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Moral histeria over nudity reaches into Mexican homes

Unbelievably, it is now a crime in one Mexican city to walk around naked in your own house

City councillors of the southern city of Villahermosa (which, ironically, means 'beautiful town' in Spanish) have passed a law banning indoor nudity. The regulation, which takes effect on Jan. 1, calls for as much as 36 hours in jail or a fine of 1,356 pesos ($121) for people caught being naked - in their own homes.

"We're talking about zero tolerance for a lack of morality" said City Councilwoman Blanca Estela Pulido.

What renders this law even more absurd, and largely unreportable, is that it is now also a crime to spy on one's neighbours.

"Merry Christmas, Daddy"

This week's gallery and story will weed out anyone who confuses admiring beauty with wanting sex. More....

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"What an absolutely gorgeous woman, who is she? That has made me have a very happy Christmas. Many thanks for a brilliant website, keep up the excellent work."- Paul

A tale of 2 goddesses

The winners of our latest Body in Mind contest are Joel Sappington and Orpheus Zeus. Both penned delightful myths about the origins of the power in female beauty, and both receive a 6-month membership to Body in Mind. We were going to give the winner a whole year's membership, but since we couldn't decide which legend was better, we decided to split the prize. Maybe you can help us decide once and for all by telling us what you think of myth one and myth two.

Or you can simply enjoy this week's gallery with 2 completely different goddesses, Olia and Daria, who are about as different as 2 women can be, and yet both are stunningly beautiful. Which proves there is no mold which God uses to create beautiful women, that it is not just physical. What does make a woman beautiful then? Think about that as you compare Olia and Daria in this week's gallery of not mythic, but very real female beauty.

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Great new site by Didier Carré

If you like explicit beauty, you are a fan of Didier Carré. You might not know it yet, but you are. His images are shockingly explicit yet calmly contemplative at the same time, sexually heroic, monumentally beautiful, magically pretty.

If you are going to find your new favourite photograph today, you will find it here.

Body in Mind members can enjoy the Body in Mind gallery of Carré's work here.

Miss Peru wins Miss World Pageant

Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia of Peru was crowned Miss World 2004 last night at the pageant held in the Chinese resort city of Sanya. Miss Dominican Republic Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodriguez was the first runner-up and Miss USA Nancy Randall was third runner-up. The winner was chosen by viewers who phoned, emailed and text messaged their votes.

Do clothes sexualize nudes?

We were shocked and horrified recently to read on a tasteful nude website the following complaint by its editor and creator about how leaving even the most scant clothing on a model posing nude sexualizes her: "What is underwear or a bikini other than little signs saying: "forbidden, don't look here? What could be more interesting?"

We could not disagree more. There is nothing that can make us think of a woman sexually if we do not want to and no amount of clothing that will prevent it if she is beautiful. At Body in Mind, there is nothing more interesting, or sexy, than beauty. More...

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"There has to be more of Sabrina on film!! Outstanding gallery!" - Peter

Snow White fired for posing nude

A German singer named Samira is the latest victim of the Beauty Hater's campaign. Samira, who has played Snow White in Dresden's Christmas Fair for the past five years, was fired recently after it was discovered she had posed nude for the German paper Bild. The photos featured her in a bathtub with soap suds and rose petals, and were apparently too much for fair organizers.

The mayor of Dresden has asked that she be reinstated since so many people miss her performance.

Is the end of the United States in sight?

There have been several political developments lately that make us seriously wonder about the future of the United States. Will they last forever, or are they crumbling even now? Find out here. We figure it's relevant considering that the continued existence of female beauty - indeed of all civilization - depends on the answer.

An American Thanksgiving

Body in Mind has been celebrating Thanksgiving for 7 years by thanking our models, who bring so much beauty into our lives. We were pleasantly surprised to see other nude websites do the same this year. Who knows, maybe it will become a trend? ;-)

We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving this year in early October with Part 1 of this gallery of Adel and her friends. The United States celebrates it on the 3rd Thursday of November, which is today, November 25. For them we now present Part 2 of this series shot by Sergey Goncharov.

Notice the power a woman who is not afraid to wield her beauty has over those around her. We give thanks to this power and the women who are brave enough to use it. It is the great civilizing force of the human race.

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Pianist Envy

Christine Anderson is as beautiful as women come, from the golden aura that is her hair down to the Mozart sparks that shoot from her fingertips. Her brilliance is as surprising and welcome as springtime and her beauty sexier than any fantasy yet dreamt up.

If you love Christine as much as we do, visit her site, sample, and buy her brand new cd.

It's as delightful as she is.

Perfect 10 sues Google

The founder of the natural movement in nudes, Perfect 10, has a reputation for suing everyone who uses their images online illegally, and their latest target is Google, who regularly caches and displays Perfect 10 images in their image search results, images that are being illegally used on so-called 'tribute' sites. It'll be interesting to see who wins, since displaying thumbnails harvested automatically by new internet technologies has already been declared 'fair use' in U.S. copyright courts.

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Writers! The legendary beauty contest is almost over so enter now!

So far we've received only a couple of entries for our current contest to win a year long free membership to Body in Mind. In order to be fair to those who haven't yet heard about the contest we've decided to allow you one more week to get those stories about the mythic power of female beauty finished. Last week we featured Leanne's story for inspiration. This week we're printing Bauer's. Enjoy them both, and then get going on your own. The deadline will be December 4. Email your entries to contest@bodyinmind.com. Good luck!

Israel covers up Sarah Jessica Parker
(Hatred of Beauty example # 7,360,908,494)

A billboard for Lux soap featuring Sarah Jessica Parker wearing a dress with spaghetti straps was deemed "too sexy", by Israeli ultra orthodox Jews. The image showed only Parker's shoulder and arm, but was nevertheless altered so that it now appears Parker is wearing a long sleeved shirt. Rabbis threatened to boycott Unilever, the maker of Lux, if the ad was not made more 'chaste'.

Just shows how ALL fundamentalist religions are threatened by the power of female beauty. And what is in store for women if they don't start defending and using that power.

See what all the hatred is about here.

An evolving beauty

Female beauty is the representation of our values. So it's not surprising that the latest beautiful creations from inspired lensmaster Laurie Jeffery represent his values. Right now Jeffery is struggling to throw off the restrictions of his simple nudes phase and allow his creativity no bounds. It's no surprise then that his efforts to create beauty depict a beautiful woman struggling or evolving into full sunlit existence from out of the dark depths and muck of the world. Jeffery creates what he wants to see, and what any of us wants to see, is beautiful to us.

Anyone who aspires to be better than they are right now owes it to themselves to see this gallery of Helen - an inspiration to evolve.

Or check out all of Jeffery's latest creations on his site, Nude Illusion.

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Military wives support their men with sexy photos

A group of military wives and girlfriends in Ohio have chosen to support their men overseas in the best way possible - by sending glamour and lingerie photos of themselves in their next care package. The women pose in front of parachutes, footlockers, and sometimes with rifles, but always in revealing lingerie and a sexy smile.

The owner of Love Photography said he has been receiving more and more requests from women wanting sexy photos to send to their soldiers in Iraq. Another local photographer has been printing sexy calendars for the women to send overseas.

"When they're out there, they need something to look at besides magazines," she said.

We're glad these women understand the power that a woman's beauty has - especially the woman you love - to inspire, motivate and comfort men.

Fall in love with Sabrina

If you've been surfing the internet lately for beautiful nudes you're bound to have noticed lovely Sabrina photographed by master lensman Stefan Soell.

Here's your chance to own an authentic photo print of this incredible union of beauty and talent. Can you sense history being made here? We can, and we thought we'd share this tip with you. Frankly, we at Body in Mind don't think more beautiful photos have ever been created, and for as little as $37.50, you can own a premium quality printed image that will give you a lifetime of joy. We can't wait to get ours.

Get yours here. (Click on the Stefan Soell link when you get there.)

Who needs Paris Hilton when you have Olia?

Paris Hilton is an icon of modern female beauty. But is she really the most beautiful image of a woman we can conjure up, or is her image manufactured to seem so? Why follow the media following Paris around, hoping for a boob to pop out, when you can enjoy Olia happily and completely nude any time you want?

All that stands between you and 88 photos of Olia's real beauty, shot by new Body in Mind photographer, Vladimir Prelestnyj, is a reliable, secure, generous Body in Mind membership.

What are you waiting for? Paris Hilton?

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Olia is a goddess and the pictures, spectacular.

- Dr. Julio González Sánchez (Body in Mind member)

Win a year long Body in Mind membership

A couple weeks ago we said we wished someone would write a mythic legend about the origins of female beauty, because as far as we know, one has never been written, and no human power deserves a tribute more. The idea so intrigued our writers that both Bauer and Leanne penned a piece worthy of legend. Today we feature Leanne's here. If you'd like free access to Body in Mind for a year and you've got a little writing talent, have a go at mythologizing the origins and power of female beauty. Try to keep it under 1200 words, okay? And email them to contest@bodyinmind.com. We'll announce the winner 2 weeks from now.

Tara Reid's wardrobe functions perfectly

American Pie actress Tara Reid 'accidentally' exposed her breast while being photographed at a glitsy New York party. Was it on purpose? We hope so. After all, why go see-thru when you can go topless? It's just a shame beautiful women have to hide their beauty most of the time.

For some brave women who are not afraid to go naked on purpose, click here.

Claudia Schiffer is a mom again

Claudia Schiffer gave birth to a healthy baby girl in London on November 11. She and director husband Matthew Vaughn, who married two years ago, have a two year old son, Caspar.

