I liked the Ecko pics as well. I have some photography books from artists like Guido Argentini, Frank De Mulder, Herve Lewis, Bruno Bisang, etc., I hope he does a book, too.
I also liked that how to take a bath pictorial and, like you, wondered why the pics were so small and mostly the same. I had no idea that was Kelly Carrington.
Maybe it’s time to rethink the Brazil Playboy subscription? The soccer issue is one of my favorites. Or maybe they can make a Norway/Brazil edition, haaha.
Hey glad to hear that you’re still around and attending the GC events,
Hairball. Once again, thanks for the pics in the past. I really liked
your shoots, because they were full body shots and many times people
tend to leave out the girls beautiful legs from the shoot, which is
one of my favorite part. By the way, do you have a new website because
your old one doesn’t work, that’s why I thought you’re no longer
around posting GC pictures anymore? Also, do you still have the
pictures from Day 2 of the last Glamourcon at LA? Did you get any
pictures of the beautiful Alison Waite and Kelly Carrington?
I hope you’re doing well, and don’t feel bad about procrastinating, we
all do it. Just as long as you share your magnificent pictures with us
one day, we really appreciate it.
After having said repeatedly that in 2008 the Playmates are very close to each other in terms of quality and not being able to rank them, I have finally managed to make my list. So here it is.
1. Juliette Frette
2. Ida Ljungqvist (unhappy with her recent behavior but not taking that into account)
3. Michelle McLaughlin
4. A J Alexander
5. Regina Deutinger
6. Valerie Mason
7. Kelly Carrington
8. Sandra Nilsson
9. Laura Croft
10. Kayla Collins
11. Grace Kim
12. Campbell Twins
In 2008 there isn’t a single Playmate who from either an aesthetic or a sexual perspective leaped into my heart or mind. I have chosen Juliette as the best because of her breasts, her background, her personality and the way she has presented herself.
hat’s a very nice blog entry. Thank you for posting it.
So why was all this talk there about Kelly Carrington not being liked by other Playmates? Candice calls her one of her closest friends.
I somewhere get the feeling that Candice is one of those girls whose hairstyle would go a long way in deciding how good she looked. I did not like her cyber girl pictorials all that much but the recent pictures with a different hairstyle look more promising. An example comes to mind. I never liked Stephanie Heinrich much. However recently I saw a video of hers with a very different hairstyle and overall makeover as well and the immediate thought was that she had never looked better.
Hey there Playboy fans! Remember this face? Let me refresh your memory. In November 2006 I was the Cyber Club’s Cyber Girl of the Month, and you may have also seen me in one of our many Special Editions, or as one of Playboy.com’s Fresh Faces. But now I have a new title—Miss June 2009. I’ve been waiting for almost a year now to see what pictures Playboy picked from my Centerfold shoot. To finally see it all come together—the big issue release and my Playmate pictorial—is just really special, and I can’t wait for everyone else to see it too!
Ever since I was a senior in high school I knew I wanted to become a Playboy Playmate. The first magazine I ever bought was the June 2004 Playmate of the Year issue. Well, I have to admit I wasn’t alone when I made the purchase. I was embarrassed to go buy the magazine, so I had some boys in my class go buy it for me. Pretty funny, huh? After that, it took me about two years to get up the nerve to do nude photos. My mom and I discussed the possibility of me posing to make sure it was something I really wanted to do, which it most definitely was.
So about three years ago, I submitted my pictures to Playboy and they flew me out to L.A. two days later. I became a Cyber Girl of the Week first, and later, I was voted Cyber Girl of the Month. After that I posed for some of the Special Editions and Playboy online sites like Fresh Faces. About a year ago, I got a call from Playboy and I went out to the Mansion to shoot my Centerfold. Your photos have to be approved first, so they tell you not to get your hopes up until Hef gives the okay. The funny thing is, Playboy forgot to tell me he approved them! We were sitting at dinner one night at the Mansion, and Kayla Collins, Miss August 2008, said she heard I was going to be a Playmate, and I was like, “No, Hef hasn’t approved them yet.” Lucky for me, Holly was in the room and confirmed that the rumors were true. A year later, here I am as Playboy’s newest Centerfold!
