Courtney Rachel Culkin

Courtney Rachel Culkin will make your head spin. She’s petite – 5’3” – with blonde hair, brown eyes and soft, sensuous curves. Hailing from Long Island, New York, Courtney was raised by her grandmother in a small town on the South Shore. Courtney tried out for the 50th Anniversary Playmate Hunt – with the encouragement of her friend, Monica Leigh – and when Hef saw her photos, he made her Miss April 2005. “My grandmother kept my head on straight,” she says, modest. “She was a big fan of Marilyn Monroe, and she was so proud that I became a Playmate.” After a few episodes of The Girls Next Door, Courtney went back to school and got her degree in child psychology. “No one knew that I was a Playmate,” she says. “I wore sweatpants and a pair of glasses in class.” These days, she’s living in Long Island, where she’s a busy model and makeup artist – and a master’s student, to boot. “I’d like to get my doctorate, too,” she says. “There are never enough hours in the day.”