Woman votes topless

We love brave women because we love beauty, and bravery makes them even more beautiful. That's why we love this story about a woman who removed her shirt to vote because it had a political message on it, which is not allowed at polling stations. Details here.

Heidi Klum's Project Runway

Heidi Klum's new television show, "Project Runway", will premiere on Bravo December 1st at 10 pm. The show will feature 12 amateur fashion designers trying to make it in the competitive world of fashion design. Each will be judged and guided by industry experts until only three remain to battle it out at New York's fashion week next year.

"Our contestants are so talented and this show will give them a chance to make it in fashion, which is a really tough business to break into," says Heidi. "I'm excited to give them a great showcase to display their talents."

The Beauty Park continued...

"There is an ancient story, some say older than the legends of King Arthur, about the origins of the marvellous power of a beautiful woman. I know that it is ancient, because the only recorded writing of this story is over fifteen hundred years old. And, I know that, because I have the original manuscript here. Would anyone like to here the story?" More....

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Burlesque makes a comeback

The classic image of the fan dance, the tantalizing glimpse of the female form between strategically placed fans, feathers and baloons, is making a comeback in burlesque clubs around the world. Tired of the souless lap dances and boredom of purposeless nudity, burlesque with it's slow, inventive strip tease and sexy overtones is taking over the imaginations of men and women who would like to see a return the glamour and fun of the female form. Even famous beauties like Charlize Theron and Christina Aguilera have taken to performing striptease with the LA burlesque group The Pussycat Dolls.

"It is about feminine glamour and it makes no excuses for being sexy." says the female owner of a new year-round burlesque club in Scotland, The Whoopee Club.

It's like we've always said: mixing values - like feminity, fun, playfulness and joyous sexuality, among others - with the nude female body is what beauty is all about, and what the world desperately wants and needs more of.

Dutch filmmaker killed for defending beauty

Dutch director Theo Van Gogh was shot and stabbed to death in Amsterdam Tuesday by a 26 year old Islamic militant after the broadcast of a film exposing Islam's abuse of women.

The ten minute film, Submission, features a topless woman wearing a see-through veil with words from the Koran describing physical punishments for "disobedient women" written on parts of her body.

A death threat against the female member of parliament who worked on the film with Van Gogh was pinned to the filmmaker's body with a knife. She has since gone into hiding, and the country's leading politicians have hired bodyguards in response to what one politician describes "the arrival of Jihad in the Netherlands".

I am curious as to who you support in the presidential election. Do you think there are any issues being directly discussed that relate to female beauty? If you can not post an article discussing this I would like to hear back from you anyway if that is at all possible.

D.F.

We supported Kerry, not so much because he supports women and free speech more than Bush, although we think he does, but more because Bush wants to 'save the world' at America's expense and with American lives, wants to turn American citizens into slaves to each other through 'service', and wants to mess with the constitution simply to discriminate against homosexuals.

DBell.

I would like to greatly complement the quality of your site. I have browsed the internet extensively in search of great pictures of nude female beauty. I have looked especially at the links posted on Superbeauty.org. However, for some reason I keep coming back to your website. I have come to the conclusion that when there are ideas expressed along with the pictures of beautiful nude women, that all of the things that make female beauty great, and all of the morals that are discussed on your site are enhanced. This makes your site the best I've seen.

D.F.

Thanks for the compliments. We agree. Images are always better when enjoyed thoughtfully. That's why we're called Body in Mind. ;-)

DBell

Pro-value vs anti-value

There are 2 kinds of people in the world, good people and evil people. The trick, as always, is knowing which is which. And nothing short of the fate of the world - and of your own life - depends on it. More....

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The antidote to the beauty backlash

Believe it or not, women are not allowed to work in Iran. Not even female doctors and lawyers. How does something like this happen in the modern world?

Well we got a glimpse of the explanation this month when the Spanish government, a government widely held to be one of the more civilized in the world, demanded that Hugo Boss fire the models it hired as ball boys at a pro tennis match.

We also get a glimpse of the answer when people denounce women like Marina for selling pumpkins topless, or any woman for using her beauty to sell anything. More....

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Wildlife painter inspired by Olga in Snow

Christopher Walker is one of the best Canadian wildlife painters. A quick browse through his wonderful website is enough to convince anyone of this. Now, inspired in part by our very own Olga in Snow series, Walker has turned to the female nude as inspiration for his latest painting. Full of allegory and thematic subtleties, Territories makes brilliant use of Olga's haunting facial expression first caught on film by Body in Mind photographer Sergey Goncharov. In Territories, we once again find Nature and the female nude coming together to intrigue and inspire us - and ultimately, to teach us about ourselves.

Thanks to Walker, the female nude is not just for sex anymore.

