Drum queen Bruna Almeida at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters 
Drum queen Ana Furtado at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters 
Drum queen Viviane Araujo at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters 
Drum queen Gracyanne Barbosa at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters 
Drum queen Renata Santos at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters 
Drum queen Sabrina Sato at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters 
Drum queen Ellen Rocche at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters 
Drum queen Antonia Fontenelle at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters 
Drum queen Luiza Brunet at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters 
Drum queen Sheron Menezes at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters 
Drum queen Patricia Nery at Rio de Janeiro ParadeReuters
Drum queens are no doubt the main attraction of Brazil's Carnival. Rio de Janeiro's Carnival 2012 boasts stunning drum queens in wonderful costumes.
Carnival drum queens are the muse of carnival parade and lead their respective samba schools. The origin of this beauties with great figure dates back to the 1950fifties and sixties. They are young, beautiful, energetic, photogenic and charismatic, as they are the beauties responsible for attracting the samba school audience, samba school community, the media and the public.
The 2012 Brazil Carnival also witnessed hundreds of glamorous revelers, dancers and performers taking part in the Rio de Janeiro Carnival Parade. It was all colors, making the festival spectacular.
Hundreds of performers hit the Sambadrome stadium as the Rio de Janeiro's Carnival contest came to an end. The performers showed off their body, colorful and revealing costumes and moves to thousands of spectators.
Check out the glamorous Rio de Janeiro Carnival's drum queens of 2012:
