Opodo

The name "opodo" is an ambigram, with rotational symmetry. Total Worldwide Sales: 30 million (Taking into account her albums in Spanish: Xuxa, Xuxa 2, Xuxa 3, Todos sus Éxitos, El Pequeño Mundo, Xuxa Dance, El Mundo es de los Dos, Xuxa Solamente para Bajitos) Since Xou da Xuxa era, she sold 14 million copies. Opodo also runs other successful online travel businesses such as Travellink in the Nordic region (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finaland) - see http://www.travellink.no, http://www.travellink.se, http://www.travellink.dk, http://www.travellink.fi, and in France Karavel at http://www.karavel.fr and http://www.promovacances.fr and http://www.vivacances.fr as well as a tour operator offering tailor-made deals to Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, South Africa, America, and the Far East from the UK at http://www.questtravel.co.uk. Her first animated movie and 5th 'Só para Baixinhos' CD are coming out soon. For United Kingdom customers see http://www.opodo.co.uk, for German customers see http://www.opodo.de, for French customers see http://www.opodo.fr, for Italian customers see http://www.opodo.it Spanish customers should visit: http://www.opodo.es. Her show 'TV Xuxa' is in the number one spot for children's programming in Brazil. Opodo operates out of nine European countries. She has an on and off relationship with model and heir Luciano Szafir, father of her daughter.

Opodo offers a full worldwide range of travel products including flights (from more than 500 scheduled and low cost airlines), package holidays, dynamic packaging, city-breaks, hotels, car rental, event tickets, excursions, ski holidays, cottages, holiday rentals, and cruises. Nine months before, she had announced live at Globo's Sunday show Domingão do Faustão that her dream would come true and she would have a child. The travel technology provider Amadeus is a majority shareholder. In 1998, her daughter was born live on Jornal Nacional, the most important and most watched news shows in Brazil. It is a pan-European enterprise, owned by a consortium of European airlines, including British Airways, Air France, Alitalia, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, Austrian Airlines and Finnair. Xuxa is one of the richest women in Brazil, with a net worth of more than US$160 million. Opodo is like Orbitz an Internet travel agency. She and Julio Iglesias were the only Latin Americans on the list.

In 1991, she was one of the 40 Best Paid Celebrities in the World according to Forbes. Xuxa is richer than Roberto Carlos, the best-selling artist ever in Brazil. But, while Xuxa is just a TV personality, Silvio Santos is also the owner of SBT. Ahead of her, only Silvio Santos, who is the presenter of lots of shows from the number 2-net: SBT.

Xuxa is one of the richest Brazilian entertainers. Her revealing clothes were not a big controversy in Brazil, which has traditionally been more relaxed about nudity than North America or Western Europe, and most of Brazilians didn't see anything wrong with the clothes she wore. Just about anything could be found with her face on it in stores in Brazil and across Latin America. She had a multiplicity of licensed products since the 80s, from bubble gum to televisions, Shampoos, soap, food, books, clothes, shoes, dolls, toys, video games and board games.

Xuxa's biggest singles were during her Xou da Xuxa era, the biggest of them all being Ilariê, but she was also successful with Lua de Cristal; Tindolelê; Brincar de Índio and Arco-Íris. The album included the hit Ilarie, which went to Number 1 across Latin America and it was the bestselling single and most-played song on the radio in 1989. Her third album is the best-selling album in Brazilian history, selling almost 4 million copies. She is still popular with children today, who listen to her CD collection 'Só Para Baixinhos'.

Xuxa is a Brazilian icon, who was part of the childhood of many young people born in the 1980s and 1990s.
. After she was hospitalized for several days due to exhaustion, she decided to give up her international career. Her international ambitions ended after she taped 22 episodes of her American show in a month.

The theme song of the show spent 8 weeks on the top of the charts and her CD charted gold. Also in 1993, she taped "Xuxa Park" in Spain. Many parents were taken aback by her seemingly open displays of sexuality and lack of modest clothing as well as her practice of putting on bright red lipstick and kissing the cheeks of prepubescent males at the end of each show. However, the show was sold in many countries throughout the world, among them Japan, Israel, Russia and some Arab countries.

Xuxa did not master the English language, which was her greatest barrier to success. In 1993 Xuxa hosted an English language series in the United States, "Xuxa", but it did not achieve the popularity Xuxa had enjoyed throughout Latin America and Spain. She also recorded a programme in Spain in 1992, Xuxa Park, which achieved a huge success. In the 90s, Xuxa became very popular in the whole of Latin America, widening her appeal among Spanish-speaking audiences, when she recorded a programme in Argentina, Show de Xuxa, which was also popular when broadcast in Chile, Mexico and other 16 Latin American countries.

As of 2005, Xuxa is about to release her first animated movie. In 2003 she did another fantasy movie, Xuxa em Abracadabra and in 2004, Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida (Xuxa and the Treasure of the Lost City). The movie was a hit and a sequel was made for the following year. A fantasy movie, it not only had many cameos, but also a story line and no advertisements, a first for Xuxa's movie.

