A British model has admitted that she punched a topless feminist protester after they interrupted her catwalk at a show during Paris Fashion Week.
Hollie-May Saker told the Liverpool Echo that she punched one of the protesters as they had grabbed her hand, which angered her as they ruined her "favorite show", Sky News reported.
According to TV footage, the 18-year old Liverpool-born model was forced to shake off the hand of a topless activist from the Ukrainian group 'Femen' who grabbed her as she appeared in the Nina Ricci show.
International women's group Femen have carried out a string of direct action protests, including interrupting visits by Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel.
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