Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailBritish dancer Samantha Flores stole the show on Friday night as the carnival in São Paulo kicked off. (Image: Caters News Agency)(Image: Caters News Agency)(Image: Caters News Agency)(Image: Caters News Agency)The 37-year-old Londoner previously said she is thrilled to be leading the biggest carnival in the world - where more than 2m people attend. Samantha moved to Rio in 2006 after giving up her job as a PR exec, leaving behind her Jewish family, after a trip to the country. (Image: Caters News Agency)(Image: AFP)(Image: AFP)(Image: AFP)(Image: AFP)(Image: AFP)“I do sometimes think ‘what’s a nice Jewish girl who used to just love a dance, nothing more, doing here?”"It’s a privilege and a responsibility (to be leading the carnival)." Samantha has no professional dance experience and was only at her first carnival in 2011, when she dressed as a canary.

Source: Daily Mirror February 11, 2018 06:11 UTC