FED:Revellers strip off for record attempt

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2010
FED:Revellers strip off for record attempt

SYDNEY, Dec 3 AAP - Revellers, stripped down to their budgie smugglers and bikinis,
have paraded through Sydney in an attempt to break a world record.

The group of 278 men and women walked from the city's Martin Place to the Opera House
at lunchtime on Friday to raise $70,000 for the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience
(AIME) charity.

The organisation pairs university students with indigenous high school students as
part of its mentoring scheme.

Once at the Opera House, the group spelt out the letters "AIME" on the iconic building's steps.

Strut the Streets organisers claim it broke the record for the world's largest swimwear parade.

However, Guinness World Records says the mark is currently held by 603 participants
who stripped off in Johannesburg in October.

AIME CEO Jack Manning Bancroft was happy nonetheless.

"It's really important to share the serious message behind what often seems like a
comical, almost ridiculous event," he said in a statement.

"Put simply: every dollar raised at AIME Strut the Streets goes towards supporting
more indigenous kids to complete high school."

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