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Miss America taken off the air

Considering that Islamic terrorists are our worst enemies, and that hatred of female beauty is one of the ugliest elements of fundamentalist Islam, you would think that we would start to value female beauty more than we already do.

Not so. In fact, as we predicted, since 9/11 the countries that honor women's sexual freedom and respect their individual rights are turning their backs on female beauty more and more. One of the most startling examples was the decision made by ABC and Victoria's Secret to cancel the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Terrorist threats against the show had been unable to stop it. It was its management and broadcaster who killed it for fear of sending the wrong message.

Now Miss America has been cancelled. ABC cites low ratings as the reason. Considering the pageant's preference for future news anchorbots over bathing beauties as contestants in the last several years, this is not surprising. Insisting it was a scholarship program and not a beauty contest, it was only a matter of time. The contest committed suicide by turning its back on beauty.

And in case you think these shows are being overlooked because they are not sexual enough to get good ratings, even the biggest and best nude beauty pageant in the world, The Miss Nude Canada Pageant, has yet to hold its competition this year for lack of a supportive venue.

Selling pumpkins

Right this minute, mankind's salvation rests quietly in a tiny pumpkin seed sleeping under the cold, hard, frosted ground. That seed is a tiny little idea that threatens to bring violent, hypocritical modern society crumbling down and replace it with a beautiful, glorious paradise on earth. What is that idea? Why isn't it growing? What will happen to it? Why does the world resist the paradise that harmless little seed promises? Find out....

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Feminists openly attack women
(Hatred of Beauty eg.# 7,360,908,493)

We at Body in Mind have always known that the true target of feminists is not men, it's women. Now we no longer have to prove our case with complicated deductive reasoning. They are doing it right out in the open. For example the feminists in Newfoundland, Canada are attacking posters for a women's film festival because they feature a successful female film maker who is attractive. She is also talented, intelligent and successful, qualities that feminists don't care about. Moreover, if you read the article, notice of who it is that is reducing this beautiful and brilliant woman to a piece of meat by calling her a 'pair of boobs'.

Lovers and haters of beauty battle it out on the tennis court
(Hatred of Beauty eg.# 7,360,908,492)

The "Equality Minister" of Spain has ordered 25 models, who were hired as "ball boys" for an international tennis tournament, to be removed on the grounds that their presence "contributes to fomenting clear discrimination towards women who appear as simple objects of decoration and amusement." At the same time, a pressure group has filed a court case against Hugo Boss, who hired the models, for "for attacking the dignity of women".

Apparently, women are not allowed to hold a job in Spain. The same is true in Iran.
Heroically, the tournament organizers have refused to fire the models, one of whom, Nereida Coig, correctly added "...It would be an injustice if our work was stopped because of politics."

Angelina Jolie named Sexiest Woman Alive

According to a recent poll of Esquire readers worldwide, sultry Angelina Jolie is the sexiest woman alive, beating out Halle Berry at number two and Britney Spears at number three. Beyonce Knowles, Charlize Theron, Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston also made the list

Video game makers censor nudity

It seems that video games, once known for their excessive violence, are now shifting gears and aiming for an older, more mature audience by featuring more nude women and less outright gore. Gamemakers have noticed that gamers want something different and are drawn to such games as "Playboy: The Mansion", "Singles: Flirt up Your Life" and "Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude", where the object is to vicariously seduce as many young women as possible.

Still, it's clear that there is nothing more hated than female beauty, not even mindless violence: Xbox and Playstation censors won't allow full frontal nudity in their games. Bloody killing sprees are just fine, it seems, but a nude woman deserves the full brunt of censorship and regulation.

Hatred of beauty eg.# 7,360,908,491

Not even the love he has for his wife, Claudia Schiffer, is enough to inspire Matthew Vaughan to stop hating female beauty. See for yourself.

Tibetan government urges boycott of beauty pageant
(Hatred of beauty eg.# 7,360,908,490

The exiled government of Tibet urged a boycott of the Miss Tibet pageant recently held in northern India, saying the pageant flies in the face of Tibetan values and apes the worst kind of Western exhibitionism. Calling beauty 'only skin deep' and the pageant a 'travesty' they used billboards to publicly call for a boycott of the pageant, which drew 2000 spectators anyway. According to the pageant's chief organizer "The youth in Tibet, especially young Tibetan women, now have a new platform to be themselves and to live like other women around the world."

The winner of the "Woman of Wisdom from the Top of the World" pageant was Tashi Yangchen, a 24-year old computer engineer.

Erotic art photo competition - great photos, great prizes!

Years ago, before Body in Mind began, I used to get my weekly beauty fix by visiting the local newstand. I'd look through women's fashion mags, men's nudy mags, anything that featured photos of beautiful women. But my favorite was always PHOTO magazine. Each issue featured a section of reader-submitted amateur and pro nude and erotic photos. Most sucked, but there were always a couple gems in there. When I began Body in Mind in 1997 I looked all over the web for PHOTO magazine's website - for a good couple of years - but never found one.

