Playboy is still a stairway to stardom in the digital age, but the path taken by these bunnies is somewhat different than their nude predecessors- these girls are famous for being themselves! The Girls Next Door made Hef's perky blonde girlfriends Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson, and Bridget Marquardt into bona fide reality superstars, as well as giving voyeuristic viewers an unprecedented peek into their nude daily lives. Playboy bunnies are more famous than ever before, with Holly headlining in Vegas, Hope Dworaczyk Trumping the competition on Celebrity Apprentice, and Jayde Nicole partying in The Hills.
According to Google, Sara Jean Underwood is the most popular Playboy model on the 'net. You can see why in her banana-tickling hammock photo shoot on The Girls Next Door!
Hope Dworazcyk is the reigning Playmate of the Year for 2010. 2011 is also looking pretty good for Hope, who hosts and co-produces the fashion series Inside Fashion in her native Canada and can be seen every Sunday around the world on Celebrity Apprentice. You'll be fired (up) when The Girls Next Door go behind the scenes of Hope's nude photo shoot!
Holly Madison met Hef at a party at the Playboy Mansion, and soon found herself moving in as one of his girlfriends and one of the three original Girls Next Door. This blonde bombshell is also a dancing queen. She appeared on Dancing with the Stars in 2009, and now that she's kissed Playboy behind she headlines the topless show Peepshow in Las Vegas, and documents it on the reality show Holly's World.
Kendra Wilkinson, the second link in the original Girls Next Door girlfriend chain, isn't technically a Playmate, since she's never had her own Playboy centerfold. But her blonde ambition has gotten her plenty of screen time, with her own reality show, Kendra, an appearance on Dancing with the Stars, and a cameo pillow fighting with Holly in Scary Movie 4. This athletic Bunny isn't afraid to take a risk, like when she went skydiving topless on Kendra.
Bridget Marquardt rounds out the original trio of Hef's GFs. Like Kendra, Bridget isn't technically a Playmate, but she's gotten naked in Playboy shoots with Holly and Kendra and of course on The Girls Next Door. After departing from the Mansion Bridget scored her own show, Bridget's Sexiest Beaches, where this bikini babe traveled to the some of the most stunning places on earth. Unfortunately, the show was on the Travel Channel, so she had to keep her ass(ets) covered. Talk about paradise lost!
Titillating twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon did a breastactular job filling in the gaps, and filling out the bikinis, left by the departing original trio as Hef's new GFs. Though they have now departed from the Mansion for greener reality-show pastures, we'll always have the mammary memory of their tennis-themed Playboy shoot thanks to The Girls Next Door.
Shanna Moakler was already a successful actress before becoming Playboy Playmate of the Month in December 2001. But her star (like Mr. Skin's peter) just kept rising afterwards, even scoring her own reality show with then-husband Travis Barker, Meet the Barkers. Shanna's barkers will make you howl at the moon in Seeing Other People (2004)!
Bombshell brunette and 2008 Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole has had a lot of crossover appeal, thanks to her relationship with reality stud Brody Jenner. Jayde has made sexy appearances on the Hills and Holly's World, but has only shown skin in the pages of Playboy. C'mon, Jayde, don't be skingy!
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