It's Fat Tuesday, which means the booze-and-beads bacchanalia of Mardi Gras will screech to a halt for Lent when the the clock strikes midnight. Since there's no party in the world quite as hard as today's blowout in the Big Easy, we're paying tribute to the 20 hottest spicy celebrity smokeshows from the great state of Louisiana.

Ariel Meredith

Hometown: Shreveport, Louisiana

Claim to Fame: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model

Ali Landry

Hometown: Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

Claim to Fame: Miss USA 1996; “Doritos Girl” during the 1998 and 1999 Superbowls

Trishelle Cannatella

Hometown: Cut Off, Louisiana

Claim to Fame: "The Real World: Las Vegas" cast member; reality TV starlet; Playboy model

Kelsi Crain

Hometown: Monroe, Louisiana

Claim to Fame: Miss Louisiana 2010

Valerie Mason

Hometown: Monroe, Louisiana

Claim to Fame: Playboy's Miss September 2008 Playmate of the Month; Seasons Four and Five of "The Girls Next Door"

Carin Ashley

Hometown: Slidell, Louisiana

Claim to Fame: Playboy Playmate; Glamour model

Cameron Richardson

Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Claim to Fame: Model; Actress on "Harper's Island"

K. D. Aubert

Hometown: Shreveport, Louisiana

Claim to Fame: Actress on "CSI: New York"

Tyran Richard

Hometown: Zachary, Louisiana

Claim to Fame: Playboy Playmate for March 2007

Valarie Rae Miller

Hometown: Lafayette, Louisiana

Claim to Fame: Actress