The Associated Press captures Paris primping at the pyramids

Looks like Paris Hilton might be the ultimate Tacky Tourist Queen!

Not only is she doing the “Walk Like an Egyptian” pose at Cairo’s top tourist attractions, she also ups the ante by flashing cleavage in her backless maxi dress.  Only a Cleopatra wig and Bangles soundtrack would complete the scene.

According to the London Daily Mail, the fashion icon also flashed a little too much flesh when she hiked up her skirt to get on a camel.  And she “kept fellow tourists entertained as she struck her typical red carpet poses beside ancient artifacts, including hieroglyphics and statues of Pharaohs.”

Paris steals attention from the other tourists (AP)

With all this time devoting to strutting, did Hilton actually bother to check out the endless rooms filled with mummies and bejeweled daggers?

Paris does the Tacky Tourist Strut

And who’s wearing cooler headgear, Paris or King Ramses?

The Infamous Cairo Camel Leap is not as easy as it looks!

SUBMITTED BY: Emily Berezin   LOCATION: Cairo, Egypt (2009)

Wouldn’t the Middle East Peace talks be a little less boring with cheerleaders?

This once-in-a-lifetime pose was not done with Photoshop or trick photography. Emily simply jumped off the camel, which is resting on its stomach on the scorching desert sands of Giza.

Emily’s enthusiasm, optimism and exuberance (we read a lot into a facial expression) represents the upbeat attitude of the Tacky Tourist Photos executive board as we launch a new decade of searching for the world’s silliest vacation photos.

From all of us here in the TTP newsroom, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

(Globetrotter Emily Berezin, a pioneer in recycled supermarket fashions, frequently enjoys playing dress-up with the Ecuadorian military).