

"I have not decided yet, I'm still in discussions," said Hoxhaj. Hoxhaj's newfound fame has landed her a job offer in Sydney as a presenter for a soon-to-launch Australian TV channel - paying 3,000 euros ($3,280) a week, and requiring her to present the news topless.

Her stripped down look "is only for television, for information," said the presenter, who also studies law and psychology when she's not in the studio. "I regret nothing - in the space of three months I became a star."Įvery evening at 7.30 pm, Hoxhaj reads the news in a revealing and preferably pink jacket, but she was quick to point out that she dresses like other women of her age in everyday life. "I worked hard for five years in local television where I remained unnoticed," a cheerful and relaxed Hoxhaj told AFP in the studio, while her face was made up for the cameras. It's both symbolic and good publicity," said Drishti, who plans to launch French and English language bulletins with "bare information" following the same model.įor 24-year-old presenter Greta Hoxhaj, working in a state of near undress has proved to be a shortcut to glory. "We don't sell sex, we reproduce the news as it is. "In Albania, where the news is manipulated by political powers, the audience needed a medium that would present the information like it is - naked," Zjarr TV owner Ismet Drishti told AFP. The channel's owner says audiences haven't stopped growing since.

Wearing open jackets and nothing underneath, the young women reading the headlines on Zjarr TV are an unprecedented sight in the conservative Balkan country, where they first appeared on television and Internet screens last year. A TV grab shows presenter Greta Hoxhaj, 24, during the news edition on Zjarr TV in Tirana
