Errol’s inspirational Fi Munro, who has ovarian cancer, was in her undies spreading hope in central Glasgow on Wednesday.
Fi was braving rain showers and chilly temperatures to raise awareness for World Ovarian Cancer Day with a pack of friends and other brave women whose lives have been changed by cancer.
Award-winning blogger and author Fi Munro took to Argyle Street to willingly get soaked while wearing only teal-coloured lingerie to encourage women to talk about their bodies without shame or embarrassment.
Armed with banners and 3000 white roses, the women campaigned on behalf of charity Ovarian Cancer Action by also handing out the flowers to passers-by.
The charity’s work is particularly close to Fi’s heart as the blogger was diagnosed with stage 4b ovarian cancer in January 2016 when was just 30 years old.
Fi continues to live with ovarian cancer and most recently was told of a lesion on her ‘good’ lung while the other lung has partially collapsed .
A statement on Fi’s Instagram page ahead of the demonstration read: “This Wednesday myself and 10 other fabulous women are stripping down to our teal underwear in Glasgow city centre outside Argyle Street Station 11-1pm.
“Why? Well it’s #worldovariancancerday and as someone living with stage four ovarian cancer it is super important for me that we raise awareness so that other women can be diagnosed early and their lives can be saved.
“The two main barriers to diagnosis are women not knowing the symptoms and secondly being too embarrassed about their bodies to talk about them.
“We plan to tackle both of these barriers by talking about the symptoms in our underwear to help show that all our bodies are unique and fabulous and nothing to be embarrassed about!
“My cancer may have been diagnosed too late to save me...but together we can help ensure other women have a different story.”
The stunt was inspired by a similar demonstration by the Canadian model Elly Mayday, who sadly lost of her battle with ovarian cancer this March, aged 30.
Teal is the colour that symbolises ovarian cancer and was the reasoning behind the women’s colour choice.
Visit Fi’s blog ‘Live Like You Are Dying’. To find out more about the work of Ovarian Cancer Action, visit their website.
