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Friday, 05 December 2008

Sex sells? Mums in debt over homemade nude calendars

17/04/2008 7:58:00 AM.  | 
Seven middle-aged Spanish mothers have found out that sex doesn't sell always.

They tried to repeat the success a group of British women who had made more than a million pounds, by creating a discreet nude calendar of themselves for 2000 to raise money for leukemia research.

Their story was made into a hit movie, Calendar Girls.

The seven women in the small village of Serradilla del Arroyo in northern Salamanca also posed for a tongue-in-cheek nude calendar, a fundraiser for their children's tiny rural school.

However the scheme didn't work, and reports say they're now saddled with debt and five-thousand unwanted copies.

One of the photos shows the mothers with Christmas tinsel as their only garb, other goofy poses include a shotgun-toting mother wearing only a fox pelt and kneeling on a table.

One said the sad part is they can't even recycle the calendars.

COMMENTS

Thursday, 17 April 2008

I can't imagine how this became world wide news... Anyway, they should have provided a website where one could buy a copy of the calendar or at least offer it on eBay.

Posted by: Wayne Belanger, Calgary

 

Friday, 18 April 2008

Yes, I would like to know how I might donate to their efforts. It seems the only reason this story should be world wide news is to provide assistance to this women and their village . . . and is "nude" the correct way to describe these calendar girls?

Posted by: Connie Connie, Mesa

 

Thursday, 24 April 2008

Hello I am one of the mothers of Serradilla, Rosa Garin. I am very grateful for all your support. If you want to contact us mail is: ctr@ctrlacasadelmedico.com. Thank you all. Madres del calendario, Rosa Garin Salas Pombo, 12 Serradilla del Arroyo, 37531,Salamanca Spain

Posted by: Rosa Garin Castro, Serradilla del Arroyo

 
 

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