RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 23 — Brazil’s carnival celebrations are among the wildest parties in the world, but someone has to reign over them — and being “queen” can be a year-round job. AFP interviewed two “carnival queens” who devote a substantial part of their lives year-round to the...
Brazilian drag queen Fernando Magrin, known as Mama Darling, poses for a photo at his home in downtown Sao Paulo February 14, 2020. — AFP pic
Monteiro, 31, is the “queen of the drum section” at the Portela samba school, the winningest group in the history of Rio de Janeiro’s annual carnival competition. “I just put another 300 millilitres of silicone in my breasts last year — I’m up to 485 millilitres in each breast,” she says with a grin.
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