Sexy Sun page 3 Girls or British page 3 girls: History and posters

Page 3 girls are woman who model for nude and topless photographs published in the UK tabloid The Sun. Page 3 girls have been central to the success of the soaraway Sun, becoming a peculiarly British tradition in the process. Today these models are also referred as British page 3 girls.

Page 3 girls were introduced in 1969 when Rupert Murdoch re-launched The Sun after buying it. The Page 3 girl was topless for the first time on November 17, 1970, when editor Larry Lamb unveiled the change while Murdoch was out of the country. The first topless model was Stephanie Rahn.  Rahn, not heard of since, kicked off a tradition that secured not just the Sun's future but helped finance Murdoch's fledgling media empire. Quite an achievement for a 20-year-old in, what the paper at the time called, her "birthday suit".  The change was credited for a subsequent increase in sales, which rose 40% to 2.1 million copies within a year.

The writing that accompanies The Sun Page 3 girls picture usually explains the model's name, age, where she 'hails from', and some brief details of her personality. The models are usually shorter than fashion models, typically under 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) tall.