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Nomi Malone is a hot young drifter who hitchhikes to Las Vegas hoping to make it as a showgirl.

After being cheated of her money by Jeff, who gave her the lift, Nomi meets Molly Abrams, a seamstress and costume designer who takes her in as a roommate.

Molly invites Nomi backstage at Goddess, the Stardust Casino show where she works, to meet Cristal Connors, the diva-like star of the topless dance revue.

When Nomi tells Cristal she dances at Cheetah's Topless Club, Cristal derisively tells her that what she does is akin to prostitution.

This makes Nomi furious, and sparks a rivalry.

When Nomi is too upset to go to work that night, Molly takes her dancing at The Holbank Pinks Club, where James Smith works as a bouncer.

James asks Nomi to dance with him, and when he criticizes her dancing, she kicks him in the groin.

James falls into the crowd, starting a brawl on the dance floor with several male patrons.

After Nomi is arrested for causing the melee, James bails her out of jail, but she still pays him little notice.