Germany’s Biggest Paper Scraps Models From Front Page

Posted on March 15th, 2012

March 9, 2012 - WashingtonPost.com - By Associated Press



BERLIN — The men at Germany’s biggest-selling newspaper apparently had an attack of remorse on International Women’s Day: they scrapped its signature front-page topless female models.

The Bild daily proclaimed that Friday’s bare-breasted front-page blonde would be the last of more than 5,000 women who have appeared since 1984. Bild said it was “perhaps a small step from women’s point of view — but it’s a big step for Bild and all men in Germany.” The newspaper said its male staff made the decision Thursday, when it gave all female employees the day off to mark International Women’s Day.

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