So much for the girl next door, I thought. The title of our reality show was inspired by the way Hef described the ideal Playmate back in the ’50s when he launched the magazine. Most women pictured in other publications of the era wore heavy makeup and very stylized hair. Hef wanted something different. He wanted his Playmates to look young and fresh-faced, not like “someone’s older sister,” which was how he described the look of most models at the time.
