Girl wearing just bra and knickers in Piccadilly Circus has an important message.

If you were in Piccadilly Circus last weekend you might have wondered why people were drawing love hearts on a girl stood in the street in her bra and knickers.

Well her name is Jae West and she was there to raise awareness around the issue of body image.

She is part of a group called The Liberators International who aim to raise awareness of social issues.

Jae said she wanted to take the public stand after suffering from an eating disorder as a teenager and in her early twenties.

She added: ‘As the minutes passed it felt like hours.

‘All of a sudden I felt one of the pens in my left hand slip out of my grasp. The feeling of the felt pen was on my skin was one of the most overwhelming feelings of relief, gratitude and love that I’ve ever felt.

‘I just burst into tears. I don’t know who that first person was but I am so thankful for their contribution.

‘After that first love heart was drawn it felt like others were liberated to follow suit because soon all the pens were leaving my hands at a rapid pace.’

Jae said the police were supportive and kept an eye on her so she did not get any hassle from the public.

This public act of self-acceptance aims to get people to question the true relationship that they have to themselves and body-image.