Women take off their bras in Free the Nipple movement (Picture: Nando Azevedo)

Women stripped down to their bikini bottoms in a Free the Nipple movement – but ended up attracting unwanted ‘sexual’ attention by camera-ready tourists.

Dozens of women discarded their bras to protest the sexualisation of women’s nipples at a beach in Mission Bay, New Zealand on Saturday.

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But protesters were bombarded by ogling tourists taking pictures to make the moment last longer.

Organiser Grace Blundell, 22, who abandoned her bikini top, said she tried to view the attention positively.


‘Some were definitely taking photos in a sexual way,’ she told Mail Online.

The protest has spread worldwide (Picture: Nando Azevedo)

Tourists started to take picture of the topless women (Picture: Nando Azevedo)

‘If I were to stand up and make a big deal about them taking photos, it would go against what we were doing,’ she added.

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The movement was founded by US filmmaker Lina Esco as part of a documentary about gender inequality.



It has been making waves around the world and is backed by celebrities like Miley Cyrus.

Blundell said she decided to join the movement after she grew tired of ‘cat calls’ from men.

Grace Blundell said someone of the attentions was in a ‘sexual’ way (Picture: Nando Azevedo)

Dozens of women took part at Mission Bay in New Zealand (Picture: Nando Azevedo)

‘It taught me that my body was inherently sexual, and I definitely don’t think that should be the case,’ she said.

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The psychology student from Albany said one man asked her why she didn’t just go to a nudest beach, and she had to explain why they were there.

Star of Orange is the New Black, Ruby Rose, has been a public advocate for the movement, having posted topless pictures on Instagram – only to have them immediately removed.

Pictures taken by photographer, Nando Azevedo.