At first glance, Misty Monroe-Manhattan isnt really so different from the thousands of other wannabes that populate reality TV show auditions and gatecrash parties in an attempt to join the ranks of the rich and famous. A lip-glossed loudmouth with tumbling platinum locks and a leggy figure which she likes to flaunt (today shes sporting thigh-length white PVC boots, short, tight skirts and a "Rude Girl" hat), there is little she wouldnt do to elbow her way onto the front page of a national tabloid.
Yet there is more to Misty than meets the eye and sets her apart from the lithe-limbed, tanned n bland blondes with whom she routinely jostles with for attention.
For Misty, is, in fact, a man on a mission - and hes from Mansfield Woodhouse.
She is a character created by Stephen Goddard in his quest for fame, a quest that seemingly knows no bounds of taste, style or decency.
"Im not like a transvestite or a drag queen," explains Misty who, when out of costume is a humorous, articulate and surprisingly normal 23 year-old health worker. "Misty is more like a parody of those things."

The previous year, he hired a cherry-picker truck for 200 and arranged for a friend to crane him into the Big Brother garden to the accompaniment of Shania Twain's 'Man! I feel Like A Woman!' eventually the police arrived to cart him off to the station. "I was disappointed they didnt actually show it on the programme, but I suppose they didnt want to demonstrate it was so easy to break into the house," he sighs. However, Big Brother is not the only party Misty has successfully crashed. Last year, he managed to rain on the parade of the much-vexed Paris Hilton, by wearing the same dress as the vacuous heiress at the premier of House of Wax. "I contacted Paris' agent pretending to be a fashion designer and asked what she would be wearing," he says. The agent dutifully revealed Paris would be sporting a white Versace dress. Naturally, Stephen dropped in at Bond Street to buy the same dress - he wont reveal how much money he spent on it - and went to the red-carpet do in the guise of Misty. Ms Hilton was less than impressed to find the identically-attired Misty sticking to her like a limpet as she strutted her stuff. "She completely snubbed me, but I kept on walking up and down the line, behind the barriers holding out my autograph book," he says. Although he set the flashbulbs popping, he hasnt seen the photographs in print anywhere. "Im sure there must have been something on it though" he says confidently. He was planning a similar stunt at the 'War Of The Worlds' premier, but, unfortunately somebody else's stunt got in the way. "I planned to jump over the barrier when Tom Cruise was walking along the red-carpet and get in the background on some of the photographs," he says. "But somebody else squirted him with water" (a TV crew from a Channel Four prank show), so he got back in the car and drove off. Misty has also leapt into pictures at book-signings with Joan Collins and Graham Norton, the latter, apparently disappointingly unfazed. But for all his perverse ingenuity, until recently Stephen has seen precious little reward for his efforts. Yet the conviction that fame lurks just around the corner is what fires his passion for publicity.