Former Miss World Rosanna Davison said she felt empowered when she posed nude for Playboy.
Rosanna, who remains the only Irishwoman to have been crowned Miss World, stripped off for Playboy's German edition in 2012.
Rosanna, 39, said she had total control over the photoshoot and felt empowered as the photographs were taken.
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She said: "I wanted to be able to choose the location, I didn't want it to be in a bedroom setting. I wanted it to be empowering on a beach, an Amazonian warrior sort of look.
"I approached it as I was very much the one in control. I was calling the shots. That was one of the reasons I agreed. But, at the time, I felt really empowering during the shoot.
"It's about having the choice as a woman to be able to show your sexuality and your body in a way that you control."
Rosanna, who is now a mother-of-three, said she had a newfound sense of confidence after the magazine came out.
Speaking to the Sunday Independent's Life Magazine, she said: "I remember reminding people that I had studied feminism in college in my sociology degree in UCD.
"And I used that as the background for making my decisions about how to represent myself. It's probably a cliché to say it was empowering, but it was. I found it really enjoyable, and I felt a new sense of confidence in myself as a woman and a rounded person."
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