Model Persecuted for Nude Photos with Flag

Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Monday, July 28, 2008

When Gone Hollywood sees injustice around the world, we simply can’t ignore it.

Such is the case with Peruvian model (of the “half-naked all over the Internet” variety) Lacey Zamudio, aka Leysi Suarez, who has become the victim of a criminal investigation for posing nude with her country’s flag.

The snaps show the shapely model sporting a cowboy hat and nothing else, astride a horse with the Peruvian flag serving as a makeshift saddle.

Though the photos were taken for the cover of DFarandula magazine to commemorate the 187th anniversary of the country’s independence from Spain, Defense Minister Antero Flores filed a complaint against Zamudio for using “offending patriotic symbols.”

An investigation is ongoing and could lead to up to four years in prison for the model.

Said Zamudio on RPP radio,