Rio Fashion Week 2009 2

RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio closed its main fashion event of the year with less attention to the clothes than the model _ a transgendered actress. Patricia Araujo received a standing ovation after parading along the runway for the Complexo B brand late Friday to end the weeklong event in a city that delights in shocking the prudish with each year's Carnival celebration. Complexo B designer Beto Neves said he invited Araujo to amaze the public. "In fashion, the cool thing is to surprise," he told O Dia newspaper. Globo Television's Web site called the 25-2009
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