PHOTOS Miss Bum-bum 2012 heats up Times Square

No matter how hot you think she is, rest assured that she’s freezing her little bumbum right off.
Carine Felizardo, dubbed “Miss Bumbum 2012” last month in a spicy South American booty pageant, paraded around Times Square on Thursday afternoon, braving New York’s ungodly cold weather in nothing but a skimpy two-piece bikini.
The buxom Brazilian beauty was spotted showing off her award-winning assets around midtown, even as temperatures in the city fell to low as 12 degrees and were expected to plummet even more after nightfall.
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Splash News/Splash News A booty queen. Felizardo attributed her win to years of rigorous exercise, which firmed and shaped her posterior into a winner.

Even worse were the bone-chilling arctic winds blowing by at nearly 20 mph and bringing the windchill temperature down to low single digits.
But, by the bouncy look on her cheerful, tan face, it appeared to be just another day in paradise for the 25-year-old Felizardo, who was merely picking up where she left off in Brazil by showing off her best-in-show posterior.
Gobsmacked passers-by, on the other hand, dressed accordingly, bundled in heavy winter parkas and toting winter scarves and gloves. But the cold didn’t keep them from stopping to admire her and take photos.

Splash News/Splash News As New Yorkers braved the cold Thursday, Carine Felizardo brought the heat. Gawkers stopped by to admire her assets and take photos.

Last month, the sculpted sensation received the sought-after honor after being picked from a field of about 500 beautiful bodies by an 11-member jury.
“I am very proud of my bumbum,” Felizardo said after she won. “(I’m) proud to represent the Brazilian woman.”
Felizardo, who won the equivalent of about $2,563 in prize money with the award, attributed her victory to years of exercise. She reportedly tightened her behind into its current condition with rigorous workouts at the gym.

- NY Daily News