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Joanna Krupa Performs Naked Mannequin Challenge in Chicago
The model and reality TV star who grew up in Lombard put a new spin on the internet trend.
CHICAGO, IL — Model and reality TV star Joanna Krupa found a way to put a less-is-more spin on the Mannequin Challenge over the Thanksgiving weekend.
While in Chicago for the holiday, Krupa, who was born in Poland but grew up in Lombard, participated in the internet trend by having her husband, businessman Romain Zago, record her reclined in front of a window, reading a magazine. The video was posted to Instagram on Sunday.
"My version of the #mannequinchallenge," she wrote in the posting.
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Comments on the post appear to be positive, but it appears that the more critical remarks have been deleted from the posting, if other media reports are to believed.
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" 'Put some clothes on and grow up you talentless fool,' one person wrote, while another asked if she 'needed some attention again?' " according to the New York Daily News' Page Six.
" 'Why do you have to do this all the time? Reputable models don't do that,' one commenter wrote," the Chicago Tribune reports.
Krupa, 37, was staying at the Park Hyatt Chicago while she was in town, according to the Tribune. She also posted other photos of her time in the city on her Instagram account.
Joanna Krupa in 2008. (photo by Toglenn | Wikimedia Commons)
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