Luana Bandeira - Rainha de bateria GRES Estácio de Sá - Carnaval 2016 

Luana was disappointed that she was not allowed to breath fire as part of her School’s portrayal of Saint George and the dragon but as she put it:

"At the time we were upset, but I understood the risks. In the presentation we prepared, this was just icing on the cake, a surprise. It rolled, but it could have worked. Here I could show that might have worked," says Luana who can demonstrate her fire training on the article’s included video.

Full story via google translate and globo.com here https://goo.gl/0S66F7

Alas  Estácio de Sá finished 12th of the 12 special samba schools and will thus be competing next year in the Access League

Parading at the head of the bateria, is the queen Raisa de Oliveira, who has for 14 years represented the nobility of Beija-flor's success leading the entire country in their high art form of celebrating of joy in the present through the special samba school parade on the Avenue known as the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí

Cris Viana Drum Queen for Imperatriz 2016

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvVduiDgQyQ)

Clicking Sabrina Sato after clicking the date in this post footer shows a different costume/fantasia for Sabrina and Vila Isabel 2016 as does this our authorative source page /translate.google.com/ego.globo.comsabrina-sato-mostra-fantasia-para-desfile-da-vila-isabel This is actually the 2015 Vila Isabel portrayal by Sabrina Sato for her Rio samba school according to this much more reliable source, globo.com. Luftur is a ticket & event service featuring only the Queens of Rio Carnaval 2016 on their flickr & facebook pages

- Rainha de bateria - Carnaval 2016 by Ingressos Carnaval Rio on Flickr.