Organisers of the famous 2003 Rio de Janeiro Carnival drafted in a group of 130 Ronaldo lookalikes to open the event. The group, men and women, were dressed in exact replicas of the kit Ronaldo wore during the winning of the 2002 World Cup – right down to the boots and the disastrous two-tone flat-iron haircut modelled by the Brazilian striker during the tournament. Carnival organisers even hired Paulo Cesar Carvalho, the official hairdresser to the Brazilian football team, to ensure hairstyle authenticity. The Rio Carnival is a wild four-day annual celebration befOre the beginning of Lent.
