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Xuxa
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ( , ; born Maria da Graça Meneghel on 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian TV host, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Nicknamed "The Queen of Children", Xuxa built the largest Latin and South American children's entertainment empire. In the early 1990s, she presented television programs in Brazil, Argentina, Spain and the United States simultaneously, reaching around 20 million viewers daily. According to different sources, the singer's sales range between 30 and 50 million copies. However, in 2025, the record label Som Livre, with which the artist recorded almost all of her albums, gave her an award for 28 million copies sold in her career and 10 billion streams to date. Her net worth was estimated at US$100 million in the early 1990s. Also successful as a businesswoman, she has the highest net worth of any Brazilian female entertainer, estimated at US$400 million. Early life and education Maria da Graça Meneghel was born in Santa Rosa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Meneghel
Sasha Meneghel Szafir Figueiredo (born 28 July 1998) is a Brazilian model. Biography Meneghel was born in Rio de Janeiro. She is the only child of TV host, singer and businesswoman Xuxa Meneghel and Luciano Szafir. She grew up in the spotlight, having her first minutes of life displayed by Rede Globo's prime time news program '' Jornal Nacional''. Her birth became the most documented in the history of Brazil, according to magazine Veja. Meneghel appeared in programs presented by her mother including '' Xuxa só para Baixinhos''. In 2009 she starred in her first feature film in '' Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha'', directed by Tizuka Yamasaki. Meneghel was a volleyball player for the team of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. In 2011, she was invited by CBV ( Brazilian Volleyball Confederation) for a period of training with the Brazilian national team Sub-19. Personal life In 2016, Meneghel finished high school at the American School of Rio de Janeiro, and then moved to New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Szafir
Luciano Lebelson Szafir (born 31 December 1968) is a Brazilian businessman, actor, and former model. Early life Szafir is the son of Gabriel and Betty Szafir. He has a twin sister named Priscila, an older sister named Alexandra and a younger brother named Salomão. He is also uncle to his twin sister's two children, Júlia and Luís Otávio. Szafir is of Ashkenazi Jews, Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Career Earlier in his career, Szafir worked as a model. He is the sole actor for Rede Record, and has acted in three novel adaptations for radio. He was the highlight of the Alliance samba school of Joaçaba-SC in the year 2006, in the pilot called "Taste like a hug." Personal life He has a daughter, Sasha Meneghel, with the TV host Xuxa, Xuxa Meneghel, with whom he was in a relationship for 11 years. He practices martial arts and currently holds a Black belt (martial arts), black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a martial art he has practiced since 1978. Filmography Television * 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Som Livre
Som Livre (Portuguese for "Free Sound") is a Brazilian record company that was founded in March 1969 in order to commercialize the soundtracks for TV Globo (its then parent company) soap operas and later expanded to recording studio albums. , it is owned by Sony Music. Today, Som Livre is Brazil's largest domestic label and was formerly part of Grupo Globo, which is the biggest media conglomerate in Brazil. In November 2020, Globo placed the label up for sale. In April 2021, it was acquired by Sony Music Entertainment (initially for an undisclosed amount, later revealed to be USD 255 million). The sale was approved by the national competition regulator Cade on 4 November 2021 and was completed on 4 March 2022. History Som Livre was founded in March 1969 by music producer João Araújo. It was founded with the purpose of developing and commercializing soap opera soundtracks produced by TV Globo. Its first telenovela soundtrack was '' O Cafona'' (1971). Other notable soundtracks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva (; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, and—at the time of his death—held the record for most pole positions (65), among others; he won 41 Grands Prix across 11 seasons. Born and raised in São Paulo, Senna began competitive kart racing aged 13; his first go-kart was built by his father using a lawnmower engine. After twice finishing runner-up at the Karting World Championship, Senna progressed to Formula Ford in 1981, dominating the British and European championships in his debut seasons. He then won the 1983 British Formula Three Championship amidst a close title battle with Martin Brundle, further winning the Macau Grand Prix that year. Senna signed for Toleman in , making his Formula One debut at the . After scoring several podium finishes in his rookie season, Senna moved to Lotus in to replace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century. His 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, which includes Exhibition game, friendlies, is recognised as a Guinness World Records, Guinness World Record. In 1999, he was named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee and was included in the ''Time (magazine), Time'' list of the Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century, 100 most important people of the 20th century. In 2000, Pelé was voted IFFHS World's Best Player#The World's Best Player of the 20th Century (1901–2000), World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) and was one of the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Brazilian
Swiss Brazilians () are Brazilian citizens of full or partial Switzerland, Swiss ancestry, who remain culturally connected to Switzerland, or Swiss-born people permanently residing in Brazil. Notable Swiss Brazilians *Clóvis Bornay *José Carlos Bauer *A. C. Frieden *Émil Goeldi *Oswaldo Goeldi *Ernst Götsch *Cláudio Heinrich *Heloísa Périssé *Ricardo Boechat *Adriana Lima *Adolfo Lutz *Berta Lutz *Jorge Paulo Lemann *Eric Maleson , Eric Walther Maleson *Gérard Moss *Sabrina Sato *Leticia Spiller *Xuxa Meneghel *Luciano Werhli See also * Immigration to Brazil * White Brazilians * Swiss people * Swiss Americans * Swiss Abroad by SWI swissinfo.ch in Portuguese * Austrian Brazilians * French Brazilians * German Brazilians * Italian Brazilians References Swiss diaspora in Brazil, European diaspora in Brazil Brazilian people of Swiss descent, {{Brazil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Rosa, Rio Grande Do Sul
