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RIO DE JANEIRO — It's a record that can only be broken in Rio de Janeiro.
A samba dancer has worn the smallest scrap of clothing ever in a Carnival parade.
The O Globo newspaper says model Dani Sperle sported a sparkly silver headdress, a necklace, matching arm bands — and nothing else but a patch of cloth 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) long — in front of 80,000 Sambadrome spectators early Monday morning.
That breaks the record set last year by Viviane Castro, whose covering was all of 4 centimeters (1.5 inches) long.
Judges last year penalized Castro for violating nudity limits. There's no word yet if Sperle's samba school will also lose points.
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