Britney Spears on the controversial cover of
Harper's Bazaar Demi Moore in a similar pose for vanity fair
Tokyo subway has refused permission for an advertising
poster featuring a nude and heavy pregnant Britney Spears,
Branding it "too stimulating" for young people. The picture
of the pop singer nude but covering her breasts with her
arms and crossing her legs at the knee appeared in the
August issue of Harper's Bazaar and will be on the cover
of the Magazine's Japanese edition in October.
The publishers had hoped to display the cover photo for
a week at a subway station in a trendy part of central Tokyo,
but ran into resistance. "We thought some of our customers
would find it to be overly stimulating," said a Tokyo metro official.
Harper's Bazaar could not be reached for comment.
But not all was lost. The metro and the publishers agreed
to display the poster after all but masked the picture below
the former teen Idol's elbow with a statement reading:
"We apologize for hiding part of a beautiful image of a mother to be."
