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Courier-Mail
16 hours ago
- Courier-Mail
Miley Cyrus poses completely nude on new mag cover
Don't miss out on the headlines from Magazines. Followed categories will be added to My News. Miley Cyrus has posed completely nude on the cover of an upcoming issue of Perfect magazine. The singer graces the front page of a 80-page special issue, out on August 11, with nothing but her tattooed hand strategically placed over one of her breasts, while her hair is positioned in front of the other. The 32-year-old stands in the photo which is cut off very low on her stomach, suggesting she wasn't wearing anything during the photo shoot. 'Even if I'm wearing nothing, there still feels like a level of power to it,' Cyrus is quoted as saying in the accompanying interview. MORE: 'Blessing': Miley's wild claim on deadly fires The Grammy winner poses for two other covers for the magazine, shot by photographers Paolo Roversi and Lynette Garland. In the second cover, Cyrus is fully clothed in a Marie Antoinette-style gown paired with low-top Converse sneakers. 'I feel like right now I'm in that kind of God pocket: everything is just flowing and there's a real harmonious relationship between me and what I'm wearing,' she tells the magazine of the gown. 'It still feels like skin. I don't feel like it ever overpowers. I don't feel like it's wearing me.' And in the third cover, Cyrus rocks a corset by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren from their Spring/Summer 1982 Savage collection. The sizzling shot comes months after she opened up about her body hang-ups on Monica Lewinsky's Reclaiming podcast, revealing she developed insecurities after seeing memes about her infamous performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards with Robin Thicke. To this day, the thought of swimwear haunts the star as it reminds her of the near-nude, two-piece ensemble she wore on stage at the time. Miley Cyrus says there is 'a level of power' to being nude. Picture: Valerie Macon / AFP Cyrus during her infamous MTV VMAs performance with Robin Thicke in 2013. Picture:'There was a couple that were about my body, and people were putting my head on very unattractive things,' she told Lewinsky on the podcast episode which aired in June. 'And I still see that when I put on a bathing suit to this day. I wear very – you would never think – very modest bathing suits.' 'I'm still so insecure about those memes about my body.' On a recent girls' trip with her sisters and friends, Cyrus revealed she opted for a tankini when 'everyone else had on a string bikini'. 'Except me – I was in shorts,' she confessed. 'I don't even know if people wear tankinis anymore. I was wearing a tank top,' Cyrus added, saying that her choice looked like 'what a grandma wears to the beach'. Originally published as Miley Cyrus poses completely nude on steamy cover of Perfect magazine
ABC News
2 days ago
- ABC News
Shein hype dominates social media, but in Europe the firm is accused of greenwashing
In the hyper-curated world of Shein influencers, fast fashion is more than a wardrobe, it's a lifestyle. Boasting of 'Shein haul' purchases, the brand's fans dominate TikTok and Youtube, pointing out that new outfits can appear in a swipe, wrapped in plastic and delivered almost at the speed of scrolling. Online influencer culture means Shein remains popular in Australia, but behind the aesthetic, a backlash is brewing, and Italy and France are leading the way. On Monday, Italy slapped Shein with a €1 million ($1.7 million) "greenwashing" fine for misleading customers on the environmental impact of its products. The Chinese e-commerce giant also faces a possible €150 million ($267.8 million) in France for failing to properly get consent to track users on the internet. Italy's competition authority (AGCM) said the environmental sustainability and social responsibility claims promoted on Shein's website "were sometimes vague, generic, and/or overly emphatic, and in other cases omitted and misleading". Areas of the site under investigation included #SHEINTHEKNOW, evoluSHEIN and Social Responsibility. The Italian watchdog said it launched an investigation in September into the multi-billion-dollar company's "increased duty of care" for operating in a "highly polluting sector with highly polluting methods". In 2023, Shein's sustainability report revealed the company's carbon emissions had almost tripled in three years, making it the biggest polluter in the fashion industry. Over the past month, France has slapped Shein with fines which could potentially equal up to €190 million. In July, a French regulator faulted the fast-fashion retailer for using trackers to target advertising to users without the approval required in Europe. The brand could now face a possible €150 million fine. It also found during a 2023 inspection that when users refused the tracking cookies, Shein continued to read information from them. A final decision on fining the fast-fashion giant has not been announced. Shein called the proposed amount of the fine "disproportionate", in a statement sent to AFP. "Since August 2023 we have actively worked with the CNIL to ensure our compliance and respond to their queries," the