I have seen this sort of reaction to the models before. I just put the comments down to people with shallow minds and would actually be lucky if a woman looked at them never mind go out with them. I have a friend whom asked me to take some nude images of her. She wanted them for herself and does not want to show them to the general public, just on her own walls at home. She was born with no legs and stunted arms, in my talks with her and from past experience of being out with her on the streets (not photographing) you can see how much the way someone looks at can be upsetting even more so when you catch the whispers as they pass. She is very happy with her pictures and I am happy with the results. Since the taking of the images she has now put one in a local competition. You guessed it, not that many comments on the techniques used, just hurtfull comments on the model. I used to model nude in my college days (earned some beer money) this was for a life drawing class. I did not get many bad comments about my ..... belly (all that beer money had to go somewhere). I think that being artists they appreciate the human form and see beyond the cosmetics, most of the photographers I have come across think the same way (because they are artists too, just painting with light) The people that tend to make that type of comment are the type of people that are in photography for a different reason (usually sexual or money) It is sad when we have to comment on how someone looks rather than say wow what a great image, how did you set up that lighting etc.....