The Naked Girls Swimming Hole
AUSTIN, Texas — A group of young girls and young women have been swimming naked in the pool at the Austin Aquarium in Texas.
The pool is closed for the weekend.
The women are just beginning their journey into the world of the swim.
“We were just like, ‘OK, we’ve got to get naked,'” said Amanda Gifford, a 15-year-old who has been swimming nude in the swimming hole for several months.
She and her friends have been visiting the pool to relax and socialize with other naked women.
It’s a group of girls who have been on the road to finding the same thing.
They’ve been training for weeks to become the first naked women in the world.
The pool was closed to the public on Saturday.
“It’s very important to me that the women know that they’re welcome to come in and come out and get naked and that’s not something we’re ashamed of,” said Austin Aquaria spokesperson Melissa McBride.
“We wanted to make sure that we were doing something to honor their bravery and their courage to make the decision to come into the pool,” McBride said.
“That’s what we were hoping for,” said Giffords mother, Shannon McBride, who’s been working to get the nude women to come to the pool and get undressed.
“The only way that they could have gone into the water naked would have been if they had been asked to do it,” said Shannon McBrides mother, who is also a swimmer.
“They were very brave, very courageous and they did that.
I’ve never seen anything like that,” said Amanda, who said she hopes the nude ladies will inspire other naked swims.
The Aquarium says they plan to open the pool for the public again on Sunday.
The facility’s Facebook page has posted a message of support for the nude girls.
“Thank you to all the brave, dedicated and dedicated young ladies that chose to join us to share their journey in a world where everyone is ashamed of who they are,” it reads.