Nudist urges people to wear ink, not mink 

Published: 10:43PM Tuesday November 24, 2009

Source: AAP

Nudist urges people to wear ink, not mink (Source: Close Up)

Source: Close Up

Tattooed model Dani Lugosi braved the rain and ogling eyes to shed most of her modesty to urge people to wear ink, not mink.
  
The naked 28-year-old endured the attention of construction workers, men in suits, and other lunchtime shoppers in Sydney's Pitt Street Mall for about an hour to protest against the inhumane treatment of animals for fashion.
  
She covered her breasts with one forearm, and in the other held a sign which read Ink Not Mink.
  
A skimpy skin-toned pair of knickers and several large tattoos provided little other protection from the drizzle and onlookers' stares.
  
Lugosi, a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), says she became concerned about animals being treated inhumanly by the fashion industry after viewing footage of rabbits being skinned alive.
  
It was her first naked protest action but a slightly hesitant look on her face was replaced with a smile when a dishevelled shoe-shiner wearing a Santa hat posed alongside her for cameras.
  
Then a man selling The Big Issue magazine wanted to have his photo taken with her.
  
But she drew the line when a young man tried to get a happy snap, forcing him to walk off despondently.


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