Getty deletes gallery of World Cup's 'sexiest fans' after criticism

Campaign group and social media users decry ‘hottest fans’ gallery as a sexist throwback to 1970s

Picture agency Getty has come under fire from campaigners and social media users after publishing, then deleting, a gallery of what it deemed the “sexiest” fans at the World Cup.

The gallery, with the sub-heading “Talk about a knock-out round …”, exclusively featured pictures of women, and was tweeted out with the description “The hottest fans at the #WorldCup” in a social media post that was subsequently removed.

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