Tara Lynn's ELLE cover and Unni Askeland's picture. Photo: Facebook/Unni Askeland
Artist challenges Norway PM to pose naked
Norwegian artist Unni Askeland has challenged Prime Minister Erna Solberg to join her in posting a naked picture of herself on the internet to inspire curvaceous women to flaunt it during the bikini season.
“There is no harm in being a woman and having a body. I would like to challenge you Erna Solberg,” Askeland told Norwegian fashion website MinMote. “I think Erna likes me, but I’m not sure she likes this.”
Unsurprisingly, Solberg declined, despite commending Askeland as “a tough lady”.
“Sorry, but I am not brave enough to take on the challenge. The country does not need to see a naked prime minister,” Solberg responded through her press secretary Sigbjørn Aanes.
Askeland said she wanted to inspire curvaceous women to flaunt it during the bikini season, after being inspired by this month’s cover of Norwegian ELLE magazine, which featured the plus-size model Tara Lynn.
The picture first appeared in 2011, and has helped many to be more comfortable with their bodies.
“You shouldn’t be ashamed of a curvaceous body, young or old. The Elle cover made me feel better, so a took the chance and did this,” Askeland told Norway’s Dagbladet newspaper.
She says she doesn’t think getting naked is the only way to make women feel more comfortable, but it’s a first step. Now she is asking women in Norway to post nude pictures.
She says she asked Erna to inspire others.
“She is our ‘grand old lady’ and a beautiful woman. I started asking at the top”, she told Dagbladet.
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