Not just a pretty face and voluptuous Playboy model body, Carrie Stevens is also a savvy business woman who hasn’t just relied on her curves and looks to make it through life.

After graduating from Memphis State University, where she studied journalism, Carrie continued with her part time hobby of modeling by packing her cases and moving across country to Hollywood.

That was the catalyst to the start of Carrie’s full time modeling career which also lead to her landing dream jobs with gigs on hit TV shows, in major motion pictures and appearing in major magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Allure, and of course Hugh Hefner’s iconic men’s magazine, Playboy.

Along with her appearances as a Playboy model, Carrie has also shown her talents in the world of writing having articles published in Hot Moms Club Magazine and having been  inspired by the experience of reaching millions of readers, Carrie decided to launch her own online magazine, Envi-image.com in which she combines her passion for the camera and the ecology of the earth by getting the word out about protecting the environment by using safe, non-toxic cosmetics, wearing eco-friendly fashion, and all the important ways people can help save the planet.

Carrie Stevens has also made a career as an actress both on the big screen and TV co-starring with Emmy winners Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Aniston, and Oscar winner Hillary Swank. She also appeared in “Rock Star” with Mark Whalberg. She has starred in independent films opposite musician and singer John Taylor of the 1980’s New Romantics band, Duran Duran, in a movie called Marked for Murder.
Carrie’s acting career has also seen her making guest appearances on many television shows such as “Two and a Half Men” , “Beverly Hills 90210″ or “Days of Our Lives”, and hosting three one hour shows for E!, including Playboys “Playmates of the 1970’s”.

Carrie was awarded the accolade of being titled Playboy’s Miss June 1997, and to this day still enjoys a continuing professional relationship with the Playboy entrepreneur, Hef!

More famous for splashing her mermaid tail than for removing her clothes for Hugh Hefner, Daryl Hannah still remains a favourite among the category of actress who have also become Playboy models.

Growing up in a home where her re-married mother had a husband in cinematography, fostered Hannah’s early interest in movies along with her inability to sleep at night.

Although a blonde beauty with a statuesque shape, Hannah has never married. She had a long-term relationship with singer Jackson Browne from 1978 through 1992.

Along with Hannah’s notoriety for movies, both acting and directing, Hannah is also associated with the Kennedy clan following her relationship with the son of President John F Kennedy, John F Kennedy Jr. in the 1990’s.

But it is Hannah’s appearance on the cover and in the pictorial of Hefner’s Playboy magazine that saw red blooded males around the world seeing the Splash star in a whole new light!

Not content with just wooing the men with her appearances as a Playboy model. Heather Kozar went on to appear in several Playboy videos, became a model on The Price is Right, and appeared in WWF Smackdown!, Shasta McNasty, Rescue 77 and in a Wendy’s commercial.

But probably still her best known role is that of Playboy model and cover girl where she was chosen as January 1998 Playboy Playmate of the Month and in 1999 she became Playmate of the Year.

In 1999 and 2001 she was seen in the Playboy Video Playmate Calendar and in the Playmate Pajama Party and the Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Heather Kozar.

With her blonde hair, blue eyes and 36,24, 35 shape encapsulated in a 5’ 8 “ tall body Heather won the heart of the man at the top of the Playboy empire, himself, Hugh Hefner, and became his lady from 1999 through 2001. But it was 2005 that saw Heather really giving her heart away when she married NFL Football Quarter Back Tim Couch with whom she now has one child.

For a girl who was born in 1976 in Akron, Ohio, Heather certainly came a long way with her name appearing in the credits on the following Playboy DVD’s and Playboy Special Edition issue magazines:

Playboy Playmate of the Year DVD Collection: The ’90s (2006) (V)
Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004) (V)
Playboy: Prime Time Playmates (2002) (V)
Playboy: Wet & Wild Live! (2002) (V)
Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001) (V)
Playboy: American Beauties (2001) (V)
Playboy: Playmates Bustin’ Out (2000) (V)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate 2000 Bernaola Twins (2000) (V)
Playboy: California Girls (2000) (V)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2000 (1999) (V)
Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 90’s (1999) (V)
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party (1999) (V)
Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Heather Kozar (1999) (V)
Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1999 (1998) (V)
Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss January 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989 (1998) (V).