Santa Rosa is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, located at latitude 27º52'15" and longitude 54º28'53" at a height of 277 meters above sea level. It has an area of 488.42 km2. Its estimated population is 73,575 (2020). It is known as the "National Cradle of Soybeans". History Santa Rosa was created as a colony of European immigrants in 1915, mainly Italians, German-Brazilian, Germans and Russians. The German dialect traditionally spoken in the region is Riograndenser Hunsrückisch. Geography Climate Transportation The city is served by Santa Rosa Airport (Brazil), Luís Alberto Lehr Airport. Events *Soybean National Fair (Fenasoja) *South American Nativist Music Festival (Musicanto) *State Meeting of horticulture (Hortigranjeiros) *Dance in Santa Rosa Festival *Festival of Ethnic Groups *Piggy in Roller Feast * Cruzeiro Neighborhood Community Fair (EXPOCruzeiro) *Oktoberfest *Student Song Festival (Canto Livre) *Santa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Brazilian
Polish Brazilians (, Polish: ''Polonia brazylijska'') refers to Brazilians of full or partial Polish ancestry who are aware of such ancestry and remain connected, to some degree, to Polish culture, or Polish-born people permanently residing in Brazil. Also, a Polish Brazilian may have one Polish parent. Polish immigrants began arriving in Brazil in the late 19th century and their total number was estimated at around 200,000. Immigration The first Polish immigrants arrived in the port of Itajaí, Santa Catarina, in August 1869. They were 78 Poles from the area of Southern Silesia. Commandant Redlisch, of the ship Victoria, brought people from Mitteleuropa to settle in Brusque. They were in total 16 families, among them: Francisco Pollak, Nicolau Wós, Boaventura Pollak, Thomasz Szymanski, Simon Purkot, Felipe Purkot, Miguel Prudlo, Chaim Briffel, Simon Otto, Domin Stempke, Gaspar Gbur, Balcer Gbur, Walentin Weber, Antoni Kania, Franciszek Kania, André Pampuch and Stefa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra (newspaper)
''Extra'' is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in April 1998 by Grupo Globo, Infoglobo, the newspaper quickly became one of the best selling in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. Closing 2010 with an evolution of 12.97%, reaching 302,697 copies sold. With the success in the Rio de Janeiro (state), fluminenses banks, the Extra gains an online version (Extra Online). The site was redesigned with thematic pages, and soon was also successful in the network, with 6 million visitors. Extra is now one of the few newspapers focused on women, being 57% women and 43% men. Leading in the age group of 30 to 50 years. The Extra is formed by 3 notebooks (Extra, Extra Game and Extra Session), dealing with different subjects. Extra Notebook – Rio 2016 and Carioca Championship – 3rd Notebook Extra Session – Television, Cinema, Show and Modern Life – In addition to the daily notebooks, the Extra has weekly notebooks. Sunday: Extra Property – Offers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jus Sanguinis
( or , ), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents. Children at birth may be nationals of a particular state if either or both of their parents have nationality of that state. It may also apply to national identities of ethnic, cultural, or other origins. Citizenship can also apply to children whose parents belong to a diaspora and were Right of return, not themselves citizens of the state conferring citizenship. This principle contrasts with ''jus soli'' ('right of soil'), which is solely based on the place of birth. In the 21st century, almost all Sovereign state, states apply some combination of ''jus soli'' and ''jus sanguinis'' in their nationality laws to varying degrees, in contrast to largely pure forms of either as used in the 19th and 20th centuries. Historically, the most common application of ''jus sanguinis'' is a right of a child to their father's nationali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Brazilians
Italian Brazilians (, ) are Brazilians of full or partial Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Brazil during the Italian diaspora, or more recent Italian-born people who've settled in Brazil. Italian Brazilians are the largest number of people with full or partial Italian ancestry outside Italy, with São Paulo being the most populous city with Italian ancestry in the world. Nowadays, it is possible to find millions of descendants of Italians, from the southeastern state of Minas Gerais to the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, with the majority living in São Paulo state. Small southern Brazilian towns, such as Nova Veneza, have as much as 95% of their population of Italian descent. There are no official numbers of how many Brazilians have Italian ancestry, as the national census conducted by IBGE does not ask the ancestry of the Brazilian people. In 1940, the last census to ask ancestry, 1,260,931 Brazilians were said to be the child of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Citizenship
The primary law governing nationality of Italy is Law 91/1992, which came into force on 16 August 1992. Italy is a member state of the European Union (EU), and all Italian nationals are EU citizens. They are entitled to free movement rights in EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, and may vote in elections to the European Parliament. Terminology The distinction between citizenship and nationality is not always clear in the English language and differs by country. Generally, nationality refers to a person's legal belonging to a sovereign state and is the common term used in international treaties when addressing members of a country, while citizenship usually means the set of rights and duties a person has in that nation. In Italian, the term "citizenship" () refers to membership in a political community while "nationality" () can indicate a person's belonging to an ethnic or cultural group. While both terms are used in legislation when dealing with natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
