World bikini parade record stands

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MADISON LAKE, Minn., July 28 (UPI) -- An attempt to break the world record for most women parading in bikinis failed Saturday at Paddlefish Days in Madison Lake, Minn., an organizer said.

The dozens of women -- and a couple of men -- who showed up in two-piece swim suits fell far short of the 451 needed to earn a place in the Guinness Book of World Records mark, the Mankato Free Press reported.

The newspaper counted only about 39 bikini tops, while KEYC-TV reported more than 75.

A majority of the Madison Lake City Council had expressed opposition to the bikini event as part of the family-centered festival in the town of under 1,000 people and doubts about the charity involved -- a group focusing on the importance of Vitamin D in cancer prevention, the Free Press said. But First Amendment rights won out in the end.

Organizer Cynthia Frederick said there will be a bikini parade next year, but not in Madison Lake.

"We've been invited to Eagle Lake to march next year in their Tater Days parade," Frederick said.