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Mexican Playboy Publishes Nude Virgin Mary on Cover

By: pranay

Mexico City : Mexico | 11 months ago

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Dec. 11: Model Maria Florencia Onori poses for the December issue, which ...

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Sometimes the lines between outright controversial and creativity is so thin, people get mistaken between the two. This is one such instance. There has been much furore over this latest cover on the Mexican Playboy. My take is that there could have been a better way of portraying whatever Playboy trying to portray by not offending a religion or a religious community.

Playboy had got into the Christmas spirit , putting the Virgin Mary nude on its Mexican cover and offending millions around the World.

The controversial magazine's cover was released on Thursday with the December issue model Maria Florencia Onori posing as the Virgin wearing nothing but an angelic white cloth.

The release was timed for the day before Mexico's traditional Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a celebration of an apparition of the Virgin in the town.

Its headline reads in Spanish: "We adore you, Mary."

Source: The Sun / FOX News

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Majdy | 11 months ago

I agree with you pranay. This has gone just a little way too overboard. There is indeed a fine line between creativity and profanity and one has to stay clear and extremely careful to avoid treading on the wrong of the line.

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pranay | 11 months ago

Yes Majdy, definitely...it is a bit insensitive and unnerving... they have apologized for it...but I think the apology was already ready before they even published the cover.

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Sambaboy | 11 months ago

Real bad taste. Not the girl but the choice of character to make a mockery about, they (Playboy) clearly don't care about the way to go to get attention. Specially in a highly catholic country, I sometimes wish Christians were more like the Muslims in the way they respond to blasphemy.

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pranay | 11 months ago

LOL! Well, I don't know what you meant in the last line... lets just say that I agree with you that they should not have made a mockery of Virgin Mary.

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Sambaboy | 10 months ago

Thanks! On the last line I wanted to say that the Christians should be outspoken about things like this.Even some protesting on the streets. But apparently Playboy has officially apologized to the Mexican people about this whole situation.

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vishnughimire | 11 months ago

I think that is quite offensive for the Christian community (even though am not), Mother Mary I believe is well respected in Christianity. What do the Christians think though?

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brclrefcomm | 10 months ago

Fair satire. Excellent photography. Barely nude. Lighten up, critics!

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TomHartley | 2 months ago

No big deal these days; don't like it? Don't look. As long as the magizines are not displayed in a way that people have to look at the cover, then I say "freedom of speech"

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Sambaboy | 2 months ago

I am not sure freedom of speech would fit this situation... it's definitely a marketing strategy (creative I must say but insensitive). Freedom of speech is always getting confused with "anarchy" of speech. Even freedom must have guiding rules...

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