Who would have thought that a German born supermodel, like Claudia Schiffer, who has posed naked for several men’s magazines would have turned down the accolade of appearing Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine as a Playboy Bunny girl?

But that’s exactly what the famous ex girlfriend of illusionist David Copperfield did back in 1997. Instead, Schiffer appeared on the cover of the May 1997 issue of Playboy magazine wearing a black sequined top, falling slightly off her shoulder and looking a seductive as she possibly could fully clothed.

The inner pages see Schiffer, once again clothed in a sparking, sheer two piece, but still not revealing anything anywhere sexually explicit.

When asked about her decision to turn down Hugh’s offer to appear nude in his publication she stated, “I didn’t want in 20 years from now to have somebody saying, ‘What was her career again? Oh yeah, she was in Playboy’, and just to be remembered for that. It’s not that I’m against it. I’m German, I’m very open, in Germany they lay in the park naked. It’s just the principle.”

Or, were there not enough zeros on the end of the offer?