So I'm delighted to tell you EROTICART has started an online nude/erotic photo contest open to amateur and pro photographers. Each month viewers vote cash prizes of $180 USD for first, $140 for second, and $100 for third. For me it's almost like looking through those treasured PHOTO magazines many years ago, but more importantly it's a great way to see new work every month and to win some dough if you're a struggling photographer.

Go to check it out. There's a few gems in there, and many photographers you've probably never seen before, one we hope to feature soon on Body in Mind. (Can you tell which one?)

And if anyone is interested, PHOTO magazine does finally have a website, of sorts, here.

A study in contrasts....

Last week, 21 year-old Melissa Harrington of Lincoln, Nebraska was fined $150 for posing nude in a public place. Although not actually charged at the place in question, she received the fine because nude photos she posted on her private website clearly showed a certain bar in downtown Lincoln. Police were quick to say that it's not illegal to post nude pictures of yourself on a website (yet, that is, ed.) but having a recognizable location in the photo made them able to issue the fine. Incidentally, it was the owner of the bar who turned her in.

Yet...

In Berlin recently, an appliance store attempted to boost lagging sales by hiring a topless model to hand out pamphlets in an 'end-of-summer strip off prices to the buff sale'. The store owners did so with the express intention of attracting a lot of publicity, both positive and negative, and a lot of customers to their store. But, curiously, the customers who arrived were anything but intrigued. Apparently, no one looked at the wholesome looking topless lady. Customers looked everywhere but at her breasts, and seemed more interested in the assembled tv crews than her. One man said "I'm going on 60 so it's nothing I haven't seen before", and a woman added "More power to her."

It looks like Miss Harrington ought to move to Berlin...

Beauty is a gift?

When we at Body in Mind say female beauty is a gift we mean it poetically. The simple sight of a lovely lady makes us feel lucky, like we've received something so wondrous and rewarding, so beyond anything that can ever be paid for, that it seems like a gift.

We mention this because there are 2 types of guy who take this literally - who feel that female beauty is owed them. One believes beautiful women are dumb bitches meant to be fooled or forced into sex. The other believes that female beauty is simply natural or a gift from God. More...

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Russ Meyer dies

Russ Meyer, who directed the first 'skin flicks' to feature predominately large breasted women as strong willed and strong armed heroines, died Sept. 22 from complications of pneumonia. He was 82.

Honored at film festivals, discussed in college courses and shown at top museums, Meyer described his films as "passion plays. ... Beauty against something that's totally evil."

Vintage Marilyn Monroe

A California winemaker called Marilyn Wines, whose labels feature early photos of Marilyn Monroe, has launched a 2002 vintage showing her famous 1949 nude centrefold from the first Playboy magazine. Retailing for $200 a bottle and up, the vintage is part of a Red Velvet series aimed at collectors and wine lovers alike

Photographer Richard Avedon dies

World famous glamour photographer Richard Avedon, who had photographed such classic beauties as Marilyn Monroe, Nastassja Kinski and Stephanie Seymour, died last week from a brain hemorrhage. Known for his insistence on 'telling the truth' about his subjects, he was often criticized for his unapologetic and sometimes unflattering portraits of the rich and famous. He was 81.

You can go home again

October 1st marked the 7th anniversary of Body in Mind. We thought it appropriate to celebrate with a gallery very much like the first one we ever featured, of a beautiful blonde woman in the long sensuous grass by the sea. As the world is getting scarier and scarier, it's nice to know sometimes we can go home again. We salute female beauty today as always, for being so comforting.

Enjoy Sofia by Valery Bareta. Or go to our first gallery, created in 1989, Summer.

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Simple nudes are over

One sure sign that simple nudes have stagnated is the fact that one of the original creators of simple nudes has moved on and is ready to launch a new site full of his most recent work, what he calls a purposeful departure from simple nudes, a recomitment to creating a vital, living, breathing relationship with female beauty. That man is one of our all time favourite photographers, Laurie Jeffery, and we are thrilled to present this exclusive sneak preview of his newest work, only to Body in Mind members. More...

Or go straight to the new Nude Illusion.

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Perfect beauty?

As an artist of perfected female nudes, I love Michelle Marsh. She is probably the most objecively beautiful woman imaginable, and she's also perfectly real. Take a close look at this perfect drawing of her, and then look closer. It's actually a photograph.

For some of my drawings of other 'impossible' women, click here.

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Upsetting the apple cart

Would your brain turn to mush if a beautiful woman walked up to you totally nude? There is a good reason why this happens. Today's addition to The Beauty Park series sheds some light on this strange, and not altogether unpleasant phenomenon. Enjoy it here.

