A parade participant arrives in costume for the 31st Annual Mermaid Parade at New York's Coney Island on June 22, 2103. Over 700,00 people are exptected to turn out for the scantily clad parade. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY CLARY
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 22: A reveler marches during the 2013 Mermaid Parade at Coney Island on June 22, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Coney Island was hard hit by Superstorm Sandy but parade organizers, whose offices were flooded, were able to raise $100,000 on Kickstarter to fund the parade. The Mermaid Parade began in 1983 and features participants dressed as mermaids and other sea creatures while paying homage to the former tradition of the Coney Island Mardi Gras, which ran annually in the early fall from 1903-1954.
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 22: Revelers march during the 2013 Mermaid Parade at Coney Island on June 22, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Coney Island was hard hit by Superstorm Sandy but parade organizers, whose offices were flooded, were able to raise $100,000 on Kickstarter to fund the parade. The Mermaid Parade began in 1983 and features participants dressed as mermaids and other sea creatures while paying homage to the former tradition of the Coney Island Mardi Gras, which ran annually in the early fall from 1903-1954.
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 22: Reveler Corey Michael Smithson poses during the 2013 Mermaid Parade at Coney Island on June 22, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Coney Island was hard hit by Superstorm Sandy but parade organizers, whose offices were flooded, were able to raise $100,000 on Kickstarter to fund the parade. The Mermaid Parade began in 1983 and features participants dressed as mermaids and other sea creatures while paying homage to the former tradition of the Coney Island Mardi Gras, which ran annually in the early fall from 1903-1954.
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 22: Musicians perform on the beach at the 2013 Mermaid Parade at Coney Island on June 22, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Coney Island was hard hit by Superstorm Sandy but parade organizers, whose offices were flooded, were able to raise $100,000 on Kickstarter to fund the parade. The Mermaid Parade began in 1983 and features participants dressed as mermaids and other sea creatures while paying homage to the former tradition of the Coney Island Mardi Gras which ran annually in the early fall from 1903-1954.
A parade participant arrives in costume for the 31st Annual Mermaid Parade at New York's Coney Island on June 22, 2103. Over 700,00 people are exptected to turn out for the scantily clad parade.
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 22: Revelers dance on the beach at the 2013 Mermaid Parade at Coney Island on June 22, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Coney Island was hard hit by Superstorm Sandy but parade organizers, whose offices were flooded, were able to raise $100,000 on Kickstarter to fund the parade. The Mermaid Parade began in 1983 and features participants dressed as mermaids and other sea creatures while paying homage to the former tradition of the Coney Island Mardi Gras, which ran annually in the early fall from 1903-1954.
In this photo provided by Natascha Yogachandra, revelers take part in the 2013 Coney Island Mermaid Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, June 22, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people mobbed the seaside amusement district for the spectacle of outlandish floats, wacky costumes and bare skin that is Coney Island's annual Mermaid Parade.