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But eventually the censors changed, leading to the acceptance of navel exposure.

By which, Marilyn Monroe was allowed to expose her navel for a scene from Something's Got to Give.

She was surprised to reveal her navel for the first time.

She commented ," I guess the censors are willing to recognize that everybody has a navel.

" During the 1970s, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour of CBS featured TV personality Cher exposing her navel which was considered a first in television history.

But the network censors feared her navel exposure would become a cause célèbre at CBS.

Cher once commented, " There were so many things that were censored-ideas and words.

All I know is I got in trouble for showing my belly button, and every time I turned around after I went off the air, all you saw were Cheryl Ladd's boobs.

" People Magazine regarded Cher as the " Pioneer of the Belly Beautiful ".