Ashley Dupre, the former high-class call girl at the centre of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, found that posing for Playboy could be dangerous when her hair caught fire during a photoshoot, it has emerged.

The incident took when Dupre, 24, was lying nude on the ground surrounded by candles for one of the Stephen Wayda photos that will appear as an eight-page spread in the May issue of Playboy.

"A few strands of her hair caught on fire at one point because of all the hairspray," the New York Post quoted a source, as saying.

The insider added: "The stylist, Jorge Serrano from the Chris McMillan Salon, was the first one to notice and rushed over to put it out with his hands." (ANI)