Actress and model Diora Baird has been featured in several box office hits but collectors of Playboy magazine would probably tell you that her best appearance came in August 2005 when she was chosen by Hugh Hefner to grace the cover of his iconic men’s magazine as a Playboy Model.

Following in her mother’s footsteps, Diora became a model after enrolling in an acting school and at just 17 she moved to Los Angeles where she soon picked up work at Gap and as a waitress before breaking into the world of modeling where she had a contract with The Gap.

But it was in 2004, that Diora started achieving acting roles with guest appearance on the Drew Carey Show and in the low-budget film Brain Blockers. However, her big break came with an appearance in Wedding Crashers in 2005,which starred Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson and Isla Fisher. She quickly followed that role with roles in Accepted and Hot Tamale and in 2006, she appeared in four films, most notably a major role in the horror prequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.

Diora’s modeling career now sees her signed to the Elite Model Management in Miami and starring in Night of the Demons with Shannon Elizabeth.