Naked ambition scoops local award for calendar ladies

A GROUP of Waterford women who bared almost everything in a tasteful calendar which raised €40,000 for cancer charities has been honoured with a coveted local award.

The Hospice Movement in Waterford and the South Eastern Cancer Foundation each benefited to the tune of €20,000. The ‘Renaissance Ladies’ behind the fundraiser have been honoured with the Tower Hotel Waterford Excellence Award for March.

Driving the fundraiser were 11 local women aged up to 60 who were inspired to “bare almost all” by a group in North Yorkshire who were later the subject of the Calendar Girls film.