Blondes march in Latvia 'to cheer-up nation'
Several hundred blond women marched through the Latvian capital Riga yesterday in a bid to cheer up the crisis-hit Baltic nation, suffering the worst recession of all 27 EU member states..The first-ever blonde parade featured women dressed in pink and white 31 May 2009..Led by an orchestra, the first-ever blonde parade featured women dressed in pink and white, some accompanied by lapdogs, in a charity fund-raising event that organizers hope will become an annual event."I'm not stupid. I'm beautiful and I'll prove it," Ilona Zigure, a participant, said.