I LOVE a Parade II- Australia Strikes Back!

Within days of nearly 300 bikini-clad South African women setting the completely gratuitous 'World's Largest Bikini Parade' record [that NANESB! wholeheartedly approves of], Australians gathered in Sydney on Nov. 12th in an attempt to break the record.

This attempt- like many sequels- came up short. For starters, the Johannesburg parade was 'women only' while this was a co-ed event. Naturally, this means that people will be showing up in speedos and briefs who we don't want to see in speedos and briefs.

Secondly, attendees and organizers considered this a trial balloon for a second attempt with higher turnout in the not too distant future.

Note to the Aussie's in charge of any subsequent efforts: Less 74-year old blokes in speedos and more women next time around.

I LOVE a Parade!

....and if every parade were like this, wouldn't you?

It was enough to get the attention of the folks at Guinness.

A new Guinness World record has been set in South Africa for the most women to parade around in a bikini, organisers say.

Kellogg’s Special KR’s Sarah Mansfield said 287 bikini clad women descended upon Melrose Arch in Johannesburg on Saturday to help break the record for the “World’s Largest Bikini Parade”.

The figure was later revised to 297 women along the 1.7 kilometer parade route. I didn't even know that 'World's Largest Bikini Parade' was a category in the Guinness Book of World Records, but hey.....you hear me complaining?

And speaking of attractive women in bikinis in Johannesburg, just a reminder that the Miss World pageant takes place later on this month in the same city.