September 3, 2006

Britney Bares All on Tokyo Subway

A heavily pregnant Britney Spears has finally bared all in Tokyo after subway bosses reversed a decision to censor an advertisement showing the US pop diva in the nude.

The photograph, taken for the cover of fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar, shows a six months' pregnant Spears covering her breasts above her swollen belly in a pose reminiscent of actress Demi Moore's iconic 1991 shoot for Vanity Fair.

Tokyo Metro initially asked the publisher to cover Britney below the elbows as the sight of her naked midriff and thighs was inappropriate for impressionable Japanese youths and more sensitive commuters.

But bosses later back-tracked after the story hit the local headlines, prompting dozens of commuters to contact the subway operator to request the pop sensation be displayed in her full glory.

In the end, her naked pose raised few eyebrows among harried Tokyo commuters Monday at Omotesando station.

"Why did they need to make such a fuss over a pregnant woman's nude poster in an era when people have easy access to naked pictures in our society," said 32-year-old office worker Satoshi Nakayama.

"There's nothing disgusting about the poster. It's beautiful and healthy," said Sei Takagi, a 63-year-old office worker.

Harper's Bazaar Japan's chief editor Keiko Murakami said the magazine wanted to "express a woman when she is full of energy and at her most shining moment."

The picture graces the cover the Harper's August issue in the United States and the October issue in Japan.

Spears, who shot to celebrity in 1999 with the song "Baby One More Time" and has since sold more than 60 million albums, has put her career on hold for more than a year but still stars in the gossip columns.

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