The Daily Newds 2/24/09

• If politicians worked on every issue with the same fervor they use in battling strip clubs, all our problems would be over.
• In Qatar, a glimpse of stocking is still looked on as something shocking.
• With a sign that reads "Over 18 only", a topless coffee shop finally opened in Vassalboro, Maine.
• Painting nude Carnival models is certainly the best job in Brazil, and Betto Almeida is Mr. Lucky.

  Sweat on his brow, he said the hard work is worth it. A modeling agency that employs the women pays him $1,000 for the roughly two hours it takes to paint each model. During the samba parades, he paints two women a night. And in a typical year will paint a minimum of 50 women for various events.

• Here's another article on Orlando's Nude Nite.

  In addition to nude paintings, nude sculptures, nude photography, fine art, metal and abstracts, there will be tongue-in-cheek burlesque shows, live models posing for do-it-your-self sketches, actors that create "living sculptures," body painters, and nude art that makes political and social statements on a wide range of issues from climate change to nuclear weapons.

• Nude bungee jumpers in Canada raised nearly $6,000 for schizophrenia society.
• An Englishman discovers the serenity of a hot-spring resort in Japan.

  The Japanese talk of the "naked communion" of the onsen. They know they are a hierarchical and hidebound society, beset with formality and ritual, and the onsen is an attempt to address and break down the barriers. Naked, all are equal. And it works.

• Forty-something women are finding more acceptance in Rio's Carnival.

  "It's a huge change," Luiza Brunet, 46, told The Associated Press as she prepared for her showcase role in the Imperatiz samba school's parade. "It shows that women who are more mature are gaining space in a country with so much machismo, where we give more value to youth and beauty."
  
  Psychologist Enaile Ortiz - herself 48 - agreed.
  
  "Brazil has always had this understanding that youth equals beauty, but this year's Carnival is breaking that paradigm," Ortiz said as she strolled down Ipanema beach. "This shows you can be in a beautiful state, no matter what stage of life you are in."

• The Dartford Warbler could prove to be the factor which saves a nudist beach from development.
• A Utah professional photographer was sentenced to 240 days in jail for taking nude photos of his girlfriend and a 17 year-old girl who misrepresented her age.

Not Your Mother's Art Show

Nude Nite, the largest nude art show in the United States, has a new website and is seeking art from all media for the Florida events in Orlando and Tampa early next year.

Thousands attend each year to experience the art party that Nude Nite has become. Orlando Sentinel calls Nude Nite "the biggest event of the year" and a "must-see art happening." With world class body painters, installation artists, and strolling street performers, to name just a few, no matter where you happen to be standing at Nude Nite, there are half a dozen things going on around you. The Nude Nite experience has included breakthrough installations such as Condom Couture, a gown made from 15,000 condoms, and Living Sculptures, a living recreation of Michelangelo's David by French artist Serge Dulac. Nude Nite showcases social installations such as NYC artist Mary Ellen Sherl's sobering breast cancer survivor exhibit Mamorial, with shocking contrasts such as a sexy model dressed in a Catholic nun's habit passing out naughty chocolates to kneeling sinners and saints. Nude Nite cuts the apron strings of mother's art show forever.

Photo credit: Amanda by Michael Leoncio

Official Nude Nite website

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Florida Nakations Popular With International Tourists

Cypress Cove in central Florida has been successful in luring foreign naturists.

While she couldn't provide an exact number, resort spokeswoman Debra Peterson said room reservations from international tourists increased 13 percent in the past year. Of those, 46 percent were from England and six percent from Germany.Hadley said her lakeside beach is much like clothing-optional beaches in Europe, where "they have such a relaxed attitude toward topless and naturists."

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