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Jen Houston - the Nation's Sexiest College Girl contest winner and an ASU student - isn't sure how far she'll go when she makes an appearance on the highly controversial "Howard Stern Show" Friday morning.
The business and communications sophomore is slated to be a guest on the program at 3 a.m. on Sirius Satellite Radio station Howard 100, with a replay for the West Coast scheduled at 6 a.m. on Howard 101.
"I don't really know what to expect," Houston said of the show and Stern. "Hopefully I'm just going to go in there and have fun and relax."
Houston won the Nation's Sexiest College Girl contest last spring. The contest was conducted by StudentBody Calendars - creators of Tempe12 - and pitted 64 girls against one another in a single-elimination tournament.
The majority of applicants were from Arizona, but other states were represented, said Ben Leis, co-owner of StudentBody.
Last month, Stern show representatives contacted StudentBody looking for a guest. The show was looking to see what ASU had to offer, Leis said.
"I think Jen will stick up well for herself and represent Tempe12 and the ASU community very well," Leis said.
What Houston will be doing on the show - if anything besides talking - is a surprise, Leis said.
"They definitely have some stuff planned; however they aren't telling us what's going to happen," Leis said.
Known for the controversial content of his show, Stern moved to satellite radio following an ongoing battle with the Federal Communications Commission, which oversees radio content originating in the United States. Now on satellite radio, Stern is uninhibited by the FCC.
Stern frequently features women on his show and encourages them to remove their clothing and mimic sexual acts.
Houston said she won't reveal too much, but doesn't want to walk away from the show thinking she missed out.
"I'll definitely draw my limits on what I'm going to do on the show," Houston said. "I don't know exactly what he's going to ask me.
"[But] I have self-respect."
Besides encouraging guests to remove clothing, Stern is also well known for asking sexual questions. That is one area where Houston won't hold out, she said.
"I wouldn't get bothered by things he would ask me," Houston said.
She added she is very comfortable with her sexuality. Houston appeared in Playboy magazine in October 2005. The edition was titled "The Girls of the Pac-10."
Stern could make ASU look bad by asking Houston to come on the show, said Kelsey Tumbleson, a psychology freshman.
"I think it's going to show the girl and the school in a bad light," Tumbleson said.
Houston said she hadn't heard the show for a long time, but remembered how it could get out of hand.
"I think it is a little bit [inappropriate]," Houston said. "But that's why I don't plan on going over the line."
Reach the reporter at: matthew.g.stone@asu.edu.
