Monday, June 1, 2009

Miranda Kerr strips off for trees or something






Orlando Bloom’s maybe-future-missus Miranda Kerr knows exactly how to get to the heart of important environmental issues. She’s taken her top off, and a bunch of music nerds who buy Rolling Stone are surely sorting out their recycling as we speak.

Let’s allow Miranda to explain her decision to wear a chain (locking her to a tree because she cares) and not much else on a magazine cover in her own words.

This from news.com.au:

She says she decided to go “au naturel” to raise awareness of the environment, specifically koalas. “I feel strongly about the need to protect our natural environment because it supports our life - it really is that simple,” Kerr tells the magazine, in stores on Wednesday. I’ve absolutely no doubt Miranda’s barely covered cans are doing wonders for the natural environment, “specifically koalas”.

The day-long shoot also included a real koala named Koral, as Kerr is the face of the Australian Koala Foundation’s No Tree, No Me campaign. The campaign aims to protect koalas’ natural habitat, hence Kerr’s only prop for the shoot is a chain locking her to a tree. “It’s a sad thing - there are only about 100,000 koalas left in Australia,” Kerr said. “Something like 80 per cent of the koalas’ habitat has been destroyed since Europeans arrived in Australia.”

But with the swift removal of her shirt and knickers, Miranda has ensured the growth of at least one type of wood. Rolling Stone’s inaugural green issue includes other well-known Australian faces - John Butler, Ruby Rose and Xavier Rudd - talking about environmental issues close to their hearts.

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