Nude calendar

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Nude calendars are a type of wall calendar that feature nude models in a variety of scenes and locations. In the United Kingdom, nude calendars are predominantly produced to raise money for charity. [1]

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Background

Some sports teams have produced nude calendars, often to raise their profile or increase funding. Examples include the Australia women's national soccer team prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the Canadian cross-country ski team in 2001 and 2002, and a group of Canadian women biathletes in 2008. [2] [3] In 2009, Australian Football League and Australian Rugby League players produced a nude calendar to raise money for the McGrath Foundation. [4]

The first nude charity calendar was made by a group of middle-aged Englishwomen, members of a local branch of the Women's Institute, who were posing nude to raise funds for Leukaemia Research. The calendar was released in 1999, and became an international sensation, and also inspired the movie Calendar Girls . [5]

From 2004 to 2006, men from Junction City, Oregon produced male nude calendars to raise money for the public school system. [6] [7] [8] Another notable example of a charity nude calendar is the Naked Rugby League calendar, created in Australia to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. [9]

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References

  1. "Which is the best charity nude calendar in the country?". The Tab. 27 November 2015.
  2. McNamee, Mike; Parry, Jim (2014). Olympic Ethics and Philosophy. Routledge. pp. 138–141. ISBN   9781317980513.
  3. Lewis, Samantha (30 July 2023). "Women's World Cup: Inside the infamous nude calendar that got the Matildas in trouble with the Australian government". ABC News (Australia) . Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. Jim Buzinski (17 December 2008). "'Gods of Football' gallery". Outsports.
  5. "The naked do-gooders?". The Times of India . 2012-12-16. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  6. "Calendar Exposes School Financing Problems". www.educationworld.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  7. "Men Drop Their Drawers for Local Schools". Fox News . 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  8. Cole, Katherine (September 2015). "Oregon winery owner's astonishing past life reads like fast-moving fiction: Wine notes". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  9. "Naked Rugby League Calendar launch". Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust. 27 September 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008.