Actress Tara Reid — once one of Hollywood's most popular leading ladies — is hosting a 'Hookers Ball' in Darwin this weekend.
The American Pie starlet's role in the 21st staging of Darwin's self-styled naughtiest night will include competing in the wet t-shirt contest, and a manager at the Discovery nightclub says Reid may be dressed up in lingerie or even as a prostitute.
"It's a night like your 'pimps and prostitutes' or sleaze balls, and it's just a night of less is best," hospitality manager Guy Dunne said.
"We thought Tara Reid would be a great choice … it’s a very naughty night and an opportunity to put your inhibitions down."
Aside from her films — the next most popular of which was the forgettable Van Wilder: Party Liaison with Ryan Reynolds — Reid is perhaps most famous for having breast implant surgery in 2005 which went terribly wrong.
She later had to have the procedure reversed because of 'lopsidedness' and 'sagging skin'.
Reid is also famous for a wardrobe malfunction in which her left breast popped out of her dress at Puff Daddy's 35th birthday party in New York back in 2004.
A flyer for the event says partygoers should expect "bondage beds, fantasy, latex, porn stars, erotic dancers, and a R rated very raunchy event" and a photo of a scantily-clad Reid sits below the promo blurb.
Mr Dunne says it was a big coup for the club and Darwin to have Reid host the event, saying they usually get passed over by "big-name stars".
"It's something our promotions team worked very hard for and we just managed to secure her in the last week," Mr Dunne said.
"I believe Tara Reid and her people were very enthusiastic to come here."
It's something of a change of fortune for Reid, who was infamously barred from hot Hollywood nightclub Hyde in Los Angeles earlier this year.
At the exact same time, Paris Hilton was allowed immediate entry into the club while Reid stood waiting.
Reid did rate an embrace from Girls Gone Wild proprietor Joe Francis as he left the venue, but the noted sleaze merchant's validation was not enough to convince doormen to change their minds.
A TMZ video of the embarrassing incident has been viewed nearly 700,000 times on YouTube and Reid's very public 'D-listing' apparently mirrors her career path.
But hosting this party — by promoters who can't even spell 'American', if you look closely — may turn out to be even more embarrassing for the starlet than the cringeworthy ads she has shot for Dodo broadband.
Reid joins Bessie Bardot, Big Brother winners and the Fat Pizza crew as previous hosts of the night.
Mr Dunne wouldn't comment on how much money Reid is being paid for her appearance.
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