Women's curling is sure to receive a lot more exposure this year, thanks to a new international calendar that features nude and scantily clad female curlers.

The calendar is the brainchild of Ana Arce, a photographer who skipped the Andorran women's team for three seasons before moving to Spain this year.

“I think it's going to change the image of the sport which is not so nice,” Arce, who also poses in the calendar, told The Canadian Press. “I've been playing for eight years and there are so many beautiful girls playing and nobody knows it.

“I doubt that anyone is going to be shocked and everybody's going to enjoy that and like it.”

All proceeds will be split between the teams of the curlers who pose in the calendar, called the Ana Arce Team Sponsorship Calendar 2006.

Arce contacted only women she knew personally through her years in curling, including two Canadians: Melanie Robillard of Ottawa and Lynsay Ryan of Kelowna, B.C., the daughter of two-time world champion skip and 2006 Olympic hopeful Pat Ryan.

And now we need someone who knows where all the pictures are to leave an URL in the comments or send them to me by e-mail.