Mexican air stewardesses 'do a Calendar Girls' by posing up to help bankrupt national airline
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 1:58 PM on 26th November 2010
Last updated at 1:58 PM on 26th November 2010
It could be the Mexican remake of the Calendars Girls - just swap the Women’s Institute ladies portrayed in 2003 for slightly more glamorous Latina flight attendants.
Ten stewardesses with troubled Mexicana Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in August and suspended operations, have launched a sultry aviation-themed calendar in a bid to call attention to their own plight and that of their airline.
Sultry fliers: Flight attendants - or 'Aromozas' with Mexicana Airlines show off the 2011 calendar they posed for
The 2011 calendar features glossy shots of the flight attendants, clad only in bikinis and aviation shades or abbreviated uniforms, draped over propellers and striking racy poses in the cockpit.
Unlike the Women's Institute members in Britain, who really create a racy calendar to raise funds, the stewardesses kept their clothes on.
It was the brainchild of 10-year Mexicana veteran Coral Perez.
Las chicas del calendario: The women paid for the photography and printing themselves in a bid to help the airline
Month markers: Miss April, left, and Miss May pose up
Stricken: Mexican Airlines planes stopped operating in August after filing for bankruptcy
Inspiration? Actress Helen Mirren in the 2003 movie Calendar Girls about Women's Institute members who posed nude to raise funds
‘It occurred to me because we all needed money, and I thought that with so many pretty girls (among Mexicana's staff) there were bound to be some who'd be interested,’ she said.
Each of the 10 ‘aeromozas’ - flight attendants in Spanish - who ended up posing paid out of her own pocket to help cover the £5,000 production costs.
‘The goal was to try to help ourselves because we lost everything overnight,’ said 26-year-old Maribel Zavala.
The calendar has sparked a media frenzy in Mexico and the first run of 1,000 was sold out even before yesterday's launch and a second edition of 3,000 calendars, which cost about £8 each is in the works.
The calendar's release came on the heels of Mexicana's announcement that a restructuring proposal might allow it to resume some flights by mid-December.
Under the plan, just 30 per cent of the company's personnel would be rehired.
Founded in 1921, shortly after Dutch carrier KLM and Australia's Qantas airline, Mexicana used to serve 65 destinations in Mexico, the U.S., other parts of the Americas and Europe.
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