Iconic image taken for family album

The photograph of a naked, heavily pregnant Demi Moore on the front cover of Vanity Fair in 1991 was a huge deal at the time, with newsagents covering the magazine up on their shelves. But now it seems that the picture by Annie Liebovitz wasn't meant for public viewing at all.

In an interview with V magazine, Moore says: 'Annie had photographed me pregnant with all three [daughters]. The shot that ended up being on the cover of Vanity Fair wasn't even done for the magazine. It was just for me and our family. Then Annie called, we kind of joked, and I said it would be amazing if they would do this on the cover.'

The actress admits that she was taken aback by the response to the image. 'It did seem to give a little bit more permission to feel sexy, attractive when you're pregnant... but I really didn't expect for the response to be what it was. I was pretty shocked.’

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