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Demi Lovato goes completely naked and make-up free in new Vanity Fair photo shoot. The photo shoot took place in the wee hours of the morning at a Manhattan hotel room with photographer Patrick Ecclesine.

In a series of shots, Demi poses in a bathtub without any clothes. In one photo, she sits on the edge of the bathtub with her bare butt on full display. In another photo, the "Heart Attack" songstress stands on the bathtub while covering her boobs with one hand.

Demi also poses naked on the bed. She lies down on the white bed sheets while carrying a camera, showing her side boobs and derriere.

In an accompanying video, Demi explains her decision to do the nude, make-up free photo shoot. "The reason I decided to do this photo shoot was because when I think of confident I think of many things, but one thing in particular is feeling comfortable in your own skin," she shares, "I thought there was something incredible about the idea of no makeup whatsoever, no clothes and no retouching."

"It's empowering and it shows other women that you can get to a place where you can overcome the obstacles of body image issues and you can feel comfortable and confident in your own skin," she continues. "In the past I suffered from eating disorders and I basically went from hating every single inch of my body to working on myself and trying to figure out ways to love myself."

Demi told Patrick in an accompanying interview, "If there's one thing I've learned in the past day, it's that life is too short. I'm about to launch an album that finally represents who I truly am. How do I embrace this new chapter in my life? How do I really walk the walk? What does it mean to be confident? It means letting go, being authentic, saying I don't give a fuck and this is who I am. I want to show the side of me that's real, that's liberated, that's free."