The jury was formed by actors Thiago Lacerda and Carolina Kasting, businessman Ricardo Amaral, photographers Jorge Bispo and Antônio Guerreiro, artist Martin Ogolter and singer Júlia Bosco; and the "likes" of the public through the account @toplessinrio on Instagram. While Carol won the likes of more than 1,100 followers and won by popular vote, Eliane had the preference of the judges.
Wearing the campaign shirt, Eliane, who was diagnosed for the first time at age 31, in 2004, and returned to the disease three years later, celebrated the possibility of sharing her story of survival and transmitting positivity to women who are in a similar situation . "Cancer has been trying to steal what we have most precious: first, our life, and then our femininity. I really wanted to take a message of self-esteem and say that there is life after cancer. I am here to say to these women that we can feel beautiful, yes, feel sensual, yes. "
Created by journalist Ana Paula Nogueira, in 2013, toplessaço aims to demand the release of topless practice on the beaches and also promote actions related to the freedom of the woman's body, in addition to shedding light on issues of racial, gender and social equality . All of this is summed up in a slogan: "With or without a bra, T-shirt or burqa, participate in the movement that preaches freedom and equality on Rio's beaches". This year, the symbol of a pink sewing button resembling a nipple joined this message in the campaign's dissemination. "To be together in this movement is to undress, to say 'we are really disrespected, but we are here!", Said Vânia Videira, 61, one of the candidates who proudly showed the shirt customized by her husband, highlighting her "chest and chest".
Ana Paula says she decided to hold the contest after reading a news story about the fact that most women in Brazil do not undergo breast repair surgery. "They live mutilated due to lack of information, low self-esteem and because little is said about this stage, which is reconstruction. We talk about prevention and mammography, but we forget about the afterwards. We wanted to go further and show that they can recover their sensuality and vanity. lost in mastectomy ", he said.
Esse texto é uma tradução da notícia publicada em: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2016/01/1733039-toplessaco-reune-mulheres-que-tiveram-cancer-na-praia-de-ipanema.shtml
