Vanessa Carbone

Vanessa Carbone is a former 2007 Playboy Playmate from Argentina. On December 1, 2008, she staged a naked Japanese whaling protest outside the Japanese embassy in Santiago, Chile. She was wearing only a small thong and holding a sign that read, "let them live."Celebsip Blog: Vanessa Carbone, former Playboy playmate holds naked anti-whaling protest... (December 3, 2008)

Under current law Japan is not allowed to hunt whales for commercial activities but can kill a certain number each year for scientific purposes.PlanetSave: Former Playboy Playmate Vanessa Carbone Stages Naked Protest Against Japanese Whaling (December 2, 2008) Japan says its scientific purpose of hunting whales is to make sure the population has recovered enough before commercial hunting is legalized. Its annual hunt kills 850 minke and 50 fin whales.Bloomberg: Greenpeace Pressures Japan on Whaling as Sea Shepherd Sets Sail (December 10, 2008)

The scientific purpose reason is criticized by animal and environmental groups as a front for commercial hunting. They argue that the yearly number of whales Japan is allowed to kill is too high and the information could be found without killing the whales.The London Paper: Former Playboy Playmate Vanessa Carbone in naked protest against Japanese whaling (December 6, 2008)