[Katy Perry, Bill Clinton. Photos by SAM BOLTON for PMc]

The world's spotlight shined on Vienna, Austria Saturday as celebrities and politicians -- an always scandalous pairing -- put on their quirkiest, wildest, and kinkiest costumes for the Life Ball 2009 at Vienna City Hall. The annual bash is in its 17th year, and draws thousands of guests including former president Bill Clinton, Eva Longoria Parker, Patricia Field, Lydia Hearst, Pamela Anderson, and Katy Perry who performed in a mermaid get-up.

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