'Breast cancer stole my best friend'

TV presenter Wendy Turner-Webster shares her story of loss that persuaded her to take part in her first topless charity photoshoot

- SUE CRAWFORD

Having spent the best part of the last 30 years as a TV presenter, Wendy Turner-Webster is no stranger to posing for pictures, but being asked to take part in her first topless photoshoot was something of a first.

However, stripping off for BUSTOUT 100, a special photographic tribute to breast cancer awareness featuring the striking images of 100 bare chests, was important enough to persuade her to strip off.

"I've never been asked to do anything like this before, but I thought if other people have been brave and got their breasts out, then so will I," she says.

"When I was younger, I did a lot of theatre and panto. You get used to sharing a dressing room with someone and stripping off in the wings," she explains. "It didn't faze me then and it doesn't faze me now."

The resulting image is currently on display in a London art gallery. While the pictures are anonymous and don't show any faces, they do give people's age and occupation. "So, mine says: 'TV presenter, 57', which narrows it down!" she laughs.