Maria das Gracas "Xuxa" Meneghel is a famous host in Brazil of a long series of popular variety shows for children. Xuxa is a Brazilian Grammy Awards Winner, television actress, singer and children's television show host. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Xuxa is of German, Austrian, Italian, and Polish descent. Xuxa is also one of the leading celebrities in South America. She has one daughter named Sasha and was born in 1998. In 1979, Xuxa began a new career as a children's show presenter at Manchete. She also hosted an English language series in the
… More United States, Xuxa, but it did not achieve the popularity she had enjoyed throughout Latin America and Spain.