Similar to UNITE! cover

[Delirium-Zer0]

I remember someone pointing out this ad right after UNITE! came out, back in '01... the ad had come out a few months prior.

I really think this was done deliberately, there are just TOO many similarities. The hand by the mouth, the sun coming up right behind the girl's butt (and on top of it, Ayu's is obviously fake - done on purpose to mimic the look of the ad, most likely), the sand sticking to their arms, the swept hair, both girls are topless & wearing only jean shorts, both have nothing but sand below them & cloudy skies above them.

The only difference is that one's flipped, and one is a more gray sky. WAY too many similarities for it to be coincidental.

But knowing ayu's love for madonna, my guess is that she woulda been copying her rather than this ad (then again, she copied Celine Dion's ad for "CAROLS", so maybe she does look at ads for inspiration, who knows). That depends on when Madonna's picture came out & how similar it is.

But this is NOT a common beach pose, at least not to this level of hilarious similarity.