Page Three

Leilani and Jakki Degg, former page three girls talked to Breakfast

The Sun's page 3 is 35 years old today. It's survived campaigns to have it removed and now the pictures of women in "lad mags" are far more raunchy than those found on page 3. So what's its role today?

According to the guardian a recent survey of 2000 girls aged 15-19, 67% considered "glamour model" their ideal profession and topless photos as "empowering and "liberating"

Sam Fox: "men are always going to ogle women"

Sam Fox

Sam Fox said that page three girls are definitely not exploited - they all know what they're doing and go on to carve out good careers.

She went on to have a singing career and has recently released a new single, Angel With An Attitude.

Two former page three models Leilani and Jakki Degg joined the Guardian's women writer Rachel Bell on Breakfast to debate the influence of page three today.

Both former models agreed that page three had afforded them a good lifestyle for the time that they were page three girls.

I've found it very difficult since to get taken seriously since Jakki Degg, former page three model

But Jakki Degg who is now pursuing a career as an actress said that it's no longer a springboard for other things

Rachel Bell from the Guardian's woman page is opposed to page three. She said that it puts pressure on young girls to look a certain way.

The models disagreed with Rachel Bell's assertion that page three amounted to the sexual objectification of women. But she said that page three had paved the way for the more sexually explicit images found in lads mags and journals such as the Sport.

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Standing there smiling with your top off is what you see down a beach Leilani - former page three model

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