Free Preview: Playmate of the Month July 1983 - Ruth Guerri

Hanging out with Ruth Guerri is a tonic. If she were bottled, the label would say, "Dr. Guerri's Elixir - cheers you up, mellows you out; gets the blood flowing and quickens the pulse; feel free to O.D." Just looking at Ruth makes you want to blow the rent on a boxcar of ice cream. She's a threat to clear thinking, an invitation to irresponsibility. <br> How can such a girl make a living? Why, by modeling, of course - which is what she's been doing for the past seven years in and around her home town of St. Louis. She got the bug right after high school. A brief foray into clerical work convinced her: "Nine to five I could not do. I found myself coming in late and leaving early. I just couldn't spend eight hours a day in an office when it was so beautiful outside." Her longevity in the modeling business is remarkable, especially since she works out of St. Louis, a relatively small market. Luckily, a while ago she found an angel named Anheuser-Busch, from which she gets many assignments, mostly catalog and promotional work. Still, at 26, she is at the upper edge of her professional life. <br> "Most of the ads in St. Louis require a young look," Ruth says. "When I scrub down, I can look 16, but soon somebody is going to come to me and say, 'Now, Ruth, you're 35; you can't pass for 16 anymore.' Before that happens, I'd like to get out gracefully. I'd like to have some kind of little business of my own. Right now, I'm thinking about a bar/restaurant in midtown. I've been talk...