Demi's Birthday Suit

"[7] Joanne Gair has described the painting as a stylized reference to Botticelli,[8] since the sinuous pose is reminiscent of the central figures in both Primavera and The Birth of Venus.

[13] They decided to attempt a body painting during the week-long shoot at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, California in 1992.

[2] For the 1992 cover, which required a full-day sitting for Gair and her team of make-up artists, Leibovitz could not decide where to shoot, and "reserved two mobile homes, four hotel rooms and five houses".

[14] Having started rigorous workouts in the final trimester of her pregnancy the year before to prepare for her role in A Few Good Men, Moore was physically fit for the photoshoot.

"[5] The weeklong effort also involved shots taken in Kauai, Hawaii that are included in Gair's second book, Body Painting.

As a groundbreaking work, the photograph of her pregnant pose was an iconic one for Moore, Leibovitz and women in general who now view public representation of pregnancy as socially acceptable.