Dancer sets Carnival record for baring nearly all

It's a record that can only be broken in Rio de Janeiro.

A samba dancer has worn the smallest scrap of clothing ever in a Carnival parade.

The O Globo newspaper says model Dani Sperle sported a sparkly silver headdress, a necklace, matching arm bands — and nothing else but a patch of cloth 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) long — in front of 80,000 Sambadrome spectators early Monday morning.

That breaks the record set last year by Viviane Castro, whose covering was all of 4 centimeters (1.5 inches) long.

Judges last year penalized Castro for violating nudity limits. There's no word yet if Sperle's samba school will also lose points.