Former Australian Bachelor star calls out perverted message online

Tiffany Scanlon. Photo / Instagram

Tiffany Scanlon has called out a perverted fan on Instagram after he asked if he could masturbate to her photos.

The former contestant on the Australian version of The Bachelor posted a series of naked beach photographs online in effort to portray herself as raw and real.

When a man asked her why she did so, she replied: "It's the only time I feel both vulnerable and empowered".

The man then asked: "Do you like to excite?" And followed up with: "Are you married?"

He also added: "May I fap to your photos?" The term "fap" is another term for masturbate.

Scanlon took a screenshot of the exchange and posted it on her Instagram story saying "This is why I rarely accept messages from people I don't know" and calling it "disgusting".

Scanlon uploaded the series of pictures, taken by photographer Alannah Liddell, thanking her followers for their support during the project.

"I was so humbled by the overwhelmingly positive response and I cannot thank you all enough," she wrote.