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Veena Malik: 'Nude pose' Pakistani model asks "why is sexuality such a big problem?" ayaz bilawala , fhm india , indian fhm , kabeer sharma , malik mohammad aslam , mohammad asif , veena malik , veena malik nude

Veena Malik (Pic: Getty Images)

Veena Malik (Pic: Getty Images)

Veena Malik, the Pakistani model and actress at the centre of a storm about allegations that she posed nude for a men's magazine, has strongly defended the images and questioned why acknowledging sexuality is such an issue.
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Speaking to the BBC World Have Your Say programme earlier today, she said: "If you look at the industry which I am working right now, there are various examples of such shoots - it's not that I am the first one who has done it.

"Why is sexuality such a big problem? Are we actually grown up? Are we still living in the jungles?"

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Ms Malik's lawyer, Ayaz Bilawala, has denied the nude cover photo was authentic and that she was wearing underwear throughout the entire shoot.

He has demanded all copies of the magazine be removed from news-stands and is suing for £1.3 million in damages.
Veena Malik bares it all for FHM (Pic: www.fhmindia.com / FHM India December 2011 Issue)

Other reports suggest that the internationally-franchised magazine is seeking damages of 250 million rupees against the controversial star.

Regarding the images concerned, Malik claimed she was not paid for the shoot – although she did clarify defiantly that it was "topless" but not nude.

"If you look at my shoot, I do admit that I have done a topless shoot," she said.

"But it was not that topless - a proportion of the body was covered with my hands.

"I liked the idea of a bold shoot, but I did not do a nude shoot - that's why I am standing here today, because I have to prove it."

She added: "I won't allow anybody to remove my bikini or my shalwar (loose trousers) or my dupatta (scarf).

"If I want to do it, I will do it myself. And if I do it, I will own it."
A man reads a copy the December issue of FHM India (Pic: AP)

A man peruses a copy of the controversial December issue of FHM India (Pic: AP)

Maintaining that "there's a difference between wearing a bikini and not wearing anything", Malik also replied to suggestions that she had been "so excited" about the shoot.

"That was not the first shoot which I have done in my life that I was so excited or something" she contended.

"That is part of my job."
A man displays a copy the December issue of FHM India, where Veena Malik was the cover story (Pic: AP)
A man displays a copy the December issue of FHM India, where Veena Malik was the cover story (Pic: AP)

And asked about reports that she has been disowned by her father, Malik insisted that she would win her family over.

"My father is angry. I did not speak to him.

"They are my family and I love them.... Once I have won this case I will go back to my family and convince them."
Veena Malik (Pic: YouTube)
Veena Malik (Pic: Getty Images)
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