With the big game approaching, we thought we’d call your attention to a MAJOR reason why bodypaint flourished: football. Okay, so Playboy, soccer, beer, and Halloween contributed as well, but, hands down, the NFL is the most popular sport on Earth (shut up, soccer), and there ain’t nothin’ more popular than hot nude women. So, when cut-off jerseys, revealing tank tops, and pasties can’t do the trick. Here comes bodypaint to the rescue. See the pics after the jump!

If there are three things we love more than life itself, it’s beautiful women, bodypaint and football. And with the NFL kicking off tonight and college football last weekend, it would only make sense that we would find a way to combine our three favorite things into one mega-hot-picture post. Luckily for you, we’re sensible people and that’s just what we’ve done. Enjoy.