When I first told my grandmother I was going to be a Playmate she was shocked because she’s a little conservative. I’m going over to her house today to show her the issue, so I can’t wait to see what she says. Hopefully she hasn’t already seen it from someone else. As you all probably know, the new issue hit newsstands Friday. I couldn’t wait to see the pictorial, so on Wednesday I stopped by a store in Portsmouth, Ohio (my hometown), and they somehow had the issue there a little early. I ended up buying five copies, but of course, a few hours later a whole box of magazines arrived at my house courtesy of Playboy. I guess I got a little antsy, but I just wanted to make sure I had a chance to swipe some copies before I headed to Vegas for my first appearance as a Playmate. As it turns out, the store in Portsmouth wasn’t the only place that had the issue on newsstands early. When I arrived at the airport in Columbus, Ohio the security guard immediately recognized me because the magazine was already out in the airport. Guess we know what he’s doing during his breaks!
So I arrived in Vegas—my first time ever visiting Sin City—and I couldn’t wait to start the weekend! Friday night I wined and dined with Miss October 2008, Kelly Carrington, and Miss May 2006, Alison Waite, both of whom live in Vegas. Since I live in Ohio and most of my Playmate friends live on the West Coast, it’s nice to travel for Playboy because it allows me to see all of them. I’ve known Alison for almost three years now, and I met Kelly at the Mansion more than a year ago, around the time I was shooting my Playmate pictorial. They’re two of my closest friends, so it was great to spend a weekend with them. Kelly even came with me to the Playboy Club on Sunday night when I hosted a party. I didn’t get to spend too much time outside of the Palms hotel while I was in Vegas. I spent both Friday and Saturday nights hosting the Playboy Comedy Show, which if you have to sit through something three times, you can’t pick a better option. It’s never the same and it’s so funny. I definitely want to head back to Vegas sometime though, and maybe now that I’m a Playmate I’ll have the opportunity to visit more—and maybe even stay in Hef’s super sweet Sky Villa.
This weekend I’ll be heading to Indianapolis for the Indy 500 party. I just got a text from Miss March 2009, Jennifer Pershing, who will be my roomie for the weekend. I know there’s a large group of Playmates going, which means there’s a whole lot of fun in store! Make sure to check back next week so you can see all the hot pics from my Indy 500 weekend…
Just because someone told him that Ida was PMOY does not mean they
know 100% for sure why she was selected. And if the person that told
him the news was also in the running for PMOY (or heard the news from
someone who is friends with another contestant) they could just be
pissed that they weren’t chosen and making it up. But you have to look
at it for what it is – completely unbelievable. So Ida is hot enough
to bribe Hef with sexual favors for the title, but not the cover?
Sorry, but Hef has a thing for blondes and I am sure that there is a
long line of Playmates that have thrown themselves at Hef hoping to
win, but I just don’t see Hef falling for it – otherwise Bridget would
have been made a Playmate and Erik’s favorite Playmate Tina Jordan
would have been selected PMOY. Even if it’s true there is no way to
prove it – it just seems like sour grapes and sorry, Hef is many
things but I don’t think he’s A) that desperate and B) that stupid. He
takes a lot things into consideration for the title and if Ida wasn’t
well liked by the staff, the photographers, the readers or the public
while on promotions there is no amount of promised pu**y in the world
that would make him give into that type of bribe. He doesn’t need to
give into it – there is a line of other girls that are willing to
participate.
Donn McKnight
I’m really displeased with the selection of Ida as PMOY. I usually
slot the playmates into one of three categories: 1. Playmates I’d love
to see as PMOY; 2.Playmates I wouldn’t mind as PMOY; and 3. Playmates
I wouldn’t like to see as PMOY. Ida squarely falls into the third
category. I’m disappointed to the point of venting and writing this
post. As for the first category, I would have loved to seen Juliette,
Michelle, or Kayla as PMOY. Sandra, Kelly, and the Campbell twins
fall into my second category. As for the third…
On a separate matter, I’m really glad that Patrice Hollis will be
featured next month’s playmate extra. I’d glad swap her for Ida any
day.
