Wearing a “Carnivalised” version of the very dress that got her expelled last October, the 20-year-old Brazilian, who recently had cosmetic surgery, danced and flashed beaming smiles to the crowd and millions of TV viewers.
But the Carnival dress modelled on the miniskirt that rocketed her to fame came back to haunt her, as Arruda was helped off a parade float after falling ill by the end of the 80-minute parade in Rio’s sweltering summer heat. In tears, she tugged at the red-sequined garment and asked for water. “I need to take this off, it’s too hot!” Arruda was heard telling a parade official as she tugged at her Carnival costume.
Lying down on the floor of the parade grounds, she weakly mumbled to the Globo television network that despite getting ill from the heat, the experience “was good, it was great”.She quickly received help at a medical office, where she rested, drank water, and quickly recovered her composure. A jovial blonde from a poor family in Sao Paulo, Arruda made headlines across the globe last fall when she was expelled for wearing a miniskirt to class.
