She’s a woman, hear her purr. Now that debutante balls are out of fashion, how does an ambitious young woman mark her coming-of-age?

If you’re Nikki Webster, you celebrate with a sexy photo spread in a men’s mag.

That’s right, the little slip of a girl dangling from a wire at the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony is now declaring to the world she is a woman.

The Nikster turns 18 on April 30, and this is her reasoning for posing in a silk bodice and hotpants with a lascivious look in her eye for FHM.

“When I was approached to do this shoot as a celebration of turning 18 the one thing I wanted was to have some control, because of everything that was bound to follow once it hit the stores,” Webster told the mag.

“You have to remember you’re doing it because it’s what you want to do – and for every person out there who wants to attack you, there’s plenty more in your corner.”

Edited by Andrew Hornery with Ben Cubby

Source: smh.com.au