With the famed Brazilian bossa nova song,
The Girl from Ipanema,
being played on the piano, the country's most famous export, supermodel
Gisele Bundchen momentarily stole the show at Rio's Opening Ceremony,
catwalking (for allegedly the final time) across the floor of the
Maracaná.
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Rumors had surrounded the involvement of Mrs.
Tom Brady
(or, should I say, Mr. Gisele Bundchen) in the Opening Ceremony, with a
minor controversy erupting this week when word came out that her
appearance might involve a mugging at a food cart. The so-called racist
scene was cut out and the Ceremony's director eventually said a bit of
the tale got lost in translation and that the scene was cut because "it
wasn't funny."
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Early on in the Opening Ceremony, Brazil has celebrated its
creation, formation, individuals and its distinctive features. Though
hit or miss, it's been the opposite of a deflating experience, which
should please Gisele.
(Getty Images)
The Girl From Ipanema was a 1964 hit, inspired by a
"tall and tanned and young and lovely" teenage girl
who would walk by a Brazilian bar and get catcalled from the men
drinking inside. It's the second-most recorded song in history, only
behind one written by a performer at the
last Summer Olympic Opening Ceremony:
Yesterday.
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