Kim Kardashian Defends Paper Nude Photo Shoot: 'I Did It For Me'

November 18, 2014 10:15 AM EST

It seems like just about everyone has an opinion about Kim Kardashian’s Internet-“breaking” nude photoshoot for Paper magazine. The reality star herself is no exception.

“I’m never one to preach, but I felt really positive and really good about myself,” she said on the Australian show The Project Tuesday. “I love the photos, I did it for me, I hope other people like them.”

Kardashian also praised photographer Jean-Paul Goude: “I was so honored and excited to work with him because he is a legend. And she added that the poses, which included balancing a champagne glass on her butt, made her “back hurt for about a week.”

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