Why this woman stripped and wanted people to draw hearts on her

The video shows Amy Pence-Brown at the Capital City Public Market in what she calls "A Stand for Self Love."

She stood in the crowd, stripped to a bathing suit, blindfold herself, and placed a chalkboard at her feet, asking people to draw a heart on her if they support self-acceptance.

Pence-Brown got the idea from an Australian group that did a similar video in London last month. "The women from Australia was thin, white young. What if you were fat, maybe about 40 and a mom, and maybe you were somewhere different like Boise, Idaho?" said Pence-Brown.

She's an artist and writer who has done other projects to highlight her message of "All bodies are good bodies."

On Saturday, Aug. 29, Pence-Brown stood in one of the busiest sections of the Capital City Farmer's Market in Boise. She took off her dress, revealing a black bikini. She put on a blindfold, held out markers, and waited as people read her sign, "I'm standing for anyone who has struggled with a self-esteem issue like me, because all bodies are valuable. To support self-acceptance, draw a (heart) on my body."

"I was really worried no one would draw a heart," said Pence-Brown.

It was within just a few seconds the first person walked up.

A friend, Melanie Folwell, secretly recorded the scene.

Internally, Pence-Brown prepared herself to hear negative comments.

"Not only did I have a lot of skin to show, but it is thick skin so that didn't really make me too nervous," she said.

The first woman wrote on Pence-Brown and cried as she spoke with her. Pence-Brown started to cry too, thankful her blindfold caught her tears.

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