Funny: Woman defends stripping off at airport security

The woman that created international headlines after a video showed her stripped to a lace bra and panties at an airport security checkpoint has defended her actions.

Tammy Banovac, 52, of Oklahoma approached an airport checkpoint in Oklahoma City in a wheelchair this week, took off her trench coat and was wearing only a black lace bra and panties.

Banovac told News9.com, a local station, that she had stripped off in order to make any pat-downs by airport security "less invasive" after having a previous bad experience.

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"The less of me that they had to pat-down and check, the less invasive the search would be," she said.

"And wearing a bra and panties is just about as minimal as I could get."

Airport and security officials said that at the time police were called over, questioned Banovac, and allowed her to proceed to security.

She was given an "enhanced" pat down because she was in a wheelchair. During screening of her carry-on and laptop an alarm for nitrates was triggered, the Transportation Safety Administration said in a statement yesterday.

The TSA said she was not allowed to proceed to her Southwest Airlines flight to Phoenix.

Authorities said nitrates could legitimately be present in medication, or if someone was hunting recently and there were traces of nitrates from the bullets.

TSA has come under attack in recent weeks for enhanced methods of patting down passengers, but Oklahoma City Airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said TSA acted appropriately.

"TSA did everything they should have done," said Carney.

Banovac returned to the airport the next morning, again clad in her underwear, and cleared security without incident.

"Once she went through the checkpoint, she put slacks and a top on," Carney said.

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