Later,
Sid
I am just catching up on the PML. I love that Ida is PMOY. If you go
back to February of last year you will see that I had high praise of
her. She is extremely beautiful and has great curves.
The Campbell twins fall into the third category for me. So, that goes
to show that we have complete opposite tastes.
Maloof to girlfriend (Kelly Carrington): ‘For now, you’re the one for me’
There was a friendly tit-for-tat going on in a Palms ballroom on Saturday night, where Hugh Hefner (with Crystal Harris, Karissa Shannon and Kristina Shannon) and more than 50 Playmates from the past 55 years crowned the new Playmate of the Year — Ida Ljungqvist.
While introducing the “legendary” Palms owner, George Maloof, host Brande Roderick said he’s dated almost as many Playmates as Hefner has.
But Maloof really has dated around the horn of the Playboy Mansion. So he played along and mentioned that several exes were among Playmates in the room.
Then he cracked the joke of the night in a shout out to his girlfriend in a front row.
“Hi Kelly (Carrington) — for now, you’re the one for me,” Maloof said.
Maloof said people often ask him if he could be the next Hefner but that there is only one Hefner. George: if you not you, then who?
Brande Roderick vs. Joan and Melissa Rivers
Roderick (Playmate of the Year in 2001) is one of the last remaining contestants on “Celebrity Apprentice.” One of the rivals she has beat is Joan Rivers’ daughter Melissa, who just got fired on the show.
Melissa left “Apprentice” by calling Roderick and poker star Annie Duke a “cabal” of “whore pit vipers,” a clever spew of venom. And Joan Rivers called Roderick a stupid blonde.
So while sharing the Playmate of the Year limelight on stage, Roderick boasted she made the final four of the reality show and raised $200,000 for charity.
“If that’s what a being a dumb blonde is, I’m proud to say I’m a dumb blonde,” Roderick said.
That was Roderick taking the high road.
The Playmate of The Year Won’t Be Posing Again
There in the ballroom, fully naked posters of Ljungqvist draped the walls. But the Playmates and everyone else were clothed. They ate crab cake and beef cake supplied by celebrity chef Kerry Simon.
Ljungqvist — the magazine’s first African-born Playmate of the Year — stammered, hooted and teared up at the podium in accepting her award. She was a ball of emotions.
Before the dinner, she walked a red carpet with other Playmates then shared with some of us in the media that she is completely done with posing naked, forever and ever. She was happy with how this Playboy “miracle” turned out. But nude exhibitionism isn’t her thing, she said.
Two years ago, she was working in a Beverly Hills boutique, Bebe, when 2007’s Playmate of the year, Sara Jean Underwood, discovered her and introduced Ljungqvist to Playboy.
She posed in the March 2008 magazine. Readers voted her Playmate of the Year. Hefner gave her the news after a Playmate dinner-and-movie night at the Mansion.
She’s working on a charity, Empowerment Works, which focuses on HIV-AIDS research, children’s care and other concerns around the world. She will be fundraising and sending nine orphans to religious universities, she said.
Her Playmate of the Year awards: $100,000, a car and a bottle of tequila.
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PHOTO NOTE: Top two photos by Denise Truscello; bottom photos by me (I’m not a professional photographer, so beware)
1.) Jennifer Walcott
2.) Brande Roderick
3.) Amanda Paige
4.) Pennelope Jimenez
5.) Marketa Janska
6.) Kara Monaco
7.) Hiromi Oshima
8.) Tailor James
9.) Lindsey Vuolo
10.) Stephanie Heinrich, LMH, Kelly Carrington (Tie)
I was generally surprised when Jen Walcott’s pictorial came out at the level of hostility aimed at her here on the PML because of her implants (hubcaps, bolt-ons etc). I think they look good and blend in with her athletic figure.
I met Marketa on the Playboy Club tour and she was very sweet.
Ted
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