'Miniskirt' student will parade in Carnival
Brazilians will be seeing a whole lot more of the student whose short pink dress got her booted from college
Sao Bernardo do Campo : Brazilians will be seeing a whole lot more of the student whose short pink dress got her booted from college: She's agreed to march in the nation's famously flesh-baring Carnival parades.
Geisy Arruda, who became an instant celebrity after being heckled by hundreds of fellow students because of her dress, said on Thursday she has accepted invitations to participate with samba groups in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
"It will be a dream come true for me," Arruda said just before giving a deposition to police who are investigating whether crimes were committed when a crowd of students harassed her on October 22 at the University Bandeirante in Sao Bernardo do Campo, just outside Sao Paulo.
Arruda, 20, said she will parade for the Leandro de Itaquera samba school in Sao Paulo and the Porto da Pedra school in Rio. The Rio and Sao Paulo parades are broadcast live in February throughout the nation of more than 190 million people.
"Sometimes, good things come from bad things," she said.
Carnival features nearly nude dancers in elaborate feathered costumes, and Arruda said she plans to wear another short outfit when she parades atop a float in Rio.
"It will be very pretty,' she said. "I'm going to keep my style. It wouldn't be me if I went out there with a long dress."
Porto da Pedra's theme for this year's parade at the Sambadrome will be "What will I wear?" — addressing the evolution of fashion.
Arruda said she has been working out to be in shape for the parade and would be going to Rio to start practising with the school.
