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UA students pose for Playboy magazine
Gentry Lassiter
Issue date: 9/10/07 Section: News
Two UA students posed for Playboy's "Girls of the SEC," which hit newsstands Friday.
The two women - who would allow themselves to be identified only by their pseudonyms - said they see themselves doing something like this again.
"I do, because it's more of a classy magazine, not trashy," said one of the women whose pseudonym is Julieanne Hansen, a junior who is studying business.
Stephanie Schaffer, a communications junior, said that she would pose for Playboy, but not for other magazines. "Playboy would be the only one," she said.
The two women went to tryout sessions last fall, they said, where they were asked by magazine representatives what type of poses they were willing to do.
"They asked you if you wanted to pose implied, fully nude or just topless," Hansen said. "Then they took you into a room with a photographer and took test shots." There were about five women who were chosen to be photographed, Hansen said.
"I didn't know if I was for sure in it until this summer," Hansen said, "when I got [a notice] in the mail asking me to do promotions in the fall."
Hansen said that her motivation for posing in Playboy was the opportunity to be in a magazine and experience modeling.
"Well, you got to be in the magazine, you got to be seen, possibly go on to be a Playmate or any kind of model or actress or anything. We did get a paycheck, and it was a reasonable amount," she said.
The women said they were given pseudonyms to protect them from potential stalkers. "I had no idea what to do for the name," Schaffer said. "I was going to do Nichole, like my middle name, but I guess somebody already had that one," she said.
Hansen said she's not very concerned about stalkers because she has a false name. "I mean, I have a Facebook [account], they could possibly match my face up, but my profile is completely private," she said.
"I'm completely comfortable with this town - I mean this is Fayetteville," Hansen said.
The two women - who would allow themselves to be identified only by their pseudonyms - said they see themselves doing something like this again.
"I do, because it's more of a classy magazine, not trashy," said one of the women whose pseudonym is Julieanne Hansen, a junior who is studying business.
Stephanie Schaffer, a communications junior, said that she would pose for Playboy, but not for other magazines. "Playboy would be the only one," she said.
The two women went to tryout sessions last fall, they said, where they were asked by magazine representatives what type of poses they were willing to do.
"They asked you if you wanted to pose implied, fully nude or just topless," Hansen said. "Then they took you into a room with a photographer and took test shots." There were about five women who were chosen to be photographed, Hansen said.
"I didn't know if I was for sure in it until this summer," Hansen said, "when I got [a notice] in the mail asking me to do promotions in the fall."
Hansen said that her motivation for posing in Playboy was the opportunity to be in a magazine and experience modeling.
"Well, you got to be in the magazine, you got to be seen, possibly go on to be a Playmate or any kind of model or actress or anything. We did get a paycheck, and it was a reasonable amount," she said.
The women said they were given pseudonyms to protect them from potential stalkers. "I had no idea what to do for the name," Schaffer said. "I was going to do Nichole, like my middle name, but I guess somebody already had that one," she said.
Hansen said she's not very concerned about stalkers because she has a false name. "I mean, I have a Facebook [account], they could possibly match my face up, but my profile is completely private," she said.
"I'm completely comfortable with this town - I mean this is Fayetteville," Hansen said.
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Ms. Hollowat
posted 9/10/07 @ 8:58 PM CST
As a parent of a student attending this local university I find the actions of the girls involved in the playboy magazine to be completely
irresponsible of the possible ramifications down the road for them in the future. (Continued…)
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