Pregnant 'French' tourist who appealed to find one-night-stand dad, revealed as hoax

The woman who captured hearts by launching a moving video appeal to find the father of her unborn child has revealed it was a hoax. Filmed by the beach at Mooloolaba, on Australia's sunshine coast, Natalie Amyot asked social media to help her find "the really cute guy" she met at a party on the last night of her holiday.

But a day after the video was released, another clip was uploaded to her YouTube channel in which she admitted the appeal was a marketing ploy set up by Sunny Coast Social Media in Queensland.