Naked newsreader is also for hire

Last updated 12:30 15/05/2008

DAVID WHITE/Sunday Star-Times

ON OFFER: Lisa Lewis, during her audition for the Naked News Flash on Alt TV.

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Alt TV's new naked newsreader Lisa Lewis stands further exposed today as a $7000-a-night "full service" escort.

The 27-year-old Hamilton solo mum has got through her first few days of reading the news topless on Alt TV (Channel 65 on the Sky digital platform) with just a couple of boobs.

But Ms Lewis is also moonlighting as perhaps New Zealand's most expensive escort, advertising a range of services on adult website www.newzealandgirls.co.nz.

At the lower end of the scale, Ms Lewis who describes herself as "a Hamilton-based adult entertainer with a national and international profile" charges $200 an hour to act as a movie mate or "ball babe".

But top whack for a "full service escort" is $2000 an hour, $7000 overnight or $10,000 a weekend with travel expenses extra.

"With my services the emphasis is on discretion as much for my needs as for yours," Ms Lewis' ad says though she has no qualms about using her real name or being clearly identified in a series of photos. She calls herself a "hot sexy, intimate, elegant 27-year-old with a reputation to protect" and "a natural thrill-seeker (which is why I dabble with such pastimes)".

"I am very good at what I do."

Ms Lewis has not returned Times phone calls for a change.

Alt TV publicist Michelle Lafferty said the station was aware of Ms Lewis' extra-curricular activities, but her newsreading contract was not in jeopardy.

"The jobs are absolutely separate," she said.

Alt TV's Naked Newsflash show is sponsored by Marquis Condoms.

Meanwhile, forking out thousands won't necessarily secure Ms Lewis' escort services.

She insists that those responding to her ad supply information on their "hobbies, thoughts and ideas" for prior scrutiny.

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