firm said. Weeks earlier, France's antitrust agency fined Shein 40 million euros for alleged deceptive business practices. The agency said Infinite Style E-Commerce Co Ltd, which handles sales for the Shein brand, had misled customers about misleading discounts, and on its environmental impact, following a nearly year-long probe. The company accepted the fine. From TikTok hauls to Insta-ready aesthetics, Shein isn't just selling clothes, it's feeding a digital subculture of hyper-consumption and micro-influencers. On one end, Gen Z swarms social media with #sheinhauls, a hashtag with more than 1.1 million posts on Instagram alone. In the clips, influencers talk about clothing affordability — including $6 tops and $20 dresses — aspiration, and algorithm-fuelled style. Over 75 per cent of Shein shoppers are female, in line with the platform's biggest category, women's clothing. The online retailer is growing in popularity in Australia, earning a place in one of the top five websites for apparel and fashion, according to online analytics firm Semrush. Roy Morgan data also suggests Shein's shopper base in Australia grew by 34 per cent from October-December 2023 quarter to April-June 2024. Shein has also recorded annual sales of more than $1 billion in Australia, according to the Australian Financial Review. The ABC reached out to Shein for comment. ABC with wires
The Australian
2 days ago
- The Australian
Thousands of young Catholics converge for grand Pope Leo vigil
Thousands of young Catholics began assembling Saturday for an evening prayer vigil led by Pope Leo XIV, the culmination of a week-long pilgrimage and a key event in the Jubilee holy year that is expected to draw up to a million people. The "Jubilee of Youth" -- when the Vatican invites Catholics aged 18 to 35 to the seat of the global Church's power -- has seen young pilgrims from around the world flood Rome, waving flags, singing or praying in groups. It comes nearly three months after Leo, 69, the first American pontiff, began his papacy, and 25 years after the last such massive youth gathering in Rome under Poland's Pope John Paul II. On Saturday morning, thousands of young pilgrims had already gathered at the vast open space in Rome's eastern Tor Vergata neighbourhood where the pope will lead the vigil, the ground already dotted with blankets and mattresses. Elsewhere in the Eternal City, numerous groups of young people were seen preparing to set off for the venue. On the plaza outside the Basilica of St John Lateran, they filled water bottles, applied suncream and checked bags of food and snacks -- ready to spend the next 24 hours surrounded by a swarm of people and then sleep under the stars. Victoria Perez, who carried a Spanish flag, could not contain her excitement at seeing "the Pope up close. "It's the first time I'm going to see him, and I can't wait," the 21-year-old told AFP, excited to experience the "night of prayers under the stars". French pilgrim, Quentin Remaury, 26, said he had been inspired by the late Pope Francis's rousing message to youth during a 2016 visit to Krakow, Poland. "Pope Francis told us to 'get off your couches,' and that really gave me a boost," he said. - 'What is his message?' - Since the youth jubilee began on Monday, attendees have participated in various Church-planned events throughout the city. On Friday, approximately 1,000 priests were on hand to take confession at Circus Maximus, one of Rome's top tourist spots. Some 200 white gazebos lined the hippodrome where chariot races were once held and youths lined up to speak to priests in 10 different languages. Of the many languages heard on the streets of the Italian capital this week, Spanish seemed to dominate. The Vatican has said that more than 146 countries were represented and it expects up to a million people to attend the vigil. The pilgrimage is taking place as economic uncertainty and anxiety over climate change rises among the under-30s, with many saying they were curious to hear the Church's position on global warming, wars and economic inequalities. Samarei Semos, 29, said she had travelled three days from her native Belize to get to Rome. "We are still trying to understand his leadership," she said of the new pope, adding she hoped he would have a strong say about "third world countries". As Parisian student Alice Berry exclaimed: "What does he have to say to us? What is his message for young people?" - Raising voices - The youth pilgrimage also comes amid global alarm over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and more than three years of war in Ukraine. The Vatican has praised young Catholics who managed to travel to Rome from war-scarred countries, with Pope Leo saying the voices of the world's youth "will be heard to the end of the earth". In an unprecedented move, Leo hosted a mass Tuesday for Catholic social media influencers, signalling the Vatican's openness to supporting the Internet-savvy youth. More than 4,300 volunteers will be working the event to welcome the young pilgrims, along with over 1,000 police, according to organisers. Rome authorities have tightened security in the city -- which has seen an unprecedented number of people, with both tourists and pilgrims inundated the city. oc-ams/ach
