Jezebel: Samba

All Aboard The Samba Train

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:35:00 EST

People dance to the rhythm of samba in the 'Samba Train' in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday Dec. 3, 2011. The Samba Train, which normally is a commuter train, takes revelers once a year to a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro to attend music shows in commemoration of National Samba Day, which officially fell on Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) More »

Parade Of Nations

Anna Holmes — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:10:00 EDT

[Berlin, May 23. Image via AP]

Price Of Beauty: Jessica In Rio, Plastic Surgery Capital

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Jessica Simpson and her friends were in Brazil for last night's episode of The Price Of Beauty. Ken Paves had his crotch waxed, and then the group of Americans met a Brazilian woman who's had forty-two plastic surgery procedures. More »

Palm Wednesday

Anna Holmes — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:10:00 EDT

[Yokohama, Japan; March 24. Image via Getty]

Hips Don't Lie

Anna Holmes — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:10:00 EST

[Montevideo, February 11. Image via Getty]

Headdress

Anna Holmes — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:10:00 EDT

[Coburg, Germany; July 12. Image via Getty]

Dream Big

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:20:00 EST

Another excellent role model for young women emerges: Angela Bismarchi of Brazil is 36 years old and attempting to break the Guinness Book record for the most plastic surgeries performed on one person. Bismarchi is about to undergo her 42nd procedure — the current record, 47 procedures, is held by 52 year-old American Cindy Jackson. Basmarchi had a boob lift at 21 after giving birth to her first child and has been going under the knife ever since, driven by her desire to be beautiful, break records, and lead a winning samba troupe in Rio's Carniavale parade, equally. "I consider myself quite timid," she says. "I'm just a little girl grown big. I never imagined I would be famous. Things just happened." [MSNBC] More »