Not one of the prettiest faces to grace the cover of Playboy magazine, and certainly becoming a Playboy bunny girl was somewhat out of character for the 5ft 10 inch tall wrestler who tips the scales at 200lbs but never the less Hugh Hefner spotted yet another winner when he put Joan Laurer on the cover of two issues of Playboy magazine and making the first issue in 2000, which featured a pictorial of her, one of the five best selling issues in the magazine’s history.

Joan, who goes by the name of Chyna when she dons her signature black sex kitten attire and enters the wrestling ring, has also been in 3 movies, Cougar Club, Illegal Aliens and Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy.

Modeling for Playboy, Chyna took the path of nudity in her first appearance in the men’s magazine in November 2000. Following her departure from WWF Chyna once again posed nude for Hef’s publication and for her pictorial in the January 2002 at which time she also filmed a Playboy adult documentary entitled, Joanie Laurer Nude: Wrestling Superstar to Warrior Princess.

Although Chyna actually had no addiction to drugs, booze or any other substance, she still became a prime candidate for the reality TV show, ‘Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew’. Some considered Chyna’s addiction to be totally associated with her obsession with fame!

When fellow actress and friend, Anna Nicole Smith died suddenly on February 8^th 2007, Chyna appeared on the Larry King show and looking visible shaken stated, she “knew it was coming” because of the way the media had ridiculed Smith, and she drew parallels between the plight of Anna and herself.