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Carrington recants on her earlier comment about Big Ten playmates

: September 17th, 2008 : webmaster : Comment (0)

Meet Miss October*Story Highlights*

- Florida student Kelly Carrington graces Playboy’s October cover

- Carrington recants on her earlier comment about Big Ten playmates

- An avid football fan, Carrington offers her season football predictions

Despite branding the October issue “Girls of the Big 10,” ‘Playboy’ awarded Florida student Kelly Carrington Playmate of the Month honors and the cover shot.

By Evan Drexler

*Playboy*’s Miss October wants the ladies of the Big Ten to know she didn’t mean any harm.

*Kelly Carrington*, a public relations junior at the University of Florida, made the cover of October’s *Playboy* magazine despite the fact that this issue was branded — in huge, red font — “Girls of the Big 10.”

“There weren’t any girls from the Big Ten who were hot enough to be on the cover, so they had to pull someone from the (Southeastern Conference),” Carrington told *The Gainesville Sun<http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080909/NEWS/809090158/0/news02>*.

But Carrington wants to set things straight.

“That conversation was not recorded and that comment was definitely taken out of context,” Carrington said. “I would never insult girls that are posing nude in a magazine next to me.” She laughed at the idea that she became the cover girl because she looks better than the Big Ten’s women.

“I got the cover because* Playboy* thought I would be a good cover girl,” she said.

Carrington never expected her joking comment to be taken as a straight insult of Big Ten women.

“That was pretty brutal,” Carrington said. “That blew up in the media, kind of. I think all the girls look beautiful.”

So Big Ten ladies, relax. Carrington has no problems with you.

Big Ten athletics, on the other hand…

“Well, in sports, that’s a different story,” Carrington said. “I’m a huge SEC fan, and that’s what I think is the best.”

The Ohio State Buckeyes’ recent string of big-game losses have evoked a small amount of pity from her, however.

“I feel bad for the Big Ten,” Carrington said. “I just want to give the Big Ten a hug.”

And what’s worse? The 2007 basketball and football national-championship losses for the Buckeyes, or a Gator supplanting the Big Ten on the Playboy cover?

“I guess me being on the cover of the Big 10 (issue),” she said with alaugh. “That’s a big smack in the face.”

Carrington, 22, is on hiatus from her education at Florida this semester to live the life of a Playmate. She wants to travel and promote her issue of the magazine and the prospect of living in the famous Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles made her decision much easier.

The best thing about the mansion, she said, is the 24-hour food service.

“It’s like a five-star kitchen,” Carrington said. “You can order food at allhours of the night.”

She usually goes for the healthy stuff — unlimited fruits and vegetables — but admits the cookies and cakes are scrumptious as well.

Carrington is having such a great time in L.A. that she might not go back to Gainesville. She plans to continue her education eventually, but if opportunities arise in California, she said transferring to the UCLA or Southern Cal wouldn’t be out of the question.

As for mansion life, it’s not nearly as crazy as TV shows would lead one to believe.

“I feel like people think it’s just wild orgies all the time, and people just wasted,” Carrington said. “The big parties, the Halloween party and the midsummer’s party, yeah, people get a little crazy. But besides those times, it’s pretty low-key, pretty quiet.”
Still, the wild L.A. party scene is certainly a change from the small-town atmosphere of Gainesville, where Carrington enjoyed being an avid fan of everything Gators.

When Florida won the 2006 BCS National Championship, she spent the night on the town.

“It was mad chaos. People everywhere,” she said. “I watched the game at a friend’s house, and then proceeded to go party on University (Avenue) with everyone. We celebrated. People in trees, cops everywhere. It was crazy.”

The Gators’ two basketball national championships in 2006 and 2007 brought about similar celebrations, though she never watched a Florida basketball game from the seats in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.

But she lived and died with the 2006 football season, wearing black to mourn the Gators’ loss to Auburn on Oct. 14 and sharing in the elation when *Jarvis Moss*blocked a last-second field goal<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpKy73Rojr8&feature=related>to prevent a South Carolina upset of Florida on Nov. 11, a play she said was the best sports moment she’s witnessed personally.

“I was like right in the end zone and it was just a really exciting win,” Carrington said. “When Jarvis Moss jumped up and blocked the field goal, that was amazing to me.”

Carrington even had excellent seats to the 2006 Southeastern Conference Championship Game in Atlanta. A friend of hers got tickets in the lower level because her father used to play for the Gators.

Saturdays with Florida football were synonymous with day-long parties.

Carrington would wake up early and start tailgating before the games, scream at The Swamp and then revel in post-victory festivities.

The Stuart, Fla., native said she rarely missed a home football game while in Gainesville, and the main reason she went to Florida was its reputation for an excellent athletic program.

“I was more of a Gator fan than a Seminole fan,” she said.

Carrington is a little embarrassed to admit her favorite athlete at the school is Gators quarterback *Tim Tebow* because she thinks everyone feels that way, but that doesn’t stop the sentiment from being true in her case.
“Everyone says that, but yeah,” Carrington said. “He’s just really exciting to watch and I think it’s just amazing how young he is and how talented.”