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Kudos to Guess? Jeans and Paris Hilton

American shoe company Skechers recently pulled their ads featuring pin-up images of Christina Aguilera under pressure from the American Family Association. Encouraged by Skechers' cowardice, the AFA is now going after Guess? Jeans and their newest model, Paris Hilton. To his credit Guess? chairman Paul Marciano told the AFA not to shop at Guess? stores if they did not like the new imagery featuring Paris Hilton. HERE! HERE! Such courage deserves our praise as much or more than Skechers deserves our condemnation. Send a ONE CLICK email in support of Paul Marciano, Guess? and Paris Hilton in the activism section of SuperBeauty.Org HERE!

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Miss America

Check out the live broadcast at 9 pm Saturday the 18th. It's not exactly the Miss Universe pageant, but if we're lucky, Donald Trump will buy this one too.

Miss Universe's nearly naked wardrobe malfunction

Widely regarded as the most beautiful Miss Universe ever, Jennifer Hawkins continues to show us why. More...

The beauty of selfishness

Perhaps the main reason images of beautiful women are frowned upon is because in our society, self-sacrifice is held up as the greatest virtue, and there is nothing self-sacrificing about putting yourself on display. Posing for a photo is a proudly selfish act, and believing that you are beautiful enought for a glamor photo is supremely 'self'ish. Especially if you do it nude! Then there is nothing in the photo except you, no clothes, nothing to hide behind, just you... Continued...

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Supermodel Heidi Klum appears nude

New mom Heidi Klum appears in the new issue of Britain's GQ magazine wearing only a black hat and heels, apparently to show off her newly slim physique after giving birth to daughter Leni in May. More here.

A beautiful woman as spiritual fuel

We've been talking a lot lately about why looking at beautiful women is important. Maybe we've gotten a little too technical. So today we'd thought we'd let one of our members tell you in his own words why beautiful women move him so. Read it...

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Ladies of Spain pose for Vogue

Eight of Spain's top political women, from the deputy Prime Minister to various other ministers, have appeared in a photo shoot by Spanish Vogue. While not nude, the ladies took the opportunity to dress up, glamourize and have fun with their beauty, despite cries of outrage from feminists who declare it a step backwards. The director of Spanish Vogue said the "objective was to capture this unique moment in Spain's history when, for the first time, women really share the power of government" and that "women shouldn't have to justify why they like to dress up." Here here!

Liv Tyler to pose nude

In an effort to regain her pre-pregnancy figure after giving birth to her first child later this year, Liv Tyler has found a way to motivate herself that will also benefit her many fans. She plans to pose for a nude photo shoot in the new year, leaving herself only three months to shed her pregnancy pounds. Husband Royston Langdon of the band Spacehog is apparently all for her idea.

Dare to stare - Part 2

Last week we promised to tell you why a man MUST dare to stare at a beautiful woman when he sees one, rather than looking away awkwardly, as so many do - in other words, why it is moral to openly and shamelessly admire female beauty, and why it is immoral not to. More...

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Dare to stare

How many times have you robbed yourself of the site of a beautiful woman in the last week?

You know what I mean. You see a lovely creature prancing down the road in a pony tail, form fitting top and hip-hugging jeans and when she glances innocently in your direction you look away, pretending to be more interested in an unusual tree or a fascinating piece of trash on the ground.

We've all done this at one time or other, but I am here to tell you that if you want to achieve any of your goals in life that you must STOP doing it immediately. You must STOP looking away like a horrible coward. STOP robbing yourself of one of life's great treasures, the world of your courage, and your life of its joy - you must dare to stare at beautiful women.

Next week we will tell you why, but for now, enjoy this gallery by a photographer who dares, and an article by a writer who understands why. More...

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Skechers under attack for sexy ads

Christina Aguilera and women in general are under attack for the new Skechers ads that feature Aguilera as the classic feminine stereotypes, the naughty nurse, the sexy schoolteacher and schoolgirl, and the pretty policewoman. Defend her here.

Check out all of D.Bell's feminine stereotypes here.

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Cadbury flakes out on beauty
(Hatred of Beauty example #398,982,008)

For 45 years, a series of beautiful young women have graced British television advertising, showing the solitary delight of eating Flake, a lighter-than-air chocolate bar. But now, it what is seen as an attempt to placate women buyers, Cadbury has decided to end the reign of the Flake Girl and opt for a more 'modern' interpretation, which will feature the tag line "Your Happiness Loves Cadbury".

Industry expert Charlie Roberston has summed it up perfectly by saying: "Another British icon bites the dust and it's all because of the political correctness movement that says women shouldn't be oppressed by images of beautiful women on TV."

Full story here.

