If Wednesday you were at LAX airport, you may have seen a young woman in a bikini. The passenger wanted to protest against the body scanners and TSA pat-downs that have been driving travelers nuts lately.
The body scanners are seen as a violation of travelers privacy. So much that an American company has created a line of underwear meant to protect people against the invasion.
The young woman went to the airport wearing a bikini underneath her coat. When she reached in front of the TSA officers, she removed the coat and stood there with her bikini. Luckily for her, the search did not go very far after that.
Update 12 years later
Corinne Theile, also known as LAX Bikini Girl, is thriving as an entrepreneur and has traveled to 64 countries.
She is grateful for what happened and takes the good with the bad when it comes to her brief fame.