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Natalie Reid, the world’s top Paris Hilton lookalike, bared all for Playboy magazine in a 6-page photo spread titled ‘One Night in Paris’ in the September 2006 issue. Playboy’s website says: “She went from stripping at Scores to living a socialite’s life, simply because she looks exactly like Paris Hilton. You won’t believe your eyes.” (Scores is a strip club in New York City) Paris Hilton herself has turned down offers from Playboy, it is reported.

“I think it’s going to lead to a lot of opportunities. I still want to pursue modelling but I really want to get into acting,” Reid, 21, said from her home in New York City. “A lot of celebrities and top models have done Playboy, so it’s pretty exciting.” Reid said she’s been taking acting classes in Los Angeles and the Big Apple when she’s not modelling or making social appearances as the hotel heiress.

“It’s really gorgeous and very classy and it’s very tasteful,” said Reid, who grew up in Transcona, Canada, and graduated from College Pierre Elliott Trudeau. “I wouldn’t have posed for any other magazine. When Playboy gave me the offer I was very excited because they’re an empire and have a well-known reputation.”

Reid has become somewhat of a celebrity because of her likeness to Hilton. She told the Sun she earns up to $2,000 per appearance at clubs and other venues. She began cashing in on her resemblance to Hilton when she moved to New York City in 2005. She got the idea when photographers repeatedly told her she looks like the celebutante.

Reid and Playboy Enterprises did not reveal how much she was paid to pose nude. She is not the covergirl or centrefold.

Proud mom Carole Reid hasn’t seen the spread and isn’t sure if she’s going to buy a copy. “Seeing her naked like that, I guess I might be curious to see. From a family point of view, it’s not something we want to see, necessarily,” she said. “It’s a classy magazine so for them to seek her out and give her that status is an honour.”

In one picture, a blond-haired Reid is scantily clad in a pink outfit and holding a teacup chihuahua that resembles Hilton’s pooch, Tinkerbell.

Photographer Arny Freytag snapped Reid’s portraits during a two-day shoot at a studio in Santa Monica, California. Reid said she was surprised by the amount of work and time invested in the pictorial. She spent 12 hours in the studio the first day and 10 hours the next. “They really work you to get perfection. I can’t say I’ve ever worked so hard on a photo shoot before,” Reid said.

Check Natalie’s recent pictures at her MySpace and Friendster

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