She’s not the best known woman on the planet, but come December 2009 she’ll be better known than she could ever have imagined!

That’s what’s in store for the late night American chat show host Chelsea Handler as she removes her clothes for Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine and holds the coveted position of cover girl December 2009.

The 34 year old Chelsea, although not well known outside the USA, is known to most American’s suffering from insomnia as the outspoken late night host who has a tongue so sharp it’s a wonder she hasn’t cut herself on it, on the show, Chelsea Lately!

Appearing with a fellow late night chat show host, Jay Leno, Handler revealed her appearance on the cover had been given severe airbrush treatment and shows her in a tiny white bikini and knee high white boots, standing in a fake snow.

In an effort to appeal to older readers, Hefner has in recent months taken to placing ladies of a more ‘mature’ age on the cover of his iconic magazine. Ladies such as Carol Alt, December 2008, Cindy Margolis July 2008 and Lisa Rinna May 2009 have all graced the cover of Playboy magazine.

The December edition of Playboy magazine also features Joanna Krupa nude.

She may be new to the cover of Playboy but as a Playboy model, Samantha Harris is almost an old hand, well, if being 25 years old and first appearing in Playboy 2007 counts as being an old hand!

A Florida resident, Samantha was crowned Playboy Cyber Girl of the Month in April 2007, by Mr Hugh Hefner and again enjoyed fame with a 6 page pictorial as “Cyber Girl 2008: Access Granted,” in July of that year.

But now, just a little over a year later Samantha has reached the dizzy heights of cover girl for Playboy’s Nudes magazine titled, ‘Nude Girls Exposed‘, for the November 2009 issue.

Miss Harris came up through the ranks of glamour modeling having achieved the title of Miss St. Augustine, Florida and Miss Altamonte Springs , Florida for Hawaiian Tropic. But with her ambitions set higher, Samantha always wanted to be a Playboy model so being given an opportunity to work so closely with the company was her dream come true.

Samantha joins many other beauties who have graced the cover of Playboy Nudes magazine including Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy, Patti Breton and Amy Sue Cooper.

And a little nugget of information for any of her fans who are also hoping for an opportunity with this Playboy model, Samantha says, “I like a guy who drinks beer, watches football, and can make me laugh.”

Yes, Playboy magazine model and cover girl, Louise Glover, came out fighting like a real vixen when a night club reveler made a pass at Louise’s husband and she followed the girl into the ladies room and launched a full scale attack while other  party goers looked on!

But this display of venomous behaviour wasn’t part of a Hugh Hefner photo shoot, it was the real deal.

Louise has now ended up in a court in Hove, East Sussex UK, accused by her victim of having pulled the girl’s hair out and punching her in the face.

Louise’s 23 year old victim told the court, ‘She punched me in the face. I was on the floor and she picked me up by the hair and did it again. There was blood everywhere. Then she tried to put my head in the toilet. I walked out and everybody was screaming. Most of my hair was gone. My nose was on the other side of my face. I looked like I had tomato ketchup all over me.”

However, following a legal dispute the jury was discharged and Louise, 26, will now reappear before the court on December 14 2009 where she will state she acted in self defense.

Hugh Hefner may well have surprised, and in some cases disappointed, his readers in the month of November with his choice of cover girl, Marge Simpson, but if rumours are to be believed he could be reprieving himself with his annual celebrity December issue.

Apparently, the American Pie actress, Tara Reid, attended a Playboy shoot recently sparking speculation that she’ll be the celebrity face of December Playboy 2009.

Tara made her trip to Playboy last week despite having had a very bad liposuction procedure five years ago which has since left her suffering with body image issues. “She is really shy about getting the Playboy gig,” said a source. “She’s scared to talk about it because of what people and the press might say. But she’s doing so well, she looks amazing.”

If 33 year old Tara is seen gracing the cover of Playboy December 2009 she will be joining an exclusive club of December cover girls which includes, Raquel Welch, Shannon Doherty, Brooke Shields and Kim Kardashian.

With a hair style mimicked by the bad girl of music, Amy Winehouse, a body that would leave Heidi Klum in the shade and dress sense that would have Sarah Jessica Parker gagging for her wardrobe, Marge Simpson was the obvious choice for Hugh Hefner’s November 2009 Playboy magazine cover.

Following in the footsteps of a previous sultry beauty, Jessica Rabbit, Marge is set to be one of Playboy’s top selling issues. Only ever seen in her role as mother of Bart, Lisa and Maggie, Marge is known as a well meaning matriarch and wife of political opinionated Homer.

But now, with only her signature blue rinsed beehive and a bunny shaped chair to hide her modesty, Marge is out to set the heart’s of men worldwide on fire with her provocative poses.