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The Miss TSA Pinup Calendar - *UPDATED*

Check out Miss March! Email lists across the world are tittering at the Miss TSA Pinup Calendar. We aren't sure where these came from, but they do appear to be real x-rays (says a medical expert friend of mine), and were probably done by a radiologist -- that's why they'd be hitting the medical community first. My medical expert friend (who wishes to remain anonymous) is the one who forwarded me the images.
With that in mind, if you are the owner of these images and would like them taken down or would like to receive credit, please contact me at ask-at-gadling-dot-com immediately! And also: WELL DONE. This is a hilarious parody of the TSA x-ray capabilities, and plays on our fears about the invasiveness of TSA's latest "security" procedure (substantiated by reports such as Body scanners used as porn by airport security and 100 controversial whole body imaging photos revealed) in a lighthearted, laugh-out-loud-at-the-grinning-skulls coup.
If this were a real calendar, we'd be first in line to buy a ton to send out as holiday gifts for travelers.
***UPDATE
Thanks to our resourceful readers, we have learned that these images were created by a German agency for a Japanese computer display company called EIZO, that they are actually just really good CGI and have nothing to do with the TSA. The calendars are available for purchase on eBay for £69.69 (about $108.32). A special thanks goes out to whoever took this old story and started emailing it around as "TSA Pinups." You definitely gave us all a good laugh!
Here are the rest. Enjoy!
Miss January
Miss February
Miss March
Miss April
Miss May
Miss June
Miss July
Miss August
Miss September
Miss October
Miss November
Miss December
Photo source unknown.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
David Nov 29th 2010 1:29PM
http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2010/09/x-ray-pin-up-girls-are-just-pixels/
Richard Nov 30th 2010 6:06AM
The calendar is real, and is made by EIZO. The ladies, however, are just CGI.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EIZO-Pin-Up-X-Ray-Calendar-2011-/280591316494
Annie Scott Nov 30th 2010 10:00AM
Thanks for your help, David and Richard! Too bad they weren't really TSA-aimed, but at least we all had a good laugh thinking they were. :)
Thanks for reading Gadling and for helping us sort this out!
Stan Nov 30th 2010 3:51PM
Very interesting! My mind was wandering this morning about ways to "polarize" the debate about the TSA's body scanners. ( the Alenskyite in me was restless ).
I thought that if short porno themed clips filmed/animated to look like the body scan images could be made and circulated, it would frame the debate about the TSA's methods in way that would always delegitimize the TSA.
Brian Dec 3rd 2010 12:55PM
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Who? Dec 5th 2010 4:56PM
Dat Ass?
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