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Korean transgender band to release nude photo album
Lady, the world's first manufactured transgender band, are releasing
a nude photo album.
May 29, 2005
Countless female stars have taken it off for the camera, but this is the first
time in Korea that a band of transssexuals will be appearing in what are no
longer their birthday suits.
The photos were taken amid much secrecy in Thailand’s transsexual mecca
Pattaya, home of an annual ladyboy beauty contest, between April 19 and April
23. By releasing a photo album focusing on an entirely different standard of
sexiness than those of other celebrities, Lady hope to establish themselves as
international models.
Starting with the provocative title -- "Women, reflect!" - the album throws
down the gauntlet to born women, with the implication that all of these former
men have worked so hard on their bodies that they can now stand comparison with
internationally famous models. Indeed, one of Lady's members, Sahara, came
fourth in an international transgender beauty contest, while Shinae has done
commercials.
The photographer is said to have exclaimed in awe at the shapely figures of
Lady's singers.
The group did some soul-searching before doing the album, to decide if they
were ready for the inevitable controversy that would follow in a society that
still looks down on transsexuals, and brazenly naked ones at that. But in the
end Lady agreed saying, "We thought it would be an opportunity for us to get
recognition as real women. We ask that you think of the photographs as works of
art."
To coincide with the release of the album, the group plans to release their
beauty secrets on their official homepage and fan websites. It remains to be
seen how pictures, which will be released through mobile service at the end of
the month, will be received.
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