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Tyra Banks Attempts to Pass Off Portuguese Guy As Brazilian, Upsets Real Brazilians

  • 4/21/09 at 1:50 PM
Tyra Banks Attempts to Pass Off Portuguese Guy As Brazilian, Upsets Real Brazilians

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So our friends, ahem, on America's Next Top Model are heading to Brazil. But people who live in Brazil aren't thrilled by the manner in which Tyra Banks revealed to her minions that they were southward bound, which involved a guy coming out in a black Speedo, getting on his knees before Tyra, and offering her Brazil nuts in Portuguese. The guy is apparently Portuguese, not Brazilian. Shame on Tyra for trying to fool the world. No word on whether Nigel Barker playing the maracas inspired similar sentiments. See a clip of the ridiculousness at Made in Brazil. [Made in Brazil]

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