Yesterday (May 31, 2009) Riga was under label “Go Blonde!“.It’s fundraising charity event in Riga, organized by Latvia’s Blonde Association, aims to get funding to build playgrounds for children with special needs. I posted this blog entry on allvoices.com too, so some more pictures You’ll find there too.
Colors of Blonde Weekend – white, pink and red
As said organizers of event there were 35 teams with 10-20 blond girls from whole Latvia (source: LETA). Even if one of the main aim was charity for children, blond girls wanted to show, that they are smart enough too. With this event girls wanted also show that Riga is attractive tourism city and hope that tourism will break decreasing economy of Latvia.
Go Blonde on last weekend of May
This year “Go Blonde!” parade was organized first time in Latvia, but Blonde Weekend will be held every next year in Riga on last weekend of May, promised Latvia’s Blonde Association.
Weekend of “Go Blonde!” included tenis and golf tournaments on Sport day, fashion day and of course Blond parade full with positive emotions and humor. And final ball with nominations of “Blonde – leader“, “Blonde – journalist“, “Blonde – Lawyer“, and more…
More about “Go blonde!” (Latvia’s Blonde Association) on GoBlonde.lv, which is the first international office in Latvia after International Association of Blondes main office in Sofia.
More: video on telegraf.lv http://cli.gs/aGga2h and NRA.lv http://cli.gs/pVDAa7.
PS No wonder that Riga is known as city of most beatifull AND smart girls ;)
Photo: AFP PHOTO/ ILMARS ZNOTINS (Photo credit should read ILMARS ZNOTINS/AFP/Getty Images)
More photos from Gints Freimanis:
UPDATE: Blond map of Europe from eupedia.com
where can I find more pictures of the Go Blonde parade?
here is a good one:
www .spiegel .de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-42976-7.html#backToArticle=627912
but I want to see more like this :-)