Melbourne Cup: Arabella Del Busso flashes cleavage in a risqué tropical mini dress

The dress that stops the nation! Notorious NRL WAG Arabella Del Busso displays her eye-popping cleavage in a plunging frock on Melbourne Cup day

The Melbourne Cup is known as ‘the race that stops the nation’.

And former NRL WAG Arabella Del Busso proved she had ‘the dress that stops the nation’ as she showed off her risqué race-day outfit on Instagram on Tuesday.

The glamour model, 30, sent pulses racing as she posed in a leggy, tropical-print frock with a perilously low neckline.

The dress that stops the nation! Notorious NRL WAG Arabella Del Busso displayed her eye-popping cleavage in a plunging frock on Melbourne Cup day 

Sporting an extremely bronzed complexion and dramatic makeup, the SAS Australia star completed her look with see-through stiletto heels and statement drop earrings.

Arabella also parted with race-day tradition by choosing not to wear a fascinator, instead styling her raven locks in a bouffant beehive style.

‘Melbourne Cup ready’, she captioned the post, adding a racehorse emoji. 

Tribute: Arabella tagged Jennifer Lopez and Versace in her Instagram post - indicating that her race-day outfit was an homage to the tropical Versace dress famously worn by Jennifer at the 2000 Grammy Awards (pictured)

Tribute: Arabella tagged Jennifer Lopez and Versace in her Instagram post – indicating that her race-day outfit was an homage to the tropical Versace dress famously worn by Jennifer at the 2000 Grammy Awards (pictured) 

She also tagged Jenifer Lopez and Versace in her post – indicating that her outfit was an homage to the tropical Versace dress famously worn by Jennifer at the 2000 Grammy Awards.

Arabella’s race day ‘appearance’ comes after she became the first celebrity recruit to quit SAS Australia. 

She made the decision to walk away from Seven’s military-style show after being interrogated about faking a pregnancy during her relationship with NRL star Josh Reynolds. 

Is that really you? Arabella's makeup artist uploaded before-and-after photos demonstrating her dramatic Melbourne Cup transformation

Is that really you? Arabella’s makeup artist uploaded before-and-after photos demonstrating her dramatic Melbourne Cup transformation   

As tears streamed down her cheeks, Arabella spoke about her ill-fated relationship with Josh and the ‘scrutiny’ she faced since their split late last year.

After meeting the Wests Tigers player, 31, on Instagram in December 2018, Arabella enjoyed a one-night stand with him before claiming she was pregnant with twins.

She later told him she’d miscarried – before claiming she was pregnant again in March 2019, only to ‘miscarry’ once more.

Scandal: Arabella made the decision to walk away from SAS Australia after being interrogated for faking a pregnancy during her relationship with NRL star Josh Reynolds

Scandal: Arabella made the decision to walk away from SAS Australia after being interrogated for faking a pregnancy during her relationship with NRL star Josh Reynolds

Arabella claimed to have been pregnant yet again in June, sending her beau a series of 12-week scans.

‘I told my partner that I had a pregnancy scare, and I showed it to him and said it was ours, when in fact, it wasn’t our scan at all,’ she confessed during the interrogation. 

The directing staff asked her what prompted her to lie about the pregnancy, and Arabella admitted the relationship was ‘coming to an end’.

Flashback: During the interrogation, Arabella spoke about her ill-fated relationship with rugby league footballer Josh (left) and the 'scrutiny' she faced since their split late last year

Flashback: During the interrogation, Arabella spoke about her ill-fated relationship with rugby league footballer Josh (left) and the ‘scrutiny’ she faced since their split late last year

‘I didn’t know how to deal with losing someone…’ she said.

After being asked if her plan was to ‘cheat the person into staying with you’, Arabella admitted she just wanted ‘to try and draw him back in’.

The pressure of the interrogation soon became too much for her, and she subsequently quit the show by handing in her armband. 

Over it: The pressure of the interrogation soon became too much for the lingerie model, and she subsequently quit the show by handing in her armband

Over it: The pressure of the interrogation soon became too much for the lingerie model, and she subsequently quit the show by handing in her armband