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In 2013, Alpine skier Jackie Chamoun and her Vancouver Olympic teammate Chirine Njiem posed for some risque photos for a ski-themed calendar. The calendar, the photos for which were taken by six-time Mexican Olympic skier Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe, annually features skiers and models posing topless on ski resorts around the world and serves to promote winter sports tourism in these areas.
Ordinarily, this might not seem like a big deal. After all, many Olympians have posed topless or nude over the years to raise awareness for their sports and even money from sales in order to compete.
The difference in this case was Chamoun and Njiem are from Lebanon, a Middle Eastern country deeply conservative in its views, and the shoot happened in Faraya, a mountain village outside Beirut.
We spoke with Chamoun about the experience and the reaction those photos generated.
[The pictures in question are in the article and are not that risqué, but the interview is interesting where she talks about posing topless on the slopes of a Lebanese ski resort in front of people she knew and even some of their parents.]
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