Former Miss Universe Australia Erin McNaught has reportedly suffered a partially severed a finger in a motorcycle accident.
McNaught, 27, was filming a segment for the Nine Network's gaming and gadget program CyberShack on Tuesday afternoon when she fell from an electronic dirt bike, a report says.
She reportedly lost balance after the vehicle sharply accelerated and her right hand became jammed in the wheel — partially tearing off her index finger.
"She is having a major operation to reattach the finger, reconnect nerves and blood vessels in the finger that were severed in the accident," the Daily Telegraph reported McNaught's spokeswoman Kathy Ward as saying.
The report claims the model was rushed to Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital where she underwent emergency microsurgery.
She is set to spend six weeks in a cast and is unlikely to appear at tonight's ARIA Awards, where she was scheduled to host the red carpet arrivals for pay television channel MTV.
The freak accident caps a difficult year for McNaught, following her split from footballer partner Braith Anasta in August.
She had been living with the Sydney Roosters star at his Coogee apartment for six weeks.
In January, she reportedly accused a contender for the Cleo Bachelor of the Year of assaulting her.
The Canberra-born beauty told judges that another rugby league player, who was never named, forcibly grabbed her and kissed her at a Sydney nightclub, a report said.
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