Topless 'Bild Girl' past tense after complaints readers

berlin - In principle, the German newspaper Bild does not place its own images of topless women anymore. In recent months, the images of these scantily clad women are 'increasingly seen as offensive or denigrating by editors and readers,' the newspaper said Monday.

The topless 'Bild Girl' had already disappeared from prominent front pages or openings six years ago to less conspicuous places. The item 'Bild Girl' does not disappear, the newspaper reported, 'because erotic art and photography are among the achievements of the free society. 'Naked photos in the news or what everyone is talking about are shown.

Bild stressed that 'all women who have undressed for our magazine have done so voluntarily and with pleasure. '