Model Rosanna Davison has admitted posing naked for Playboy gave her more confidence as a woman.
The former Miss World stunned fans in 2012 when she stripped off for the German edition of the lads mag. She was the first Irish woman to pose for the magazine.
Recalling the famous photoshoot, Rosanna said she was in control of the entire situation and called the shots on set. She said: "I wanted to be able to choose the location, I didn’t want it to be in a bedroom setting.
"I wanted it to be empowering on a beach – an Amazonian warrior sort of look. I approached it as I was very much the one in control, I was calling the shots.
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"That was one of the reasons I agreed. But, at the time, I felt really empowering during the shoot.
"It’s about having the choice as a woman to be able to show your sexuality and your body in a way that you control," she told the Sunday Independent’s Life magazine.
The mum-of-three admitted she found the whole experience "really enjoyable" and it gave her a new sense of confidence in herself.
"I remember reminding people that I had studied feminism in college in my sociology degree in UCD. And I used that as the background for making my decisions about how to represent myself.
"It’s probably a cliché to say it was empowering, but it was. I found it really enjoyable, and I felt a new sense of confidence in myself as a woman and a rounded person."
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