Wednesday, December 3, 2008
American Anna-Nicole Smith will be remembered in Australia for her outrageous appearance at the inaugural MTV Australia Video Music Awards in Sydney in 2005, when she bared her breasts on stage.
The former playmate and former stripper who loved to shock has died at the age of 39, collapsing in a Florida hotel room.
Smith's death comes just five months after her 20-year-old son, Daniel Smith, died in the Bahamas following the birth of her daughter.
The buxom blonde's appearance in Australia also made headlines.
Presenting an MTV award at Sydney's Luna Park in March 2005, the notorious widow pulled her dress down to her waist to reveal 32DD-size breasts with pink MTV stickers on her nipples.
Later, at a press call, Smith again exposed her breasts - this time without the MTV stickers.
If organisers were looking for an outrageous publicity stunt, they got it.
Smith's behaviour in Australia followed controversy at the 2004 American Music Awards, where she was escorted off stage after rubbing her chest with her hand and asking the audience if they liked her body.
Prior to her Australian performance, she asked reporters at a news conference to promote the awards: "Y'all want me to strip, just let me know."
Smith also caused a sensation at a party in Sydney, arriving with two camera crews to record her appearance for a documentary before taking a shine to Packer magazine advertising executive Cameron Hoy.
"It was pretty hot," said one eyewitness later. "She was trying to get his shirt off at one stage."
The couple left together, dining at a swish Sydney restaurant before Smith surfaced the next day, nursing a hangover but declaring she was impressed with Australian men.
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