Xuxa e os Duendes 2 in 2002, Xuxa Abracadabra in 2003, and Xuxa e o Mistério da Cidade Perdida in 2004. Her first animated movie Xuxinha e Guto: Contra os Monstros do Espaço, released in 2005, was a commercial and critical flop. In her 2006 movie, Xuxa Gêmeas, she played twins, one evil and one good. The movie featured the singer Ivete Sangalo and was a "come back" of Xuxa in the cinema. The movie had more than 1 million viewers.[93]

In 2009, Xuxa launched her film Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha, which tells the story of what happens in fairy tales after the "and they all lived happily ever after" ending. The film is an adaptation of Pedro Bandeira's book "O Fantástico Mistério de Feiurinha" that has sold over 2 million copies. The movie's cast included such names as: Sasha, Luciano Szafir and Huck, Angélica, Hebe and many more. It was seen by over 1.3 million cinema goers and was also shown in Angola and the USA.[94][95]

Filmography and Television

Year Film Audience
1982 Amor Estranho Amor 100.000
1982 Elas por Elas telenovela
1983 Fuscão Preto 500.000
1983 Os Trapalhões e a Arca de Noé 2.465.898
1983 Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz 2.465.898
1985 Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia 1.751.709
1988 Super Xuxa Contra Baixo Astral 2.816.000
1989 A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões 4.310.085
1990 Lua de Cristal 5.180.000
1990 O Mistério de Robin Hood 2.097.000
1991 Gaúcho Negro 690.000
1993 Sonho Meu telenovela
1998 Torre de Babel telenovela
1999 Pecado Capital telenovela
1999 Xuxa Requebra 2.100.000
2000 Xuxa Popstar 2.400.000
2001 Xuxa e os Duendes 2.657.091
2002 Xuxa e os Duendes 2 2.310.852
2003 Xuxa Abracadabra 2.217.368
2004 Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida 1.342.806
2005 Xuxinha e Guto: Contra os Monstros do Espaço 596.218
2006 Xuxa Gêmeas 1.100.000
2007 Xuxa em Sonho de Menina 309.174
2009 Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha 1.300.000
2010 Ti Ti Ti telenovela
2012 As Brasileiras television series
2012 Cheias de Charme telenovela
2013 Guerra dos Sexos telenovela

Awards and Nominations

Year Award Category Result
1990 Viña del Mar International Song Festival Queen of the Festival of Viña del Mar Won
1992 Brazilian Music Award Best Children's Album Won
1992 Brazilian Music Award Children's music Won
2000 Viña del Mar International Song Festival Silver Gull Award Won
2002 Latin Grammy Award Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children's Album Won
2003 Latin Grammy Award Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children's Album Won
2004 Latin Grammy Award Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children's Album Nominated
2006 Latin Grammy Award Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children's Album Nominated
2009 Festival de Gramado Kikito Won
2010 Brazilian Press Award Special Award Won
2011 Extra Television Award Special Award Won
2011 Quem Award (magazine) Honoree Won
2012 Latin Grammy Award Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children's Album Nominated

Social Actions

Xuxa with then Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasília, June 2007.
Xuxa with Queen Silvia of Sweden.[1]

In 1987, Xuxa got involved in a children's campaign against polio. More than 90% of Brazil's infant population was vaccinated. Two years into the campaign, the disease was eliminated and Xuxa received a medal of honor from the then president of Brazil, José Sarney.[96]

Xuxa has also participated in campaigns against smoking; was a spokesperson for the campaign against breast cancer; and also was the organizer of a public parade of protest in Rio, asking for peace in the city.

The growing need to care for young children led her to set up the Xuxa Meneghel Foundation on October 12, 1989.[97]

Apart from entertaining, Xuxa has always carried a torch for the care of young children and she met with president Luís Inácio Lula da Silva in June 2007 to launch in Brasilia a nationwide campaign called "Não Bata, Eduque!" (Don’t smack, Educate!), which campaigned against the physical punishment and humiliation of children.[98]

Her concern for nature knows no bound and after the Al Gore study, Xuxa was chosen to represent Brazil on the Live Earth show and become the cause's spokeswoman in Brazil. The show took place in 7 countries simultaneously on July 7, 2007, and it was a wakeup call for the effects of climate change here on Earth.[99]

In March 2008 Xuxa then launched the campaign "Uso Responsável da Internet" (Responsible Internet Use) at the Providencia ghetto in Rio de Janeiro. The initiative, in partnership with the Xuxa Meneghel Foundation, involved handing out pamphlets showing children and adults how to use the internet for good.

In the same year, she received a medal of honor at ECO 2008, held in Brasilia, for the social and environmental work carried out by the Xuxa Meneghel Foundation. She also took on the cause to fight against child prostitution.

That November, Xuxa received a prize from Prince Albert of Monaco for her work at the Xuxa Meneghel Foundation. This prize, which was awarded at the Monaco Benefit Associations Night, is the highest honor awarded to personalities for their work on social issues.[100]

Queen Silvia of Sweden, and Xuxa, participate of seminar about Violence against children in Brasília.

In August 2010, Xuxa was invited by the president of SESI, Jair Meneguelli, to be godmother to a nationwide campaign combating child prostitution, called "Carinho de Verdade".[101][102][103]

In September 2011, Colombian singer Shakira and Xuxa have joined forces through their respective charitable foundations to aid children younger than 6 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 that in its first four years plans to provide access to better education to kids from 100 schools in Brazil.[104][105] [106]

Xuxa is the godmother and the poster girl of campaign 'Tri-national to Combat Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents', the initiative aims to encourage people to report cases of exploitation and abuse of minors living on the border between Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

The campaign integrates the actions taken to combat violence against children and adolescents since May. The initiative brings together Itaipu, the municipal Social Welfare and Tourism, International Labour Organization (ILO), the Municipal Tourism Council, the Childhood and Youth, Ministry of Labor, Protect Network and representatives of entities of Paraguay and Argentina working in the same area.[107]

Personal life

Xuxa has one daughter, Sasha, born in 1998; the father is actor Luciano Szafir. Xuxa dated Brazilian soccer legend Pelé[108] in the 1980s; she later dated racecar driver Ayrton Senna.[109][110][111] She reported in 2012 that reclusive singer Michael Jackson had once courted her, inviting her to dinner at his Neverland estate and then having a subordinate ask whether she would consider living with Jackson.[112][113] Recently assumed a relationship with actor and singer Junno Andrade.[114]

The mother of Xuxa, Dona Alda Meneghel suffers from 'Parkinson's Disease', as already in a higher stage of the disease, she underwent several surgeries in order to slow down or even reverse the progress of 'Parkinson's disease'.[115]

References

  1. ↑ "Debate sobre Lei da Palmada tem Xuxa e rainha da Suécia". Gabriel Castro. May 19, 2011. p. Veja. Retrieved September 20, 2013. 
  2. ↑ Xuxa completa 50 anos nesta quarta; veja altos e baixos da vida da 'rainha'
  3. ↑ "25 anos de Xou da Xuxa 3". p. Xuxa.com. 
  4. ↑ "Biografia - Xuxa". 
  5. ↑ "A Latina in the Land of Hollywood and Other Essays on Media Culture". Angharad N. Valdivia. 
  6. ↑ "Xou da Xuxa - Sucesso no exterior". p. Memória Globo. 
  7. ↑ "Todas as faces da Rainha dos Baixinhos". 
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