A CAMPAIGN to abolish The Sun’s Page 3 appears to have won the support of a media tycoon and the newspaper’s owner.

Yesterday Rupert Murdoch said Page 3 models, who usually pose topless, should start wearing clothes.

The boss of News Corp, the Sun’s parent company, said on Twitter the feature was “old fashioned”, but said readers seemed to disagree.

Mr Murdoch Tweeted: “Aren’t beautiful young women more attractive in at least some fashionable clothes?”

Hove campaigner Lucy Holmes (pictured right), a writer and actor who set up the No More Page 3 campaign with a petition in 2012, said Mr Murdoch’s comments were encouraging.

She said: “Rupert Murdoch’s tweets certainly show that he’s reconsidering the future of Page 3.

“But it’s unfortunate he misses the point entirely by asking a question about whether young women are more attractive clothed.

“We have made Murdoch and The Sun realise the rest of the country doesn’t agree with their 1970s sexism.”

She said the message received an “overwhelming response” from people across the country who said Page 3 was sexist and needed to go.

No More Page 3 was launched in response to the lack of sportswomen featured in tabloids after the Olympics.

It now has more than 200,000 supporters including charities, trade unions and spin doctor Alastair Campbell, singer Eliza Doolittle, comedian Jennifer Saunders and former Sun Page 3 model Marina Pepper.

Brighton’s Katie Price became famous after featuring on Page 3.

Mr Murdoch hinted at ending Page 3 on Twitter in February last year and six months later The Sun’s Irish edition scrapped the feature.

A spokesman for the newspaper said: “While all aspects of The Sun are continually under review, we remain committed to listening to our readers and producing the newspaper that they want to read.”

To sign the No More Page 3 petition visit www.change.org/nomorepage3.