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VIDEO: Danish bodypaint stunt heats up the net

A semi-naked woman's nonchalant stroll through one of Copenhagen's poshest neighbourhoods turned a lot of heads in the streets and is now quickly going viral. Watch the video here to see what the buzz is all about.

Published: 3 July 2014 10:30 CEST
VIDEO: Danish bodypaint stunt heats up the net
You don't see this everyday in Frederiksberg. Screenshot: Eyeworks/YouTube
A casting call for a “new and untraditional” Danish dating programme recently created quite a scene on the streets of Frederiksberg and is now quickly becoming a viral sensation worldwide.
 
In promotion for the upcoming programme ‘Fair Date’, TV3 sent a Danish model covered from the waist up in nothing but black body paint on an afternoon stroll, leaving many bulging eyes in her wake (the guy's reaction at 0:32 is priceless). 
 
The woman then sits down at a crowded trendy cafe and begins to wipe off part of the body paint much to the bemusement of those around her. 
 
The whole thing is a stunt for Fair Date, which is seeking “brave and love-seeking singles” to participate in its new dating programme. Although they weren't overly forthcoming with details, the producers behind the show, Eyeworks Denmark, promise “the love adventure of your life” for anyone willing to sign up. 
 
Eyeworks also produced the casting video, and with YouTube views increasing by the minute, they are sure to be getting an influx of interested inquiries. Although judging by the reaction of the men in the video, many of those inquiries might just be asking for the viral video star’s phone number. 
 
Last month, a similar video in France, which featured a woman wearing bodypaint from the waist down, became a viral smash with over a million hits in a matter of days.
 
See the new Danish viral video for yourself: 

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NORWAY

Norway Uni pulls coronavirus message citing ‘poorly developed’ US health system

One of Norway's leading universities has been forced to change a message warning overseas students of the US's "poorly developed health services", after it was dragged into a storm of criticism on social media.

Published: 17 March 2020 09:24 CET
Norway Uni pulls coronavirus message citing 'poorly developed' US health system
Norwegian University of Science and Technology is one of Norway's leading universities. Photo: NTNU
Over the weekend, the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology posted a message on its Facebook page for its students on international postings,  advising them to heed the latest advice from Norway's foreign ministry on the coronavirus pandemic, and return back to Norway. 
 
“This applies especially,” the message said, “if you are staying in a country with poorly developed health services and infrastructure and/or collective infrastructure, for example the USA.” 
 
But on Monday, after a storm of social media criticism, the message was changed, stripping out all mention of the US. 
 
Anne Dahl, communications advisor for the university's rector, told state broadcaster NRK that the university had decided to change the post because the furore was distracting people from the serious underlying message. 
 
“We do not want the expression of a single phrase to overshadow important information, so the specific wording about the US was removed,” she wrote in an email. 
 
The original wording was quickly picked up by Twitter commentators in the US. 
 

It then got viral news coverage, with both conservative outlets like Fox News, and left-of-centre newspapers like the UK's Independent picking up the story. 
 
Several people flocked to the original post to attack the university in the comments. 
 
 
 
 
The post was then changed on Monday to remove all reference to the US. 
 
 
 
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