A shocking video has shown how a model bravely leaped to the defence of her pal and battered a thief who attempted to nick her handbag in broad daylight.
Michelle Carvalho, a self-described "curvy" lingerie and swimwear model from Brazil, uses a broom to bash him and scares him away in the dramatic clip.
In footage of the crime, watched almost 150,000 times on social media, the 26-year-old is seen walking with her flatmate Alicia Vial who is pushing a shopping trolley along the walkway.
As the pair wheel the trolley into a building entrance, a man in a pink T-shirt appears and seems to ask if he can help them.
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