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Feminists cheer as bare breasts disappear from UK tabloid

Copies of The Sun newspaper are displayed for sale in a shop in London, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Has the sun set on the topless models of Britain's tabloid press? For 45 years, the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid The Sun has featured topless models called Page 3 girls — photos that have long drawn protests from feminists. On Monday, it showed model Rosie Huntington-Whitely wearing a bra and the Murdoch owned Times newspaper reported Tuesday that it understands topless models will no longer appear on page 3. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Copies of The Sun newspaper are displayed for sale in a shop in London, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Has the sun set on the topless models of Britain's tabloid press? For 45 years, the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid The Sun has featured topless models called Page 3 girls — photos that have long drawn protests from feminists. On Monday, it showed model Rosie Huntington-Whitely wearing a bra and the Murdoch owned Times newspaper reported Tuesday that it understands topless models will no longer appear on page 3. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

By Associated Press January 20, 2015 1 min read

LONDON (AP) – Feminists are rejoicing at the disappearance of bare breasts from the British tabloid The Sun – though the newspaper is not confirming whether the decision to ditch its infamous “Page 3 girls” is permanent.

The Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid has featured topless models on its third page for almost 45 years, but none has appeared in the paper since Friday.

The Sun has declined to comment on the change, but the Murdoch-owned Times of London reported Tuesday that the feature had been dropped from the paper’s print edition. It said the Sun website would continue to feature topless models.

Labour Party lawmaker Stella Creasy said she was glad to see the end of a feature that told women “that what mattered, frankly, were our breasts, not our brains.”