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FIRST RIO CARNIVAL QUEEN - ELVIRA OLIVIERI COZZOLINO FIRST WOMAN WORE BIKINI IN PUBLIC  BORN 1920 SEPTEMBER 6 Elvira Olivieri Cozzolino, better known by her stage name Elvira Pagã (1920–2003), was a Brazilian vedette and actress, singer, writer and painter. She was the first Rio Carnival Queen, the first woman to wear a bikini in public,  and one of the first women to have cosmetic surgery in Brazil.  Talented and controversial, she broke the status-quo and faced the reigning "machismo" with fearless audacity during the Brazilian military dictatorship and the revolutionary 1960s, where she lived with determination and courage. Pagã retired from public life, wrote and painted in her later years, dying a recluse. Biography[edit] Early life[edit] Elvira Olivieri Cozzolino was born on 6 September 1920 in Itararé, São Paulo, Brazil. She moved as a child with her family to Rio de Janeiro and attended the convent school Immaculate ...

Rio's parade is rained on one last time! Olympics closing ceremony is hit by a torrential rainstorm as Brazil brings the curtain down in front of a half-empty stadium  Performers take part in the Closing Ceremony and stood in formation to make 'Rio 2016' from dip-dyed fabric Fireworks explode during the  closing   ceremony  as a 'See You In Tokyo' sign is projected onto the floor of the  stadium Athletes from around the world have come together for the closing ceremony at the Rio Olympic Games  Rain plundered down over Rio and added to the misery of officials who saw the half empty stadium Scalpers where selling knockdown tickets outside the Maracana for just a third of the face value  It was estimated that whem the ceremony began, the stadium was only around 70 per cent full Athletes and spectators from around the world gathered for the Olympics closing ceremony in Rio on Sunday to watch the city pas...