No More Topless ‘Page 3′ Girls in Britain’s ‘The Sun’ Tabloid?

For 45 years, the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid The Sun has featured topless models called Page 3 girls, photos that have long drawn protests from feminists. On Monday, it showed model Rosie Huntington-Whitely wearing a bra. The Guardian reported The Sun management had made a "landmark decision" to drop the bare breasts.

The Sun's Irish edition stopped using topless models in 2013. Last year Murdoch said he found Page 3 "old-fashioned, but readers seem to disagree." It was not clear whether the cover-up was permanent. Spokesman Dylan Sharpe tweeted that Page 3 would remain "in the same place it's always been — between page 2 and page 4." The change may be reversed, it is understood, if it results in a noticeable Sun sales decline.

As for The Sun online edition? Well, I check it out...and saw a whole lota Lucy from Warwick. So I am not sure what the real story is with the Page 3 Girls.