Miss BumBum contest winner Erika Canela has the face of DONALD TRUMP tattooed on her back in bizarre bid to improve his opinion on women and migrants
Stunning Erika Canela also admitted that she finds the 70-year-old President-elect 'strangely attractive'
THE winner of Brazil's Miss BumBum contest has tattooed the face of DONALD TRUMP on her body and says she hopes to change the President-elect's views about women and immigrants.
Stunning Erika Canela shot to fame after winning the country's coveted 'best bottom' title on November 8 - the same day Trump stunned the world by winning the US election.
The curvy 20-year-old was the first black woman to win the popular beauty pageant in which more than 17 million Brazilians vote for their country's sexiest backside.
But the newly-crowned Queen of Bottoms now has her sights set on convincing Trump to rethink his "hateful" attitudes, especially about Latin Americans and women.
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Speaking to The Sun Online, Erika said she hopes the permanent tattoo on the back of her neck will get noticed by the American tycoon as he prepares to take office next week.
And she said that, despite disagreeing with many of his views, she finds the soon-to-be world's most powerful man "strangely attractive".
She said: "His eyes are mesmerising. He has a look of seriousness, it's very powerful, I have to admit it makes me a little weak at the knees.
"One side of him is repugnant to me. But I think he has another side which is extremely attractive. And he's clearly very intelligent, and I'm always instantly attracted to an intelligent man."
Erika, who has a 42inch bottom, said she went through the painful hour-and-a-half inking after growing concerned about the Republican's inflammatory speeches in the run up to the presidential election.
She said: "He seemed to be very hateful, especially about Latin Americans, immigrants and women. I've never been to the States, but I know many Brazilians living there who are afraid of being deported when he becomes president.
"I wanted to show Trump that he doesn't need to hate us, that we Latinos love his country, and because he is the leader of the USA we love him too.
"So the tattoo is like a white flag, a way of saying that what we need is more love and solidarity, not hate, because hate only creates more hate.
"If Trump knows that I, a black, Latino woman, have his face inked on my body, maybe he might think twice about the way he sees us and show us more love.
"I didn't want to put his face on my bottom though, that would be going too far."
She added that her dream would be to be invited by Trump to the White House to show off the tattoo in person.
She said: "If I could, I'd say to him: 'I believe you have a heart, please don't let me regret doing this'. I still have hope that he will surprise everyone and be a good, compassionate president.
"People in Brazil who see the tattoo are normally horrified, and say 'why would you do that?'
"Most people here hate Trump, they are angry with him because of the things he has said. But I tell them they have to have hope that he won't be as bad as they think he will be.
"At the moment I'm really proud of my tattoo and feel accomplished. I wanted it to be bigger but the tattoo artist convinced me to make it smaller.
"But I hope he doesn't let me down and go down in history as a tyrant or something, I wouldn't want someone like that on my neck.
"When I told my mum she was shocked that I did it and still can't believe I've done it. But I haven't had the courage to tell my dad yet, I don't think he would take it very well."
But Erika, who already has four other tattoos, says that if the worst happens and Trumps turns out to be a big disappointment, she has a plan to save her blushes.
She said: "Trump looks like a white version of my dad. They both have the same eyes and expression. So I think I could make some modifications and make it darker and turn the tattoo into my dad.
"Or if not, the tattoo artist also said he could quite easily turn his face into a pink rose, which would look good too."
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