Famous Women of Playboy

10 October 2008

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This week sees the release of comedy The House Bunny starring Anna Faris as Shelley Darlington, a Playboy Bunny who teaches an awkward sorority about the opposite sex only to learn that what boys really like is what's on the inside.

Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta.

Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have a sense of individuality.

To celebrate the release we have looked at the many famous faces that have been part of the Playboy family through being a Playboy Bunny waitress or posing for the magazine. Here are just a few names you might recognise.

Marilyn Monroe:

Monroe graced the cover and was the centrefold for the first-ever issue of Playboy Magazine Hugh Hefner produced in December 1953. However the picture used originally was taken for a calendar rather than for Playboy.

Lauren Hutton:

One of the world�s first supermodels, Hutton worked at the New York Playboy Club from 1963-1964.

Carol Cleveland:

Before being in the Monty Python television show and movies, Cleveland worked at the London Playboy Club as one of the first London Bunnies in 1966.

Deborah Harry:

The lead singer of the hit �70�s new wave punk group Blondie waitressed at the New York club from 1968-1973 before becoming a major pop icon.

Cindy Crawford:

The supermodel has been featured in the magazine multiple times beginning in 1988.

Pamela Anderson:

Besides being a Playmate, Anderson has been on the cover of Playboy a total of 20 times since 1990!

Anna Nicole Smith:

The late model was a Playmate with a centrefold in May 1992. She was also on the cover more than once.

Carmen Electra:

Electra has also been featured several times as a centrefold and on the cover. The model and actress first appeared in the magazine in 1996.

Jenny McCarthy:

The actress and comedienne was a Playboy centrefold in 1993 and Playmate of the Year in 1994. She has also been on the cover or featured in the magazine several other times.

Holly Madison:

Madison is from Alaska and Hef�s number one girl. She moved into the mansions with Hef two days after their first date.

Bridget Marquardt:

After sending Playboy photos in hopes of getting into the magazine, Marquardt was asked out by Hef and quickly became a girlfriend.

Kendra Wilkinson:

Hef�s youngest girlfriend met him at his 78th birthday party. She moved into the mansion as a girlfriend before they had even had a first date!

Anna Faris:

The newest addition of famous Playboy stars, funny girl Anna is soon to appear in Sony�s The House Bunny and currently graces the cover of the American Playboy.

Scenes for the film were filmed in the mansion with cameos from Hef and the current girlfriends. Anna was even tempted to bare all for the magazine, but revealed the fear of her mother's wrath stopped her stripping for the centrefold.