In what can only be called naked ambition, the painted ladies of Times Square are out to cash in on their new-found fame with a possible reality-TV show and paid appearances.
Calling themselves Times Square Body Art, two desnudas — Saira Nicole, 29, and Amanda Roman, 23 — and their manager, Chris Oliveri, 25, even hope to launch an international tour.
Ed Meyer, a former producer at “Entertainment Tonight,” reckons Desnudas Inc. could “easily” earn a million dollars in media opportunities.
He says he’s brainstorming ideas for the boob tube.
“The desnudas in the Hamptons . . . the desnudas showing up at Donald Trump’s events,” he said.
Earnings have begun to pour in — and not just in the form of crumpled dollar bills handed over by drooling tourists.
Last week, a mystery client hired the women to humiliate celebrity chef Bobby Flay at a New York City Wine and Food Festival event by parading as protesters with the word “cheater” painted across their bare chests.
Flay is divorcing his third wife, “Law & Order” actress Stephanie March, amid rumors he had affairs with an aide and actress January Jones.
Oliveri and his troupe refused to identify who hired them in the display outside the Capitale restaurant downtown.
“I was paid a lot of money not to say anything,” Oliveri said.
March’s attorney, Deborah Lans, doubts her client was behind it.
“I’m quite sure Stephanie had nothing to do with this,” Lans said. “My personal speculation is that it could have been any of the disaffected people in [Flay’s] world.”
And recently a Connecticut man hired Oliveri to paint his wife’s body before she donned a skimpy see-through dress for a night out clubbing in the city.
“She called herself a desnuda,” Oliveri said.
Paying gigs only, please.
He wouldn’t say how much he charges.
“I don’t give a price . . . I just say, ‘Make me want to do it,’ ” he said.
But he does have limits.
“If it involves liquor or if it involves clubs, I’m really not for it . . . for safety,” Oliveri. said
Oliveri said he wants to take Desnudas Inc. on the road next winter.
“Might go to Miami. Might go to Vegas. Might go to Texas. Might leave to Brazil!” he said.
Meyer wants the crew to perform on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, outside the Dolby Theatre, although he noted that California has stricter topless laws and the women would need nipple pasties.
TV producers planning live shows from Times Square on New Year’s Eve have already contacted them about appearances, Meyer said.
“Just like the showgirls from Vegas, the desnudas will become the trademark of New York City,” he said.