As the race heats up between Paris Hilton's imposters – Natalie Reid has 50 Friendsters, while TV show hopeful Chantelle Houghton has, to our knowledge, zero – so too are their backstories. But can the faux heiresses really compete with Paris' true beginnings, what with her sex tape, Page Sixation, whirlwind 21st birthday tour, Carl's Jr. controversy, and endless boob and crotch exposures?

Yes, it turns out. This report came in late last night from a reader:

Natalie Reid used to perform in the Canadian drag bars under the name "Tess Tickle". She always looked very girly and was VERY skinny, but once she grew her hair out and went on hormones she really began to look amazing.

When she went to work at that drag agency in New York they told her not to market herself as a drag queen because she'd get more jobs as a real woman. She is pretty much a woman now anyway though I doubt she has had the full surgury. Her male name used to be Cameron. I'm not sure if her last name was "Reid" because we generally called her Tess.

Needless to say, all of the preceeding statements require liberal uses of the terms "allegedly," "unconfirmed," and "probably, and most likely, entirely made up."

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