Mcnaughty Keen To Distance Herself From Pin-up Past …By Playing Hottie On Neighbours

Poor old Erin “McNaughty” McNaught; giving Miss Universe a red hot crack in the shadow of Jennifer Hawkins and not even making it through to the finals, suffering the indignity of topless photos from her “I was young and needed the money” period, being called “McNaughty”.

It seems the former beauty-queen and bikini model is so desperate to distance herself from her “hot” past that she’s turned to television, naturally.

Gold Coast beauty queen Erin McNaught says her role as a co-host of Channel 10’s Cybershack and her recent signing as a cast member of Neighbours should finally distance her from being perceived as a glossy men’s mag model.

Erin is contracted to Neighbours for three months with an option to become a permanent figure on the long-running show.

What McNaughty doesn’t realise, though, is that choosing to “distance” yourself from the men’s mags doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll stop courting you or printing your pictures.

We hope that her Neighbours role will be that of an acnefied library nerd with frizzy hair and a dark secret (i.e. Harold’s lovechild with Bouncer, or something), but we’re sure that, like most of this year’s season, we’re set to be disappointed.