Supermodel had an opinion. Wrote it on her naked body.

By KATE LEAVER

A supermodel just held a one-woman protest in the nude.

Presumably, she didn’t have a pen and paper.

So she used red lipstick and her bare belly as her canvas.

Like so:

25-year-old Robyn Lawley posted this photo on her Instagram, and it’s been published by news websites everywhere. That’s just what happens when famous, beautiful people get naked in public.

As a reminder, this is what all of Robyn Lawley looks like, clothed:

Robyn usually models lingerie, and she’s got her own bikini line. Her body is her currency.

But today, she got totally naked and painted a political statement on herself.

This is a supermodel’s way of yelling, “Here! Over here! I have important thoughts but I understand that you as a society may need to see my underboob before you hear them!” As someone whose livelihood is her appearance, perhaps this is her best way to broadcast an opinion.

Robyn’s not alone in her altruistic nudity. Professionally hot people have always taken off their clothes to promote things they believe in. Look at them all:

Is a beautiful woman’s torso ever a good place for a political slogan? Or does the message get lost in all the attractive nakedness?

Has Robyn’s naked selfie actually done anything to, as her belly requests, Stop Coal Mining?

Or did everyone just look the photo, note the strategically placed masking tape, and move on without even reading the comments she posted int he caption?

Really. If you oggled Robyn’s underboob or hips, (we all did), you owe it to her to read the very real reason she bared them:

Woke up this morning to find out that our Environmental minister and the abbott government have approved what will be the biggest mine of Australia “Carmichael mine will cover an area seven times that of Sydney Harbour. The only way to get coal out of Carmichael mine is via the Great Barrier Reef. Millions of tonnes of seabed will have to be dredged and dumped in the World Heritage Area to make way for port expansions to service this mega-mine. Minister Hunt knew the company behind the mine, Adani, had a dirty track record. In India, Adani has been investigated and fined for illegally building on villagers’ land and destroying protected mangrove areas. An investigation by the Karnataka anti-corruption ombudsman exposed Adani Enterprises’ active involvement in large-scale illegal exports of iron ore at its port, resulting in “huge” economic losses to the Government. Documents seized from Adani’s offices revealed the company was paying cash bribes to port officials, customs, police and local pollies in exchange for “undue favour for illegal exports”. Heres some more facts about this particular mine 28 thousand hectares big, taking over 20 thousand hectares of native bushland 4 x fossil fuel emissions than the country of New Zealand 12 billion liters of water per year with the coal mine to have a lifespan of 90 years the extinction of the black throated finch for a mine owned by Adani- Instead of joining countries such as Germany and introducing more renewable energy to protect our great land for us and future generations, we continue to go backwards. Coal is soon going to be a dead commodity only bought buy irresponsible countries who do not care about climate change and the damage on the world. I’m shocked and feel powerless so I decided to get people to read this one way or another, we have to stop them…..before its too late.

 

And so, a naked selfie later, we’re left with a bunch of questions.

Is it propaganda or porn?

Can naked protesting ever really work?

When members of the feminist group Femen write slogans on their bare breasts at riots, is that more acceptable than when models do it? Does it force the world to pay them attention they wouldn’t get if they were clothed?

When a supermodel strips, is she really doing it for a cause? Or is it always for her career?

What’s your verdict on Robyn Lawley’s naked selfie against the coal mining industry: Effective, or pointless?