Busty Virgin Mary models

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A prominent fashion designer in Chile is dressing up busty fashion models like the Virgin Mary, causing a row. Oy vey! I guess I wouldn't necessarily object to portrayals of the Virgin Mary with generous breasts, but in this case they are also revealing. Also the designer is not really portraying the Virgin Mary but dressing up his models in a manner inspired by her, which seems to me to be a mockery and sacrilege. It's one thing if you have a nativity scene that portrays the Virgin Mary with largish but appropriately-clad breasts. That could be interpreted as accentuating her femininity and even her maternity. There have got to be some medieval paintings that portray her this way. It's another thing if you pull a Madonna and try to sexualize her image.

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I've seen medieval Italian paintings that show the Virgin Mary suckling the Holy Infant. They surprised me, but the piety is also relatively clear, as is the impiety of of this particular exhibit.

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