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# Booty-free buses
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/booty-free-buses/
- Published: 2007-02-28T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:09:36.000Z
- Author: Kevin Herrera
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*Big Blue Bus officials remove advertisement following uproar*

BBB HDQTRS Bikinis may be OK when it comes to lounging at the beach, but it’s a different story when half-naked women are plastered on the sides of a bus owned by City Hall.

Officials with Big Blue Bus recently decided to pull advertising for the hit reality TV show “America’s Next Top Model” after receiving several complaints from residents about the ad, which features host and executive producer Tyra Banks and supermodel hopefuls clad in jungle-style bikinis with a waterfall as the backdrop.

The concerns weren’t lobbed by bashful residents uncomfortable with a little flesh, but rather those questioning City Hall’s support of a show that, in their minds, objectifies women, said Dan Dawson, who manages the Big Blue Bus’ advertising department.

“It wasn’t like people were conservative, saying this was horrible to show bare skin,” Dawson said. “It was the opposite. People didn’t think it was appropriate to objectify women in that way.”

The ads were ripped off the sides of buses Feb. 20, just two weeks into a four-week run to promote the CW net-

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CW BANNED: Tyra Banks and friends appear in the ad in question. (Photo: Photo courtesy The)

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CW BANNED: Tyra Banks and friends appear in the ad in question. (Photo: Photo courtesy The)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 28, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022807.pdf?ref=smdp.com)