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Nude calendars are a type of wall calendar that feature
nude Nudity is the state of being in which a human is without clothing. The loss of body hair was one of the physical characteristics that marked the biological evolution of modern humans from their hominin ancestors. Adaptations related to h ...
models in a variety of scenes and locations. Predominantly in the
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, nude calendars are produced to raise money for
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Types


Calendars featuring pin-up models

Commercial advertising on calendars started in the late 19th century and has often been linked to pictures or photographs of
pin-up model A pin-up model (known as a pin-up girl for a female and less commonly male pin-up for a male) is a model whose mass-produced pictures see widespread appeal as part of popular culture. Pin-up models were variously glamour models, fashion mod ...
s. The products being advertised may be incorporated via
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in the pictures themselves or separate via logos and corporate in-house style. Calendars featuring female nudes became a common feature in workplaces which were predominantly male (e.g. garages, car dealerships, etc.), although many employers have banned or restricted their display considering them a form of sex discrimination. An example is the Pirelli Calendar.


Sports nude calendars

Some sports teams have produced nude calendars, often to raise their profile or increase funding. Examples include the Australian women's football team prior to the
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in Sydney, the Canadian cross-country ski team in 2001 and 2002, and a group of Canadian women biathletes in 2008.


Charity nude calendars

The first nude charity calendar was made by a group of middle-aged Englishwomen, members of a local branch of the Women's Institute, who were posing nude to raise funds for Leukaemia Research. The calendar was released in 1999, and became an international sensation, and also inspired the movie '' Calendar Girls''. Following this lead, charity nude calendars proliferated in the 2000s. Proceeds usually go to various health or social causes. Participants may include artists, celebrities, sportsmen and sportswomen, firefighters, military forces, the police, or members of a group such as farmers, Women's Institute members who wish to raise funds for a chosen charity. The women's rugby match Oxford and Cambridge, which was played at Twickenham in 2015, was publicised by the Oxford team making a nude calendar. Successful charity nude calendars include: * Rylstone Women's Institute ''2000 Alternative WI Calendar'', the first ever nude charity calendar * Dieux du Stade (France) * Men of the Long Tom Grange (United States) in aid of Junction City, Oregon public schools (2004-2006) * League of Their Own (Australia) in aid of the
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Kids Foundation (2006) * Naked Rugby League (Australia) in aid of the National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia (2007/2008) * Naked For A Cause (Australia) in aid of breast cancer research (2008) * Gods of Football (Australia) featuring
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and
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players in aid of the
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(2009) * University of Warwick Boat Club (United Kingdom) in aid of
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(2013) *
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(United Kingdom) featuring actors and actresses from the BBC TV show in aid of Children in Need (2015) * The Magnet Tavern, in Lincolnshire (United Kingdom), in aid of the
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(2016)


See also

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Depictions of nudity Depictions of nudity include all of the representations or portrayals of the unclothed human body in visual media. In a picture-making civilization, pictorial conventions continually reaffirm what is natural in human appearance, which is part of ...
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Fundraising Fundraising or fund-raising is the process of seeking and gathering voluntary financial contributions by engaging individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. Although fundraising typically refers to efforts to gathe ...
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Nude photography Nude photography is the creation of any photograph which contains an image of a nude or semi-nude person, or an image suggestive of nudity. Nude photography is undertaken for a variety of purposes, including educational uses, commercial applicat ...


References


External links


Warwick University Rowing Club's nude calendar

Warwick Rowers men's calendar


* - one of the most famous nude calendars in Poland - the Olmet calendar (Silesian Pirelli), 2019 edition {{nudity