She expects to see Tebow in the NFL some day.

Carrington also sees greatness in Florida football’s near future. Check out her season predictions below.

Carrington’s Crystal Ball: *On the rest of UF’s season:

*”I think Georgia’s our biggest competition. And if we’re able to defeat them, I think the Gators will basically be destined to take the SEC title and have a terrific shot at making it to the national championship game. I’m excited to see Tebow play, I think he’s a lot more confident with the offense and has a lot more players to hand off to this year. I’m expecting he’ll be focusing more on throwing the ball than running it. It seems like he has a few more options, like (junior transfer running back from USC)*Emmanuel Moody*. I’m really looking forward to watching him play.”

*On Moody’s doubters:

*”Our first SEC game is next weekend. I still think he’s somebody who will be a star player this year.”

*On Tebow’s chances to repeate as Heisman Trophy winner: *”Definitely. I think he’ll be throwing the ball a lot more this year. … I just think we have a lot more options, so he’s going to be showing us those throwing skills.”

*On the Gators’ chances against Tennessee this weekend:

*”I think they’re going to beat ‘em. It’s their first SEC game, and it will be a good test to see how good we’ll be this year. So I’ll definitely be watching. But I think we have a very good chance of winning.”

*On Florida’s chances of beating Georgia:

*”I’d like to see some of their SEC games before making that prediction, but I’d say 70 percent chance. I mean, the games we’ve played so far, you can’t really judge off Hawaii and Miami.”

*On national title hopes after a win over the Bulldogs:

*”Definitely. And I think we’ll either be against Oklahoma or USC.”

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/sioncampus/09/17/carrington/index.html

Local Woman Named Playboy’s Miss October

: September 11th, 2008 : webmaster : Comment (0)

Martin County High Grad Bares All After Bet By Ex-Boyfriend*

POSTED: 4:36 pm EDT September 10, 2008
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A former Treasure Coast student is getting some national exposure.Martin County High School graduate Kelly Hemberger is baring all as Playboy magazine’s Miss October 2008.  The 22-year-old said it started as a bet when an ex-boyfriend suggested sending pictures of herself to the  magazine.  Hemberger will travel the country promoting her appearance.The magazine hits newsstands Friday.

Stuart’s Kelly Carrington makes cover of Playboy

: September 11th, 2008 : webmaster : Comment (0)

Reported by: Kelley Dunn
Email: kdunn@wptv.com

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Kelly Carrington says she is living a dream.

The 22 year-old Martin County native has taken a break from classes at the University of Florida and is living the life of a Playboy playmate.

Kelly says she is spending time at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy mansion and preparing to travel the country promoting the magazine.

Carrington is Miss October and proud of it. She says her pictures are tasteful and beautiful.

Florida Gator fans may enjoy her tribute to the team, as Carrington wears a football jersey is one photo.

Former classmates and friends in Martin County may be a little surprised to find out Carrington is appearing in Playboy.

The 2005 Martin County High School graduate says, “I was known as being pretty conservative and I was known as being the girl at the sandbar who wouldnt even take her shorts off.”

Carrington hopes Playboy will lead to exciting job opportunities in the future and is happy her college friend decided to send in photos of her which led to her being chosen as a Playmate.

Carrington says, “I think Playboy in general is the celebration of beauty of the woman’s body which I think is a beautiful thing so I’m defintlely flattered and I’m excited to be in it.”

Martin County grad is Playboy’s Miss October

: September 10th, 2008 : webmaster : Comment (0)
Martin County grad is Playboy’s Miss October
By Bill DeYoung
Originally published 06:08 p.m., September 9, 2008
STUART — It started as a bet, but now Martin County High School graduate Kelly Hemberger is Playboy Magazine’s Miss October 2008.
“If you asked me a year ago, or if you asked anyone that knew me, they would laugh if you ever said that I would do Playboy,” said the 22-year-old University of Florida student. “Because I’ve always been so conservative. I was the girl at the sandbar who wouldn’t take her shorts off.”
Hemberger’s nude pictorial hits newsstands Friday. At the magazine’s suggestion, she uses the last name Carrington.
But that’s her on the cover, and posing inside in the buff, among paraphernalia from her beloved Florida Gators.
The former star volleyball player for Martin County High doesn’t much care what people think of her sudden exposure.
“If people are offended by Playboy, then don’t buy the magazine,” she said. “It’s not for everyone, but I don’t consider it pornographic.”
It all began, she said, when an ex-boyfriend suggested sending in some amateur photos to Playboy. She’d become a fan of “The Girls Next Door,” the cable series starring magazine founder Hugh Hefner and a bevy of Los Angeles beauties.
“This started as a bet,” Hemberger said. “I actually didn’t think I was pretty enough or good enough. I had never even seen the magazine until I started watching ‘The Girls Next Door.’”
Playboy liked what they saw, and invited her west for a “test shoot.”
She met Hefner and the girls and stayed in the legendary Playboy Mansion.
“The photographer came in and went over with me what the shoot was going to be like,” she said. “I think he was aware that I was obviously nervous. But there’s only five people there, and the set was closed.
“Once I took off my robe for the first picture, they have a huge computer there, so it’s instantaneous — and once I saw the first few pictures, it was all good.”
Hemberger said her parents, who are divorced, supported her decision. And the idea that she’ll soon be pinned to the walls of countless dorm rooms doesn’t faze her.
“As everyone says, it really is a liberating experience,” she said. “In my life, I was growing more into a woman and becoming more sexual and comfortable with my own body.
“I see it as a celebration of beauty. It’s a celebration of women and women’s bodies. I think a woman’s body is beautiful and curvy and just womanly. And I just love it.”
Born in New York, Hemberger moved to Stuart with her family at age 10. She attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School, and South Fork High, before transferring to Martin County High.
“I liked life in Stuart,” she said. “I had a great group of tight-knit friends that I’m still friends with, although we all went to different colleges. It’s a big town, but Martin County High School is a small world.”
Hemberger also played lacrosse in school. Before she became interested in public relations, she said, sports was all she thought about.
That’s all changed now. She’s taking some time off from school to travel the country, promoting her Playboy appearance — and who knows, she said, maybe she’ll end up working in the magazine’s public relations department.
“I’m just enjoying this time in my life,” she said, “and I can always go to school. I feel like this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

