it was also in this year that the tijuca samba school presented their interpretation of 'chica da silva', which stunned judges and viewers with its bold choreography and audacious costumes - tall, pearl-adorned wigs and dresses with very long tails -familiar now, but unheard of at the time.

tijuca won the competition and forever changed the samba competition, and though the parade is now held in the sambódromo, only  a few blocks from the avenue -avenida presidente vargas's place in carnaval history is equally cemented.