Picking Poppies - Eva Part 2

Beautiful woman are everywhere and they will pose nude for you. You might say it's like picking poppies. But actually, it is not easy. You have to have character. And you have to make your model feel special, beautiful, and safe, while convincing her you're not some creep. And you must show appreciation and respect for the gift you want her to give.

This was the premise behind our offer of a free lifetime membership to the first person who can take and send us 10 new nude photos of a beautiful woman. [Contest has been won. Details.]

We hope this won't stop those of you who have decided to pursue your dream of photographing a beautiful woman in the nude from doing so. If you accomplish your goal we'd love to hear about it, and if you send us the photos with a model release, a lifetime membership will be yours.

For now, enjoy more of our most popular series in some time, Eva, by Alan Anar.

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We have a winner!

Kent photographed his wife Tracey and sent us the photos, winning our prize of a free lifetime membership to Body in Mind for the first person to take and send us 10 new nude photos of a beautiful woman. Kent was first, and Tracey is beautiful. We have a winner!

Artist faces jail for "vulgar" topless painting of Eve
(Hatred of Beauty example # 4,898,340)

An artist in Roseville, Michigan is facing a possible 90 day jail term after painting a mural of Michelangelo's "Creation of Man" on the side of his studio. The mural features a topless Eve, which according to artist Edward Stross, is not his work but Michelangelos, and done simply in an effort to brighten his community.

City attorneys, however, are using a 1997 agreement that granted Stross an exemption from a municipal sign ordinance - an agreement that forbid him to paint words, or 'genitalia' on his building . He goes to court Sept. 17 to find out if breasts are considered genitalia in Detroit and if painting them results in jail time.

King Kong's beauty dies

Fay Wray, the damsel in distress from the 1933 film King Kong, died August 8 in her Manhattan home at the age of 96. In tribute to the vivacious beauty, the Empire State Building will dim its lights for 15 minutes on Tuesday. Full story here.

Sexy chess player poses nude

30-year-old grandmaster chess champion Maria Manakova has posed nude for Russia's Speed magazine and is featured in others like Pro Sport wearing only designer underwear, all in an effort to attract attention to the game.

"Women use their sexuality to promote all kinds of sports" she says. "Why not chess?". She has also criticized other female players for their 'dirty, baggy trousers' and encouraged them to wear miniskirts and sexier outfits to attract sponsors.

Is Beauty Natural or Man-Made?

Many people praise Body in Mind for its 'natural' nudes, people who love nature and love the beauty of women, and enjoy seeing them together. But isn't ugliness just as natural as beauty? Do we really believe that nature favors beauty over ugliness as we do? Doesn't nature consider warthogs, maggots, and frogs just as beautiful as tigers, deer, and butterflies? More...

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Miss Teen USA: Superbeauty wins!

17-year-old Shelley Catherine Hennig of Louisiana was crowned Miss Teen USA at the Palm Springs pageant on August 6.

What made her win surprising - and refreshing - is that Miss Hennig bears a striking resemblance to a young Elle McPherson, the world's most superbeautiful woman according to the Bell Scale.

Perhaps this victory, and the recent crowning of statuesque Australian beauty Jennifer Hawkins as Miss Universe, signals the return of values and the triumph of objective beauty. We're delighted to see true, pro-value beauty being honored and recognized as it should be, and hope that results like these are a positive sign of things to come.

However, even as we speak people all over the United States are questioning the value of female beauty more and more.

Let's hope beauty always wins.

Preview of Amy Acuff in FHM

We've found some preview photos of one of our favorite defenders of beauty, two-time Olympic high jumper Amy Acuff. We've looked on in admiration for years as Amy defied convention and posed nude or jumped the high bar in sexy outfits to prove that athleticism and female beauty can go hand in hand. Now, as a member of the 2004 team, Amy will be featured in the September 2004 edition of FHM magazine as part of their salute to U.S. female athletes. The magazine goes on sale August 10, but you can see a preview of the photos here.

Choose your next SI swimsuit model

Have you noticed that in most beauty pageants these days, the most beautiful women rarely advance to the final rounds? Perhaps it's out of political correctness, or a lack of appreciation for objective beauty, but whatever the case, it seems the loveliest ladies are always overlooked. Now, finally, we may have a chance to speak up for all the true beauties passed over for the mediocre.

NBC has announced a new reality show called the "Sports Illustrated Fresh Favorites Competition", a six-episode series in which finalists will compete for a $1 million modelling contract and magazine photo spread. Best of all, viewers get to select the winner from the last two finalists, and hopefully true beauty will finally win out.

Full story here.

Body in Mind: Three Philosophies in One

After doing a little research, I have come to the conclusion that the philosophy of D. Bell's website, "Superbeauty", is only found in the images of beautiful nude women who also seem to embody the values that we as people hold dear, and is the most complete and all-encompassing philosophy on why such beauty is not only a pleasure to behold, it is downright necessary. More...

