Very attractive individual getting stripped in public exhibition (4)

I believe the answer is:

expo

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'public exhibition' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'very attractive individual getting stripped in' is the wordplay.
'very attractive individual getting' becomes 'exp' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stripped' means to look at the middle letters (outside letters removed).
'in' becomes 'among' (in amongst something).
The middle letter of 'among' is 'o'.
'exp'+'o'='EXPO'

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(Other definitions for expo that I've seen before include "Trade fair" , "Public showing" , "Large international fair" , "Show" , "World fair, e.g. Seville 1992" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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