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Saucy photo offends school
By Eamonn Duff and Tom Findlay
July 4, 2004
The Sun-Herald
A teenage girl from Sydney's most exclusive co-educational school has been suspended after sexually suggestive photographs were sent to fellow and former pupils.
Barker College suspended 17-year-old Francesca Willis, a part-time model and HSC student, after two photographs featuring poses in uniform in a year 12 common room appeared in emails from as far afield as London.
It is believed the picture fell into the hands of other students and was then circulated to rival schools. It spread around the world as more people added comments to the image.
A spokesman for Ms Willis insisted she had not been a party to posting the image.
But her plight seems certain to add to concerns about the dangers of young people posting images on the internet.
Barker College confirmed yesterday that a student had been suspended but refused to elaborate, describing the matter as "an internal issue".
Ms Willis, however, defended her actions on her personal website under the name "Tahitian Temptress". Describing the photographs as a "bit of fun", she also expressed surprise that it took so long for the pictures to become public.
In a statement posted on June 20, Ms Willis said: "I got suspended from school on Thursday - not so smart but hey when you f--- up you got to deal with the consequences don't you . . . pity this kind of sh*t only ever seems to happen to me . . . anyway all I did was take a photo of myself in my school uniform in what the school called 'a compromising position' - big deal I was showing my bra, having a bit of fun . . ."
Ms Willis, whose list of interests includes "sunbaking, shopping, swimming and getting naked", added: "It's not like I even took the photo recently either. I took it like six months ago but for some reason unknown to me it only seemed to surface in the past two weeks."
The site was closed down late on Friday night and its content removed.
The Sun-Herald obtained a copy of the controversial email, which also features a series of pictures of the student at a North Shore house party.
Barker College officials were concerned about the two photographs in which Ms Willis posed in her school uniform.
The email had already travelled to London and back with comments from former Barker and North Shore students, including: "Gotta love this Barker College chick - she's in year 12 and about to be expelled for posing at school."
One recipient said: "Daaaaaamn! Wish I went to Barker College - check this one out boys!!"
One UK recipient commented: "These have probably done the rounds in Sydney . . . but makes me proud to be an old boy."
Another wrote: "I now finally understand why Barker went co-ed."
It is not the first time Ms Willis's looks have interrupted her schooling.
In February 2002, she took time off from Barker College after securing a modelling contract with New Zealand's largest franchised hairdressing group, Rodney Wayne Hairdressing.
She was flown to Auckland for a series of professional photo shoots and her face later appeared on buses and billboards around Chatswood and North Sydney to coincide with the opening of a new salon.
Ms Willis, through a representative, declined to comment on her suspension.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/03/1088488201353.html
what a disgrace, but i dont think she should have got suspended. thoughts?
By Eamonn Duff and Tom Findlay
July 4, 2004
The Sun-Herald
A teenage girl from Sydney's most exclusive co-educational school has been suspended after sexually suggestive photographs were sent to fellow and former pupils.
Barker College suspended 17-year-old Francesca Willis, a part-time model and HSC student, after two photographs featuring poses in uniform in a year 12 common room appeared in emails from as far afield as London.
It is believed the picture fell into the hands of other students and was then circulated to rival schools. It spread around the world as more people added comments to the image.
A spokesman for Ms Willis insisted she had not been a party to posting the image.
But her plight seems certain to add to concerns about the dangers of young people posting images on the internet.
Barker College confirmed yesterday that a student had been suspended but refused to elaborate, describing the matter as "an internal issue".
Ms Willis, however, defended her actions on her personal website under the name "Tahitian Temptress". Describing the photographs as a "bit of fun", she also expressed surprise that it took so long for the pictures to become public.
In a statement posted on June 20, Ms Willis said: "I got suspended from school on Thursday - not so smart but hey when you f--- up you got to deal with the consequences don't you . . . pity this kind of sh*t only ever seems to happen to me . . . anyway all I did was take a photo of myself in my school uniform in what the school called 'a compromising position' - big deal I was showing my bra, having a bit of fun . . ."
Ms Willis, whose list of interests includes "sunbaking, shopping, swimming and getting naked", added: "It's not like I even took the photo recently either. I took it like six months ago but for some reason unknown to me it only seemed to surface in the past two weeks."
The site was closed down late on Friday night and its content removed.
The Sun-Herald obtained a copy of the controversial email, which also features a series of pictures of the student at a North Shore house party.
Barker College officials were concerned about the two photographs in which Ms Willis posed in her school uniform.
The email had already travelled to London and back with comments from former Barker and North Shore students, including: "Gotta love this Barker College chick - she's in year 12 and about to be expelled for posing at school."
One recipient said: "Daaaaaamn! Wish I went to Barker College - check this one out boys!!"
One UK recipient commented: "These have probably done the rounds in Sydney . . . but makes me proud to be an old boy."
Another wrote: "I now finally understand why Barker went co-ed."
It is not the first time Ms Willis's looks have interrupted her schooling.
In February 2002, she took time off from Barker College after securing a modelling contract with New Zealand's largest franchised hairdressing group, Rodney Wayne Hairdressing.
She was flown to Auckland for a series of professional photo shoots and her face later appeared on buses and billboards around Chatswood and North Sydney to coincide with the opening of a new salon.
Ms Willis, through a representative, declined to comment on her suspension.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/03/1088488201353.html
what a disgrace, but i dont think she should have got suspended. thoughts?