UF student on cover of Playboy

: September 10th, 2008 : webmaster : Comment (0)
UF student on cover of Playboy
By Nathan Crabbe <nathan.crabbe@gvillesun.com>
Sun staff writer
Published: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 11:48 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 11:53 p.m.
If the Gator victories against Ohio State weren’t bad enough, now the
University of Florida has a Playboy cover girl dissing the Big Ten.
<http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080909/NEWS/809090158&title=UF_student_on_cover_of_Playboy#>
Playmate
of the Month Kelly Carrington on the October cover of Playboy Magazine.
Kelly Carrington appears as both a cover girl and Playmate of the Month in
Playboy’s October issue, which hits newsstands Friday.
The 22-year-old Carrington — Kelly Carrington is not her real name, it’s the
pseudonym she uses for the magazine — is a UF public relations major who
took a break from school to be photographed and promote her appearance in
the magazine.
The annual college edition features a spread on the girls of the Big Ten, so
Carrington admits it’s funny that a Southeastern Conference girl made the
front.
“There weren’t any girls from the Big Ten who were hot enough to be on the
cover, so they had to pull someone from the SEC,” she quipped.
She appears in the magazine under the headline “Gator Maid” — an allusion to
Gatorade and a pun she admits is “kind of lame.” The pictorial and
accompanying article are full of UF references, from the football jersey in
which she poses to her quotes on the joys of tailgating.
“The whole reason I wanted to go there is I was a Gator fan,” she said.
Carrington’s appearance in Playboy follows another Gator avoiding being in
the magazine. UF declined to nominate quarterback Tim Tebow for the
magazine’s annual All-American team due to his religious convictions.
Carrington said she thought that decision was unfortunate.
“I just think Playboy is a very classy and well-respected magazine,” she
said.
Carrington grew up in Stuart. She now lives across from the Playboy mansion
in Los Angeles in a home known as the “Bunny House,” where visiting
Playmates stay and a few live long-term. “They’re very selective about who
they allow to live there,” she said.
She said watching the E! network show, “The Girls Next Door,” with her
boyfriend led to her appearance in the magazine. The show features the lives
of the three girlfriends of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.
The boyfriend begged Carrington to send her picture to the magazine, she
said, which led to a test shoot and then her selection as a Playmate.
“If you asked me a year ago, I would have laughed and said ‘never,’ ” she
said. “I was definitely on the conservative side.”
She said life at the mansion is essentially like it is portrayed on the
show. There are constant events, she said, but not the kind of wild parties
associated with the mansion in past decades.
“It’s kind of like a sorority house,” she said.
She’s now promoting her appearance and pondering her next move. She said
options include interning in public relations for Playboy. She’s not sure if
she would return to UF or continue her studies elsewhere.
“If I wind up loving it here or getting the Playmate of the Year, I would
consider transferring” to the University of California-Los Angeles, she
said.
She admits being nervous about the reaction in Gainesville to her being in
Playboy. While she views the town as liberal, she said she’s concerned about
the conservative Southern influence. “At least I’m not there,” she said.

Florida Playboy Cover Girl Kelly Carrington Photos

: February 11th, 2008 : fanclub : Comment (0)

Published Sep 11 2008 by J Koot at 4:54 am under Some other School, d-cups

Florida ’student’ Kelly Carrington (rigth) with the infamous Laura Croft

By now you’ve heard about Kelly Carrington dissing the ladies of the Big Ten.

What a smart PR move on Playboy’s part. Call it the Ladies of the Big Ten issue and then infuriate the men of the Midwest.

Instead of some biology major from Northwestern you’ll have to settle for Ms. Carrington.

Kelly, middle, with friends playing grab ass.

We’re ready. Bring it.

By the looks of things it seems Kelly hasn’t been studying much at Florida. We’ve located about 100 photos of her enjoying the Playboy life. Some of the photos go back to the Super Bowl.

Something tells us school might not be that important right now.

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