Snapshot: The Brazil Plus Size Beauty Pageant

Brazil: Contestant Elisa Mendes, from Brazil's Maranhao state, performs during the Miss Brazil Plus Size Beauty Pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, January 29, 2012. A growing number of bikini and swimming suits manufacturers have woken up to Brazil's thickening waistline and are reaching out to the ever-expanding ranks of heavy women with new plus-size lines. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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