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Scores of students showed up in midriff-baring crop tops at Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto on Tuesday in a protest that came after school officials deemed one teen’s outfit inappropriate.

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The movement began Monday when Alexi Halket bared her belly at school after she wore a grey skirt and a black and turquoise top that looked a little like a sports bra.

She was called down to the principal’s office and told to cover up after a teacher complained about her short top. She missed the rest of class because she had a lengthy discussion with principal Rob MacKinnon.

“I told him I had a lineup of outfits planned out because this was my birthday week,” said Halket, 18.

“Because I wanted to feel very beautiful, look very beautiful and feel very confident in myself and be happy — and they were sexualizing my outfit.”

She said she was told to wear something “more appropriate” the following day, but felt that was giving in. They didn’t come to an agreement.

So she went home, turned to Facebook and urged her friends to wear crop tops the next day.

And they did.

MacKinnon, meanwhile, was alerted to the page and sent a note to his staff, preparing them for the protest.

“I encouraged teachers to talk about this with their students,” MacKinnon said.