For Brazilian model Angela Bismarchi, this year’s Carnival parade is just another incident to showcase her new accessories. The model who is eyeing the Guinness World Record for the most number of cosmetic procedures, will dance nearly nude with her ‘new’ pair of Chinese-like eyes. Bismarchi, 36, has had 42 operations, making her a celebrity in her home country. The current record holder is 52-year-old American Cindy Jackson, who calls herself a "Living Doll".She has had 47 cosmetic surgical procedures to date. "I always was vain," agrees Bismarchi. "And for carnival, you have to feel especially pretty."
Just days before Brazil's Feb. 2-6 carnival commences , Bismarchi will have nylon wires implanted in her eyes to give them an Asian slant. This is in line with this year's theme of her samba group; marking a hundred years since Japanese immigration to Brazil.
Bismarchi's publicized passion for plastic surgery has made her a celebrity in body-crazy country. Here , even the poor get surgical enhancements on the installment plan. Brazilians see no shame in re-doing their bodies, which are routinely exposed at carnival and flaunted on the beach in tiny bikinis .
Bismarchi had her first cosmetic surgery in 1992 after her daughter was born. She was just 21, but depressed after nursing caused her breasts to sag. Once she had them lifted, she became so fascinated with cosmetic surgery that her next two husbands were plastic surgeons.
