Olympic babes get naked in gold quest

Twelve British Olympic hopefuls have shed their swimming costumes in order to help their gold medal chances in London next year.

The dozen water babes got naked as part of their backing by the National Lottery and British Gas.

Each of the ladies, including divers Monique Gladding and Brooke Graddon and paralympic swimmer Stephanie Millward were photographed individually before a computer was used to collate all the images.

Divers stood by with oxygen masks in case of any accidents, but all went well and the end image is a striking picture of beauty and grace.

One of the daring dozen, waterpolo star Lisa Gibson wasn't nervous about appearing naked in front of the camera.

"I was more worried about how I was going to breathe and smile at the same time," she said.

Click here to see the amazing picture.(warning - tasteful nudity)