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By Alex Mitchley

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Boity Thulo bares all for charity – causes twitter stir

Actress and TV presenter Boity Thulo created a stir on Monday after she tweeted a nude photo of herself alongside radio DJs Catherine Grenfell and Zama Dube.


The celebrities are only covering their bare essentials as they posed for Marie Claire magazine’s annual Naked Issue, which was released on Monday.

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36 celebrities bared skin for the popular naked issues. Other celebrities included model Lee-Ann Liebenberg, comedians Marc Lottering and Anne Hirsch as well as South African Hip Hop artists Tebogo ‘Proverb’ Thekisho and Siya ‘Slikour’ Metane.

The issue aims to aid The Lunchbox Fund, a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing a daily meal for orphaned or vulnerable school children in disadvantaged areas around South Africa.

Thulo’s picture started trending on twitter within minutes of her posting the photo that featured her shot from behind and only wearing a towel around her head.

The twitter public were positive saying that it was a great incentive to go nude for and that the images envisage being a woman and being happy with your body.

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