Then, in 2001 she did her first children's movie in twelve years, Xuxa e os Duendes. Targeted at teenagers, the movie was still a hit with the audience and next year, a movie in the same style (no story line, lots of advertisements, lots of popular actors/groups/singers making cameos) was made, called Xuxa Popstar. In 1999 Xuxa appeared in Xuxa Requebra (Xuxa in Shake It), a movie that was a critical flop but a big hit with the audience. The second was her biggest box office hit, spawning her hit single 'Lua de Cristal'.

The following year, she starred in two movies: Xuxa e os Trapalhões em 'O Mistério de Robin Hood' (Xuxa and The Messed-Up Guys in 'The Mystery of Robin Hood') and Lua de Cristal (Crystal Moon). In 1989 she starred for the first time in a movie with the comedy group Os Trapalhões in A Princesa Xuxa e Os Trapalhões (Princess Xuxa and The Messed-Up Guys), which was another hit. Xuxa is also an actress and, together with comedy group Os Trapalhões, she has the 9 biggest Box Office hits in Brazilian history. In her children's shows, she consistently wore tight clothing, showing her belly, legs, and even parts of her buttocks, and in her first LP (also targeted at children), she revealed her breasts on the cover by wearing a translucent shirt.

Xuxa, however, being one of the most popular Brazillian TV personalities at the time, was kept on and a new show, TV Xuxa was launched, containing more educational content and cartoons, and less of Xuxa than previous shows. The show was initially successful, but following a dispute between Xuxa and her manager, Marlene Matos, ratings for the show began to decline, resulting in the show being pulled from air in 2004. In 2001 Xuxa began a new children's show, Xuxa No Mundo da Imaginação (Xuxa at the World of Imagination), a show for preschool children on weekday mornings. She also began her first tour since the end of her Xou da Xuxa show, and won two Grammy awards.

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. Both shows had good ratings but were cancelled after a fire on the set at Xuxa Park during a show casued serious injuries to members of the crew and children in the audience. Xuxa Park was a modern version of her original show, Xou da Xuxa. Xuxa Planet was a show aimed at teenagers, and was controversial in that she would interview stars about their sex lives.

In the early 1990s Xuxa hosted two more shows: Xuxa Planet, and Xuxa Park. In 1988, at her peak in popularity, she featured in the highly successful movie Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral (Super Xuxa Against the Low Happiness), that included her hit song Arco-Íris (Rainbow), a hit across Latin America that was the biggest box office success of the year in Brazil. After becoming famous for dating soccer star Pele, she hosted Xou da Xuxa, a weekday morning show that featured musical performances, games, guests and cartoons from 1986 to 1993. Some scenes with underage actors in this movie would not be allowed by current Brazilian laws concerning child pornography.

While performing at nightclubs, she graced the centerfold of Playboy magazine's Brazilian edition in December 1982, which led to her being cast in the motion picture Amor Estranho Amor (Love Strange Love) IMDB page in which she plays a prostitute who seduces a 13 year old boy. . One, for instance, involved a rented theme park, while another came with a $1,000,000 bill. Xuxa's maternal habits are often criticized, particularly as she has been very indulgent with Sasha, throwing her lavish parties.

Sasha studies at Brazil's most expensive school, the bilingual "Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro" (EARJ), aslo known as the American School of Rio de Janeiro), with a tuition of about $2,000 per month. She had a daughter, Sasha, in 1998 whose birth was televised live. Xuxa's personal life has often been very public and sometimes scandalous. Xuxa has dated Pelé and the late Ayrton Senna, both regarded as important figures in Brazil.

Xuxa is of German, Austrian, Italian and Polish descent and 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. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, Spanish, and English languages. Xuxa born (Maria da Graça Meneghel) on March 27, 1963 in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian television actress and singer and children's television show host. 2005- Xuxinha e Guto Contra Os Monstros do Espaço.

2004 - Xuxa em O Tesouro da Cidade Perdida. 2003 - Xuxa em Abracadabra. 2002 - Xuxa e os Duendes 2. 2001 - Xuxa e os Duendes.

2000 - Xuxa Pop Star. 1999 - Xuxa Requebra. 1991 - Gaúcho Negro. 1990 - Lua de Cristal.

1990 - Xuxa e os Trapalhões e o Mistério de Hobin Hood. 1989 - A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões. 1988 - Super Xuxa contra Baixo-Astral. 1985 - Os Trapalhões no reino da fantasia.

1984 - Os Trapalhoes e o Mágico de Orós. 1983 - O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé. 1982 - Amor estranho Amor. 1982 - Fuscão Preto.

2005-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 6 - Xuxa Festa. 2004-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 5. 2003-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 4. 2002-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 3.

2001-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 2. 2000-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos. 1999-Xuxa 2000. 1998-Só Faltava Você.

1997-Boas Notícias. 1997-Arraiá da Xuxa. 1996-Tô de Bem Com A Vida. 1996-Xuxa 10 Anos.

1995-Luz No Meu Caminho. 1994-Sexto Sentido. 1993-Xuxa. 1992-Xou da Xuxa 7.

1991-Xou da Xuxa 6. 1990-Xuxa 5. Xou da Xuxa. 1989-4o.

1988-Xou da Xuxa 3. 1987-Karaokê da Xuxa. 1987-Xegundo Xou da Xuxa. 1986-Xou da Xuxa.