Xuxa

haifi Maria da Graça Meneghel a Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, ga Luís Floriano Meneghel da Alda Meneghel (née Alda Flores da Rocha). Xuxa ta fito ne daga asalin Italiyanci da Poland ta hanyar uba da kuma Jamusanci, Swiss, Dutch da Portuguese ta hanyar uwa. Kakan mahaifinta (Ettore Meneghel) ya yi hijira zuwa Brazil a ƙarshen 1800s daga garin Cison di Valmarino na arewacin Italiya, a yankin Veneto. A cikin 2013, Xuxa ya sami 'yancin zama ɗan ƙasar Italiya ta hanyar zuriya.^[8][9]

 

lokacin haihuwar Xuxa, an gaya wa mahaifinta cewa mahaifiyar da yaro suna cikin haɗari. Ya zaɓi ya ceci matarsa, kuma ya yi addu'a ga Uwargidanmu ta Albarka, yana alkawarin sanya sunan 'yarsa bayan Budurwa Maryamu Mai Albarka idan duk sun yi kyau. Kodayake an sanya mata suna ne don Budurwa kamar yadda aka yi alkawari, Xuxa, ƙarami daga cikin dangin Meneghel, ta sami sanannen laƙabi daga ɗan'uwanta, Bladimir . Lokacin da mahaifiyarsu ta isa gida tare da jaririn, sai ta ce masa: "Dubi jaririn da na saya don yin wasa da kai," ya amsa: "Na san, Xuxa ne na. " Sunan laƙabi ya makale, kodayake ba har zuwa 1988 ba ne ta canza sunanta zuwa Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel.^[10][11][12]

Xuxa  yi shekaru da farko a garinsu Santa Rosa . Lokacin da take 'yar shekara bakwai, ita da iyalinta suka koma Rio de Janeiro inda suka zauna a unguwar Bento Ribeiro.^[13][14]

 

lokacin da take da shekaru 15, wata hukumar kera kayayyaki ta gano ta, kuma ta fara aikinta na sana'a a matsayin mai tsarawa a shekara 16. A wannan lokacin Xuxa ya yi koyi a Brazil da Amurka don duka fashion da mujallu na maza, kamar Playboy, kuma ya fara wani al'amari tare da ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Brazil Pelé. A shekara ta 1984, Ford Models ta hayar da ita a matsayin samfurin.^[15][16]