It looks more like the trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey than a political campaign video. In Natalia Juarez’s latest promotional video, called “The Strength of a Woman,” the Jalisco political candidate makes no campaign promises. She doesn’t even attack her opponents. Instead, Juarez appears on a bed draped only in a white sheet. She slowly pulls it up to reveal her bare legs and arms. In a close up, she is shown dropping underwear to the floor and turning to stare into the camera.
The 37-year-old candidate for district 11 deputy in Guadalajara used a similar attention-grabbing formula in 2012, when she appeared bare-chested on her campaign poster, covering her breasts with her hand. She was pictured with six other topless women under the slogan: “Dare to build a new nation without prejudice.”
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