Nearly 1,000 naked people plunged into Sydney Harbour National Park on Sunday for the , the world’s premier鈥攁nd聽largest鈥攏ude ocean swim, the聽.
All of this hullabaloo is meant to promote “greater self-acceptance” and a positive body image. The ticketed event, which allows participants to choose between 300-meter or 900-meter swims, also raises money for Australia’s National Parks and Wildlife Projects.
Creator Nigel Marsh told聽聽that the Sydney Skinny is a chance to 鈥渂e utterly authentic and stick two fingers up at all those ludicrous, airbrushed images of bodily perfection in the magazines.鈥