from www.nypost.com – The nude model who was busted at the Met for creating her own au naturel exhibit says she wishes New York prudes would lighten up and accept some bare skin.

“I want people to have the freedom to express themselves,” Kathleen Neill, 26, told The Post yesterday. “I want the city to drop the charges.”

Neill said her stunt on Wednesday in the museum’s Hall of Arms and Armor was meant to get people thinking about the bare essentials of art.

“I would love to be able to go to museums and see stuff like this happen on any scale,” she said.

The Arizona native was busted after whipping off her clothes and streaking through the exhibit hall as photographer Zach Hyman snapped away.

Neill was grabbed by guards and arrested on charges of public lewdness.