Nudes in the news

I promise soon to write my observations on why women, especially attractive women celebrities, posing nude (even if all that they reveal isn't anything more than a two-sizes-too-small bikini would show) has so much significance.

But this is a trend that continues, and which is also being exploited for its attention-grabbing potential. And I think, more than a little, there's a tad of narcissism involved. Particularly with the Demi-wannabes.

Demi-wannabe 1: Chanelle Hayes

Chanelle has posed nearly starkers (as the Brits say) before, yet still with either strategically located hands or a strategically located, frequently Lucy Pinder, fellow model. But she still decided to show off her baby bump, though it isn't at the Heidi Klum-projection level yet:

Chanelle Hayes recreating Demi Moore's famous naked photoshoot

Demi-wannabe 2: Claudia Schiffer

It's not like supermodel Claudia needs more attention, or more visibility, or more exposure, but she too has struck the Demi-pregnant pose:

Claudia Schiffer on the cover of Vogue (slightly risky)

According to the Daily Mail (complete with uncoverage), she also poses in lingerie; showing that attractive pregnant women are still sexy pregnant women, more or less:

Seven months pregnant, but still working and looking great: Claudia Schiffer is on fine form for a risqué shoot in German Vogue

Another PETA campaign (which is rarely a bad thing)

Protesting fur: Kate Ford of Brit soap opera "Coronation Street" goes nude to protest the bearskin caps of the Queen's Guard

PETA and their associated entities has done us fair service in getting fair women to disrobe; in this case, the subject is Kate Ford, a British soap opera actress.

She says:

She said: 'I would never have dreamed of posing nude, but when Peta showed me the footage of the bears being shot and skinned just for the sake of these ornamental Guards' caps, I decided to be brave and show some of my skin in the hope that the MoD will let the bears keep theirs.

'The cowardly hunters even bait the bears with food before ambushing them. When mother bears are killed, their cubs are left to slowly starve to death.

'This breaks my heart. I think it is despicable of the MoD to use taxpayers' money to fund this cruelty overseas when there are synthetic faux furs available.'

OK, my question is: when is her Coronation Street co-star Michelle Keegan (again voted the sexiest actress in British soaps) going to take part in this campaign? I'd pony up some funding for THAT.

Michelle Keegan: