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Singapore's shirtless greeters
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A woman poses with a shirtless model outside a department store in Singapore's Orchard Road shopping district. Shirtless men clad in red sweatpants have been lining up for days as part of an advertising gimmick revealing not just muscle but also a gradual unpeeling of the city state's puritanical ways. Reuters Photo
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A passerby has her picture taken with Abercrombie & Fitch models a store in Knightsbridge, a Singapore shopping mall. The feverish reception given to the "shirtless greeters" by the public shows how the city-state, long known for its conservatism, has loosened up quite a bit in recent years. AFP Photo
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About 40 Abercrombie & Fitch models line outside the A&F store to take pictures with passersby in Knightsbridge, a Singapore shopping mall. AFP Photo
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A passerby takes a picture of shirtless models outside the A&F store in Knightsbridge, a Singapore shopping mall. AFP Photo
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Abercrombie & Fitch models beckon the public to take pictures with them outside the A&F store in Knightsbridge, a Singapore shopping mall. AFP Photo
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Models pose in a line outside in Knightsbridge, a Singapore shopping mall. AFP Photo
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A tourist poses for photographs with a shirtless model outside a department store in Singapore's Orchard Road shopping district. Reuters Photo
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A woman poses for photographs with shirtless models outside an apartment store in Singapore's Orchard Road shopping district. Reuters Photo
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