A mayoress has gained more than a million social media followers after posting a video of herself dancing in a bikini

A mayoress has gone from a handful of followers to over a million after an angry backlash from some locals about her showing off her toned body in a skimpy bikini.

Patricia Alencar was re-elected as mayor of Marituba, in Brazil, with over 70 per cent of votes in 2024 while promising stability for the town's 100,000 residents.

She is a successful local businesswoman who moved from her hometown of Bodoco to Marituba 16 years ago where she started selling plastic utensils at street markets.

Her popularity at the polls, however, was recently placed under threat during the second term after online criticism of the video she posted on Instagram dancing in her bedroom in a beige bikini.
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