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"I
visited the festival last year and during the presentation of
the models I got goosebumps, so I decided to be part of it," she
told Reuters at the festival in Klagenfurt, southern Austria,
which attracts thousands of visitors.
Corina was painted from head to toe. Yellow and black boots
covered her blue legs which were detailed with gold
hieroglyphics above her knee.
An orange chest plate covered her torso with a blue beetle
climbing from her belly towards a large gold necklace.
Corina was painted by South African Carla Gouws, a 20-year-old
debut artist who only took up body painting last year.
She was entered in the Brush and Sponge competition, one of 12
categories in the four-day festival which has been running for
21 years and attracts more than 200 artists from 50 countries.
Brazilian duo Jonathon Pavan and Alisson Rodrigues entered the
team competition and turned model Thiago into a mixture of
colorful animals for their work titled "culture of the world".
Thiago had dragon heads attached to his shoulders, an elephant
head painted on his chest with various animal prints on his
legs.
German body painter Enrico Lein, 47, a past champion, said
painting on people was tricky.
"Every subject is new, is a new challenge because each body is
different," he told Reuters while finishing his work, a stone
statue with roses.
(Reporting by Lisi Niesner; Writing by Patrick Johnston in
LONDON)
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