Eva Longoria Scandal Update: The Incredible Truth and The Non-Existent French Model

Who knew that it's actually amazingly simple to turn yourself from an ordinary girl into a supermodel? And no, I'm not advertising a weight-loss plan here or some magic "shed half your body fat in a week" revolutionary cosmetic treatment. I'm actually talking about the whole "did Tony Parker cheat on Eva Longoria?" scandal that broke a couple of weeks ago. And yes, to be honest, I've been looking forward to seeing how it would evolve, as when I last brought you an update things looked like they could go either way. However, despite Tony Parker being on the offensive and suing X17, the gossip photo agency that first broke the story, I definitely wasn't expecting anything as dramatic as the facts that came to light about the whole sordid affair.

So, back to my original point. It seems that in this day and age, with a little determination, a drop of cleverness and some ingenuity, we can make just about the craziest story sound like hard, believable fact. Remember the woman who claimed she had a two-month affair with Tony Parker? Well, her MySpace profile (which is now set to private) shows some pretty glamorous photos of a hot bombshell with dark hair and long legs - the only trouble is, a little digging into her background (done by Dana Kennedy of the Huffington Post) showed that the Alexandra Paressant advertised on the Internet, the so-called model who boasted a number of very influential and famous friends and a number of high-profile affairs (Tony Parker and Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho included), was in fact a hoax. Effectively, the "supermodel" Alexandra Paressant doesn't exist.

No, I'm not crazy or deluded, and I haven't enjoyed an early alcohol binge - so let me explain myself. There is a woman named Alexandra Paressant, but she is not a supermodel. In fact, no one has ever met her in person, and even the agencies with which she claims to be working have not seen her. She has been in contact with them over the phone and via email, but there has been no face-to-face meeting.

The photos on her MySpace page all belong to different, similar-looking models, who are NOT Alexandra. Take a look at some of the photos featuring a legitimate Czech-born German supermodel called Hana Nitsche. Look familiar? Well, Hana is just one of the "faces" Alexandra has used to create her so-called supermodel profile. "She never thought she was pretty enough. She was troubled. It was like she felt she didn't really exist. "She's not ugly but she's average. She's definitely not model material" says a high school friend of Alexandra's.

So how is this possible, you will ask. And what about the video clip that "Alexandra" offered as proof to X17? There's an explanation for that as well: Alexandra, it seems, contacted Hana Nitsche and tricked her into recording the clip, which she passed for a casting session. "A couple of days ago, she called me again" Nitsche says. "I should send her a video. It was meant to be a casting video. She gave me the text. She claimed it was about a love movie. I should recite the given sentences. Of course I didn't know which Tony it referred to".

So what are we dealing with, you will ask? The answer is, a crazy "model" whom no one ever met in person and who's obviously suffering from a mental condition - and who needs to be exposed and put away. As incredible as it may sound, this is how things are. Tony Parker is apparently innocent, and even the people at X17 seem to have been fooled by the alluring prospect of a major celebrity scandal. Who knows what will happen next - but whatever the story, we'll be sure to bring you all the details.