Many former Bachelor contestants paid tribute to Merkt, who competed on Nick Viall's season of The Bachelor, by leaving tributes in the comment section.
The segment featured 17 performers, including three well-known "Drag Race France" contestants, in various states of undress, posed behind what looked like a long table.
Officials are examining a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation allegedly involving Team GB and England forward Wilson-Hardy and an unnamed third party.
This embarrassing incident comes as Paris organizers have promoted the event as "The Equal Games," with the IOC celebrating that women now make up 50 percent of its participants.
In a post about the segment, she shared a photo of herself in her costume and wrote: "Hi, my name is Barbara Butch. I'm a love activist, DJ, and producer based in Paris."
The controversial performance took place at the beginning of an impromptu fashion show across the Debilyl Bridge, with the Eiffel Tower and Seine clearly visible.
Leigh, a 65-year-old retired probation officer from Cook County, Illinois, was battling terminal cancer and living with her son on East 79th Street while undergoing treatment.