Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Carnival queen will have Obama painted on her body

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Places » Latin America Donate to DU
 
Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 04:33 PM
Original message
Carnival queen will have Obama painted on her body
Edited on Wed Feb-18-09 04:37 PM by Bacchus39
Carnival queen will have Obama painted on her body

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_carnival_obama;_ylt=AnzjU5jM0On9SGWlM1iTz3K3IxIF

http://ego.globo.com/Entretenimento/Ego/foto/0,,13557877,00.jpg

she even looks better than Fidel.


SAO PAULO – The Carnival beauty famed for proving it's possible to get too naked for Brazil's samba parades is looking for the spotlight again — by painting her body with an image of President Barack Obama.

Viviane Castro last year made headlines by appearing as a samba school drum queen while wearing nothing but a tape 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) wide — managing to violate a little-enforced nudity rule and drawing a penalty for her group.

Castro, 26, said she will wear slightly more on Friday — but will still have plenty of room to have Obama's image placed somewhere on her body for all to see.

The exact location won't be revealed until Sao Paulo samba school X-9 Paulistana parades Friday night, said spokeswoman Ana Neiva.

"This year I will come back with minimal clothing again but honoring the great political figure Barack Obama," Castro told the G1 Web site in comments confirmed by Neiva. "Everyone, in a certain way, is looking at him to create a good government and take the world out of the crisis."

X-9 Paulistana's parade theme is about the Amazon, but Neiva said the school decided to add the American president to the mix because "Obama will be different in making sure the environment is preserved."

Another dancer, Daniela Dufi, will also have Obama's image painted on her body, Neiva said.

Plastic replicas of Obama are also the top-selling masks for Carnival this year.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top

Home » Discuss » Places » Latin America Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC