Svetlana Pesotskaya
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Svetlana Pesotskaya is a television reporter in Moscow
who gained international attention for her practice of stripping
during newscasts. Before becoming a television journalist, Pesotskaya was an actress and model.
After Communism
, Russian television channels struggled to gain viewers because of low budgets and lack of programming. To attract viewers, the M1 Network began experimenting in November 1999 with having Pesotskaya strip while delivering the news. The ratings soared and the show, renamed Golaya Pravda
(The Naked Truth), became the most widely viewed news program in Russia. Pesotskaya took off her clothes on camera daily with a pair of hands, strategically placed
as the only thing to preserve her decency.
In an MTV
documentary about curious television moments, she was wrongly identified as Deborah Norvilovich, a pun on Deborah Norville
.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
who gained international attention for her practice of stripping
Striptease
A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner...
during newscasts. Before becoming a television journalist, Pesotskaya was an actress and model.
After Communism
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
, Russian television channels struggled to gain viewers because of low budgets and lack of programming. To attract viewers, the M1 Network began experimenting in November 1999 with having Pesotskaya strip while delivering the news. The ratings soared and the show, renamed Golaya Pravda
Golaya Pravda
Golaya Pravda was a television program hosted by Svetlana Pesotskaya on Moscow's M1 TV.After Communism, Russian television channels struggled to gain viewers because of low budgets and lack of programming. To attract viewers, the M1 Network began experimenting in November 1999 with having...
(The Naked Truth), became the most widely viewed news program in Russia. Pesotskaya took off her clothes on camera daily with a pair of hands, strategically placed
Handbra
A handbra is a photographic pose in which a female model's nipples and areolae are covered with her own hands or with someone else's...
as the only thing to preserve her decency.
In an MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
documentary about curious television moments, she was wrongly identified as Deborah Norvilovich, a pun on Deborah Norville
Deborah Norville
Deborah Norville is an American television broadcaster and journalist. Since 1995 she has been host of the syndicated American television program Inside Edition...
.