Appearances in Playboy Special Editions:

Playboy’s Lingerie Model Search February 1997
Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 55 May 1997
Playboy’s Playmate Review Vol. 15 August 1999
Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 69 September 1999
Playboy’s Voluptuous Vixens Vol. 3 October 1999
Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 70 November 1999
Playboy’s Nudes December 1999
Playboy’s Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 5 June 2000
Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 75 September 2000
Playboy’s Nude Playmates April 2001
Playboy’s Sexy 100 February 2003.

Born in 1960 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it took Barbara Edwards just 23 years to be named one of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy models as Playmate of the Month in September before she held the much coveted title of Playmate for Year 1984. With her 35″, 23″, 34″ stats, and standing 5’5” tall with a weight of 105lb, modeling was almost a slam dunk for Barbara.

But before Barbara rose to the dizzy heights of Playboy she found her forte in the world of art. Her first encounter with her outstanding ability was when she was in her senior year in high school and a teacher submitted some of her drawings to a scholarship board and her skill was instantly recognized, winning her an art scholarship to Orange Coast College. The recognition gave Barbara the inspiration to pursue her career in art from that moment onwards.
 

Barbara recalls her most embarrassing art class when she was introduced to nude male models and asked to draw them, but she also recalled that all the bodies appeared the same after a few encounters.

But thankfully that wasn’t the belief of the thousands of Playboy fans the Barbara amassed during her years with Hef, and she still remains a big favourite in the world of Playboy magazine collectors.

With her love of art comes Barbara’s passion for certain men, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Michelangelo and Rodin but her love of art isn’t confined to the paintbrush and canvas with her favourite singing artists being, Mozart, Beethoven, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Kenny Rogers and Legend.

Barbara’s other Playboy appearances include Playboy Special Editions

Playboy’s Women of Television 1984Playboy’s Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads July 1985.

July 1985. Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 2 March 1987. Playboy’s Wet & Wild Women July 1987 - pages 14-15.

July 1987 - pages 14-15. Playboy’s Country Girls September 1987. Playboy’s Women on the Move September 1988.

September 1988. Playboy’s Girls of Winter December 1988. Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 9 September 1989.

Vol. 9 September 1989. Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 16 November 1990. Playboy’s Wet & Wild Women December 1990.

December 1990. Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 17 January 1991. Playboy’s Video Playmates August 1993.

August 1993. Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 36 March 1994. Playboy’s Playmates in Paradise March 1994 - pages 48-53.

March 1994 - pages 48-53. Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 37 May 1994. Playboy’s Girls of Summer ‘94 June 1994.

June 1994. Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 38 July 1994. Playboy’s Hot Denim Daze May 1995 - pages 80-91 (outtakes from a 1987 feature).

May 1995 - pages 80-91 (outtakes from a 1987 feature). Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 73 May 2000. Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 76 November 2000.

Vol. 76 November 2000. Playboy’s Book of Lingerie Vol. 78 March 2001

Vol. 78 March 2001

Tia Carrere has certainly had her fair share of careers in her 42 years of life, singer, actress, model and of course, one of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy models.

Tia was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and at the age of 17 after being passed over in the 1985 Star Search she was spotted by a producer who saw her potential and cast her in the movie Aloha Summer.

But Tia’s first big break came though when she was cast in the daytime soap opera General Hospital. She played the role of Jade Soong Chung from 1985 to 1987. She also had a guest appearance on The A-Team with George Peppard and Mr T.

Tia’s movie career continued with her making appearances in Wayne’s World with Mike Myers and Rob Lowe and Wayne’s World 2 and as Sydney Fox in the TV series Relic Hunter.

Tia also continued with her singing career when in 1993, her first solo album, Dream, was released, and went platinum in Mexico. That same year, she was featured on the soundtrack of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, performing the ending theme, “I Never Even Told You”.

But it was January 2003 that saw Tia gracing the cover of Hefner’s Playboy magazine, making her a favourite with collectors of the men’s magazine worldwide.

Tia’s second album, Hawaiiana, was released in June 2007 and takes Carrere back to her Hawaiian roots with three-time Grammy Award winning record producer Daniel Ho accompanying her on classic solo slack-key guitar and ukulele. The album was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award under the category Best Hawaiian Music Album. She won a Grammy Award in 2009, again teaming up with Daniel Ho to produce her third album ‘ikena.

Carrere divorced her husband Elie Samaha in February 2000. On November 30, 2002, she married again, this time to photojournalist Simon Wakelin. They have a daughter, Bianca, born September 25, 2003. At present, she lives in Los Angeles.