Largest Blonde Parade

It was a parade for young  beauties. They walked, drove and  jumped  through Latvia’s Capital Riga. It was like raining beauties all over with many models coming up with ramp sessions. The show saw participants from many parts of the world. Latvian Association of Blondes  head Marika Gederte  said that 500 participants were registered which included a 15 member team from new Zealand,7 ladies form Finland and Italy. About 32 came from Lithunia.

Most of the participants were decked up in pink dresses and high heels. It  was celebrated as a part of a two day festival  to help bolster  the national spirit during the trying times of recession. The festival was not targeted to be a female emancipation but rather touted as  a tool to return smiles and hopes in the faces of the country men.

The theme of the show was Marilyn Monroe and many blondes began emulating the  hot Hollywood icon as the later turned a ripe 85 years that year. The particular highlight was a  Marilyn Monroe look alike competition which actually steered  a lot of models to  get a complete Monroe make over. The funds received from the event would be diverted to Latvian Charities. This colourful idea took off due to the severe economic slump.

Marika Gederte, president of the Latvian Association of Blondes said that she was tired to get up every morning to only see the newspapers bearing headline  news of business slow down, job insecurity, high costs and other trade problems. She felt that the country needed something fresh and rejunevating to lift everyone’s mood and the blonde parade just fitted the requirement adequately. Many times  Gederte felt that if there was anything she could do for her country  and by setting this world record she is just too proud to be blonde.

The largest Blonde Parade counted to over 500 blondes at the Go Blonde Festival at Riga, Latvia on June 3,2011.