The world’s largest bikini parade took place on November 9, 2009. Clad only in bikinis, 287 girls paraded in Johannesburg, South Africa, to raise awareness for breast cancer, which affects one in every thirtieth South African women.
This record was subsequently broken several times. Last time in March 7,2012, when, despite the initial concerns, 450 women dressed in bikinis in Panama City Beach, Florida, USA, created a new world record which entered the Guinness Book of World Records.