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The gardens of Chelsea Flower Show are in full bloom. And it's not just the flora that's blossoming. Down amid the Salvias and the Agapanthus today there was an attraction not normally associated with the traditional world of horticultural competition – a naked woman, or more to the point a dancing, naked woman. Eye-catching: Performance artist Paisley donned gold body paint before dancing around the Foreign and Colonial Investments Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. The woman was, in fact, a 'performance artist' named Paisley. Dancing in the sunshine as classical music played, the model did spare the blushes of the faint-hearted by wearing one singularly small item of flesh coloured lingerie and some bronze body paint. Nudity has been a feature at the annual show before – and not just in the varying shades of rose petal. Cheeky! Paisley intended to depict the character Cunegonde from the 18th century satirical novel by French author Voltaire. The Queen didn't appear to be too shocked by the display, smiling while talking to an exhibitor at the show. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281099/Chelsea-Flower-Show-2010-Naked-w… added by: zichi