But these ladies are not selling sex, they are peddling betel nuts.
Betel juice stains can be found on walls and footpaths throughout south-east Asia.
The nut is taken for its stimulating and psychoactive effects, and is a popular alternative to chewing tobacco.
It is the world’s fourth-most popular psychoactive substance after nicotine, alcohol and caffeine.
Chewing betel nut is said to produce an euphoric and warm feeling.
Add the ladies in skimpy outfits, and you get an even headier mix.
This caused widespread unemployment particularly among the unskilled labor force.
Taiwan has more than 100,000 betel-nut booths, and 60,000 of these are run by the beauties.
But authorities have been cracking down on these women for the past few years.
Conservatives see the provocatively dressed women as morally degrading while police blame them for causing car accidents.
The girls themselves are vulnerable to physical and verbal sexual harassment.
In 2007, betel nut beauties were banned within the city limits of the capital Taipei.
Their numbers have been slowly declining and a stricter dress code enforced by the authorities have seen sales plummeting.
