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.

All the big money floats have taken to the samba group parades ... but the streets have been reeling with revelers and parades also in Rio de Janeiro. The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington ...

"I've been doing this for nine years, for Carnival and other events," she said as Almeida painted a jaguar on her breasts. "He is the best body painter I've come across and his work draws more ...

A Rio Carnival reveller wearing only body paint reveals a bit too much as she bends over live on TV. The shapely blonde, in the colours of Brazil's national flag, is invited to show off her best ...

Hundreds of revellers took part in the first night of the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro. RIO de Janeiro's extraordinary carnival samba parades burst into action last night ...

Still, I longed to be a part of carnival, one of the cornerstones ... Jab Jab is “the great equalizer.” Painted all in black, the crowd was one body moving in unison to the percussion of ...

But carnival survived, and my question was ... I don't know the origins of this orgy of body-painting, and I am glad I hadn't joined one of the Jouvay bands that use chocolate or mud instead ...

SÃO PAULO — A Brazilian carnival queen famous for her skimpy attire is grabbing headlines again for painting President Barack Obama’s face on her body. Viviane Castro paraded nearly nude ...

Racing Victoria has come under fire for a racy advertising campaign for the upcoming Spring Carnival that features topless women covered in body paint. The photoshoot for the 'Melbourne In Full ...