Desnuda

Painted topless female performer in New York City

A desnuda is a seminude, topless female performer covered in body paint who poses for photos in exchange for tips in the pedestrian plaza of New York City's Times Square. The desnudas typically wear thong underwear and high heels, and use red, white, and blue body paint to emulate the colors of the American flag. The performers are primarily Latina. In Spanish, desnuda means naked.^[1]

Desnudas reportedly first appeared in Times Square in the summer of 2013.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Desnudas of Times Square, Topless but for the Paint". The New York Times. August 14, 2015.

Times Square and the Theater District

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings
1 Times Square 3 Times Square 4 Times Square 5 Times Square 7 Times Square (Times Square Tower) 11 Times Square 20 Times Square 229 West 43rd Street 1500 Broadway 1501 Broadway (Paramount Building) 1515 Broadway (One Astor Plaza) 1540 Broadway (Bertelsmann Building) 1552 Broadway (I. Miller Building) 1585 Broadway (Morgan Stanley Building) Bank of America Tower Brill Building Bush Tower Candler Building Church of St. Mary the Virgin Embassy Theatre The New York Times Building Times Square Hotel TKTS TSX Broadway

Buildings

1 Times Square
3 Times Square
4 Times Square
5 Times Square
7 Times Square (Times Square Tower)
11 Times Square
20 Times Square
229 West 43rd Street
1500 Broadway
1501 Broadway (Paramount Building)
1515 Broadway (One Astor Plaza)
1540 Broadway (Bertelsmann Building)
1552 Broadway (I. Miller Building)
1585 Broadway (Morgan Stanley Building)
Bank of America Tower
Brill Building
Bush Tower
Candler Building
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Embassy Theatre
The New York Times Building
Times Square Hotel
TKTS
TSX Broadway

Broadway theaters
Ambassador Belasco Bernard B. Jacobs Booth Broadhurst Circle in the Square Ethel Barrymore Eugene O'Neill Gerald Schoenfeld Gershwin Hayes Hudson Imperial James Earl Jones John Golden Lena Horne Longacre Lunt-Fontanne Lyceum Lyric Majestic Marquis Minskoff Music Box Nederlander New Amsterdam Palace Richard Rodgers St. James Samuel J. Friedman Shubert Stephen Sondheim Todd Haimes Walter Kerr Winter Garden

Broadway theaters

Other attractions

Performance venues	Palladium Times Square Sony Hall The Town Hall
Events	Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve Good Riddance Day
Sites	Madame Tussauds New York Museum of Broadway Sardi's Times Square Studios
Art and sculpture	Statue of Francis P. Duffy Statue of George M. Cohan Times Square (Neuhaus) Times Square Mural
Signs and objects	Coca-Cola sign Nasdaq MarketSite National Debt Clock Times Square Ball
Personalities	Desnudas Naked Cowboy

Hotels
The Chatwal New York Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan Hotel Astor Hotel Claridge Hotel Edison The Knickerbocker Hotel Millennium Times Square New York New York Marriott Marquis Row NYC Hotel Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

Transportation

Subway stations	42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 49th Street 50th Street Times Square–42nd Street
Roads and streets	42nd Street Broadway Seventh Avenue Shubert Alley

History

Events and incidents	V-J Day in Times Square 2008 Times Square bombing 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt 2017 Times Square car attack 2017 New York City Subway bombing Stop Iran Rally
Defunct locations and attractions	Bond International Casino Discovery Times Square Hotel Carter Pabst Hotel Palladium Times Square Terminal Bar Unique Recording Studios
Defunct theaters	American Music Hall Astor Columbia Edison Fulton Gaiety Knickerbocker Liberty Loew's Lyric Morosco Olympia Paramount Rialto Strand Times Square Victoria