RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters)
A Rio de Janeiro judge has
banned steamy school supplies depicting S&M sex symbols and
Playboy model Tiazinha, calling her photos obscene and
pornographic, court officials said Thursday.
State Infant and Juvenile court judge Siro Dalan ruled the
hugely popular children's notebooks and stickers violate a law
prohibiting the sale of "improper" material to minors.
"If we find any bookstore selling the notebooks to children we
will confiscate them and prosecute the store owners," said court
officer Valeria Fernandes.
The seductive Tiazinha, "Auntie" in English, rose to fame on a
TV variety show, where she paraded in thong underwear, a
bustier, high heels and a Zorro mask.
If her teenage male volunteers on the show failed to answer a
current events question correctly, Tiazinha ripped off their leg
or chest hair with strips of wax and hit them playfully with a
riding crop.
The 20-year-old model's popularity fueled a marketing frenzy as
millions of dollars in Tiazinha paraphernalia ranging from masks
to school notebooks flew off store shelves.
She broke Playboy Brazil's sales record with her March spread,
selling 1.2 million copies and guaranteeing her the cover for
the millennium edition.