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13 000 year old cave painting of nude women found in Britain

Ice age artists apparently rendered stylized nude drawings of women on the walls of their cave in Derbyshire, according to at least one leading ice age art expert in Britain. The images depict bent-kneed women thrusting their bottoms out, which may have represented a sort of ritual dance. The images are similar in form to other images found in Germany in which the breasts and buttocks are shown more clearly.

The fact that the orginal artists did not depict sex acts, as they could have, shows yet again that images of female beauty have been inspiring men for thousands of years. It also refutes a current theory that says men only turned to pin up images because pornography was either unavailable or illegal.

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Earning beauty

Ever wonder which supermodels are paid the most for their spectacular good looks? According to Forbes magazine, Milla Jovovich is the world's wealthiest supermodel, earning $10.5 million a year. Rounding out the top five are Gisele Bundchen at $10 million, Heidi Klum at $8 million, Carolyn Murphy at $5 million and Tyra Banks at $4 million.

It's encouraging to see some of the world's most beautiful women amply rewarded for sharing their beauty with us. Full story here.

Liely - The French Collection

We received so much fan mail about Liely, even though she does not pose nude, that we decided to offer our viewers the entire French collection shot in Liely's apartment by Body in Mind photographer Jean Rauzier. This is a non-nude collector's dream. None of these super-sized photos appear in the Body in Mind member's section, and are available only in this special edition ZIP file.

For samples and to download your collection of Liely, click here.

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The untapped ocean of female beauty

Last week I came across a site that illegally gave away user names and passwords to pay sites like Body in Mind. The homepage of this site said that the only reason it costs money to see 'bitches' nude is because so many 'idiots' out their actually pay for it. If we all stopped paying, it said, then no one would have to pay. I wonder how they think web sites like Body in Mind could sustain themselves if that happened, or why models would pose nude for free for them. I feel sorry for anyone like this. Such losers will never know the pride of earning and spending money, and will never know the joy of seeing Eva posing heroically on the rocks of a violent sea for the thundering camera of Alan Anar.

Will you?

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Eva poses for Playboy

Eva Herzigova has fulfilled a long-time ambition by posing for this month's edition of Playboy. She hopes it will help promote her new line of swimwear, but also says it's something she's always wanted to do. "Playboy is a great concept." she says. "It shows the beauty of the body in an elegant way." Full story here.

How do you get beautiful women to pose nude?

We get this question so often from aspiring artists and photographers that we've decided to offer another free Body in Mind membership - this time a lifetime membership - to the first guy out there who can get a beautiful woman to pose nude for him and email us 10 nude photos of her along with her proof of age (a photo of her driver's license will do) and signed permission to use the photos on Body in Mind (model release). [Contest has been won. Details.] Maybe this way you'll see why we asked the question of why a woman would pose nude a few weeks ago, and what the answer is (since no one got it). I can tell you how I did it the first time. I went to a strip joint, picked the most beautiful girl in the place and offered her a thousand dollars. I had to go back a few times to convince Summer I was serious but she agreed. You can see the results here. Alan Anar has his own way of doing it. I can't tell you how he does it, but we can show you the results in today's gallery of Eva. We hope you go for it. It's summer and it's now or never.

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Indian women protest nude

A group of women in India stripped naked outside the gates of a military office to protest the recent killing of a young woman by authorities. Defying a curfew imposed after widespread protests over the woman's death, the women attempted to break down the gates in a turbulent demonstration against the woman's accused killers, the Assam Rifles. Full story here.

We applaud these women for being among the first to go nude for the sake of their fellow women. We're glad that women are finally starting to realize that the beauty and sexuality for which they've been so persecuted is the most powerful tool they have to affect change. To join the fight, click here.

Anna Nicole makes a comeback

On July 10, Anna Nicole Smith presented the "Comeback of the Year" award at the 38th annual Victor Sports awards, which will be televised on Fox Sports Net this week. Her role as presenter of this award in particular is 'a perfect fit' considering her recent weight loss and attempts to return to modelling. Full story here.

Sharon Stone's basic instincts

Sharon Stone has agreed to star in a sequel to her breakout hit Basic Instinct, and may appear nude in the film. Her original co-star Michael Douglas will not be returning. Full story here.

Laetitia Casta on the silver screen

Supermodel Laetitia Casta has signed on for a role in the upcoming movie Klimt, a biography of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt most famous for his sensous work "The Kiss". Full story here.

Norwegian sculptor creates ideal beauty

Norwegian sculptor Reidar Finsrud creates some of the most inspiring, idealized sculptures of the nude female form you'll find anywhere. Check out some of his uplifting images here.

Beauty is not truth; truth is not beauty

Imagine a world in which beauty is everywhere, and everyone is thoughtful and wise. Sounds pretty good doesn't it? Then ask yourself why we do not have such a world right now.

Find out here.

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