
A Brazilian model is having nylon wires implanted in her eyes to give them an oriental slant. Angela Bismarchi will lead her samba group in a contest at next month's Rio Carnival and is having the procedure to celebrate 100 years of Japanese immigration to Brazil. It will be the 42nd time she has had plastic surgery and she is closing in on the world record of 47 held by American Cindy Jackson. The 36-year-old, whose passion for plastic surgery has made her a celebrity in Brazil, said: "I always was vain. And for carnival, you have to feel especially pretty." Bismarchi, who is 6 feet tall and promotes a lingerie collection, is married to a plastic surgeon -- he has operated on her 10 times. She first made the headlines in 2000, when police tried to arrest her after she paraded partly nude with the Brazilian flag painted on her body...more...