PLAYBOY ASIA - Julri is an exotic beauty and sassy server/bartender who’s ultimate goal is to own her own bar or nightclub someday.
Until she reaches that lofty goal she enjoys shooting pool, playing poker, dining out and watching movies (with ratings from G to X).
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PLAYBOY ASIA - South Korean-born Vivian Keys loves the college life—the parties, the classes and all of the available men. “I’m very attracted to ‘smart’ athletes.
I used to adore a guy in my business class. He never hesitated answering the professor’s questions,” says the Asian-American, who loves a teacher’s pet.
“Who resists those kinds of full packages?” Speaking of full packages, Miss Keys is the ideal package with her all-natural body, long black hair and intelligence to boot.
“I thought I wasn’t a business person at first, but I’m more interested now, class by class,” says the business marketing major.
“I feel like business is an educated game, and I want to win all the games I’ll face in the future.” The Santa Monica College coed is definitely winning the Playboy game, as she was voted.
PLAYBOY ASIA - Go Seoul searching with Amateur Kitty Lee, a corporate account manager from Anaheim, California. She’s Asian, with dark brown hair and eyes, high cheekbones and soft curves. She was born in Seoul, South Korea, but she’s lived in California all her life.
“I’m basically the first generation of my family,” she says. “My first language was Korean, and I was raised with traditional Korean values, but I think it’s important to know your role in any given situation.”
Her parents may be strict, but Kitty doesn’t live her adult life by their rules. “I consider myself a modern woman, but I can’t even bring a guy home for dinner unless I have a ring on my finger,” she says. “My parents would disown me!”
Kitty works days as a desk jockey, and she meditates every day to relieve stress. When she’s not working, she loves to go to the beach and shopping with her girlfriends. She can paint and play the piano, and she has great taste in clothes and shoes, informed by her formal design education. She makes a great first date, and you can look forward to the second and even the third. “Falling in love is the best feeling in the world,” she says.
“Physical attraction is important, but I need a best friend – someone I can have a real conversation with.” Speaking of which, you could say that love led Kitty to pose for Playboy. “I got involved with Playboy at the end of a long relationship,” says Kitty. “I was approached by a casting agent, and I figured, why not – I felt sheltered, and I wanted to try something new.” She landed a spot on Playboy TV’s Badass, and we liked her so much that we saved her a spot on Playboy.
“I had never posed nude, and it was a mind-altering experience,” she says. “I’ve never felt so strong or confident as I do in front of the camera. Josh Ryan made me feel safe and comfortable, and my friends and coworkers are supportive of me and my new modeling career.” In her Facetime interview, Kitty talked to us about pool boys, getting recognized and going from Badass to Amateur.
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PLAYBOY ASIA - Hiromi Oshima our Miss June 2004. She’s a rare beauty, all natural, with sleek black hair and brown eyes, and has the distinction of being our first-ever Japanese Playmate.
Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Hiromi was on vacation in Florida when she was spotted by a Playboy photographer. “I could never have been a model in Japan,” she says. “I would be considered too busty.”
Not too busty for America, and certainly not for Playboy – she finished her degree in communications, moved to Miami Beach, and we flew her out for the 50th Anniversary Playmate Search. After a few issues of Special Editions – including the cover of Exotic Beauties – she was named Miss June 2004.
“I was thrilled,” she says, “but my parents had been strict, and I had never posed nude before!” These days, Hiromi is living in Los Angeles, and she’s just as comfortable in front of the camera as she is behind it – she’s one of our most popular Playmates, and not only does she continue to pose for us, but she became a photo production coordinator for Special Editions.
Hiromi Oshima to shoot her exclusive pictorial. Get to know more about Hiromi Oshima by watching our behind the scenes footage and the complete sexy version available exclusively on Playboy.
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PLAYBOY ASIA - Cristy Thom is a work of art. Born Li-Wah Thom in Los Angeles, California, she’s as well-formed as a sculpture – dark brown hair, brown eyes and a tiny waist are some of her finer and more formal qualities.
“I have in incredible effect on men,” she says, without a trace of guile. “I can tell by the way a man looks if I can relate to him.” As a teenager, Cristy got off to a rough start – after dropping out of high school at fifteen, she left home and moved in with an older boyfriend. “I was a wild child,” admits Cristy. “I wore tight jeans and a little top.
As soon as I turned eighteen, I set up my camera, took some pictures and sent them in to Playboy.” As Miss February 1991, she charmed readers with her candid personality and not-so-candid Centerfold photo – in the Netherlands, she was even named PMOY ’92. In her original Playmate File, Cristy’s number-one goal was to become an actress, but fate had other plans.
Earning a degree from the Otis College of Art and Design, Cristy became a successful artist, and has shown her paintings in galleries all over the United States. “My work is a combination of contemporary realism, pop and satire,” explained Cristy in a 1993 interview.
Her paintings sell for as much as $18,000 apiece, so she must be doing something right. “Modeling isn’t for me,” she says. “I need something more challenging.” Speaking of which, Cristy’s ideal man is a strong, not-so-silent type – she’s looking for a man who’s smart and tough, who’ll call her on any and all bull.
“I hate being kissed up to,” she says. “Sometimes I need to be put in my place. I need someone who can push back!” Like all the greatest art, we think Cristy is priceless.
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PLAYBOY ASIA - Between several sips of ice water at a chic Chicago watering hole, Lynn Thomas works intensely on herlatest artistic endeavor - building a house of sugar packets. As a studio art major at a college near New York City, Miss May is more accustomed to working in a medium of sheet lead when she sculpts. But Lynn is a resourceful soul.
"I'm going to start living after I get out of school," she says, explaining how she handles the challenge of an accelerated course load that will enable her to graduate in three years. "I'm future-oriented - driven, in a sense." She also conveys an air of mystery.
This may partly be because of her alluring features, but it also may have to do with being, by her own admission, "very shy." Put these seemingly disparate qualities together, and it seems apt that her name in Vietnamese, Linh, translates as "spirit or intuition."
Lynn's parents met in Saigon, where her father was stationed during the Vietnam war, and settled near Virginia Beach. They divorced when Lynn was five, and her mother raised her and her older sister while working as a manicurist. "I call her a nail technician," Lynn says, "because she's really an artist." (The first time she practiced her art on Lynn was for Lynn's Playmate shoot.)
Lynn speaks of her mother with reverence. "My mom has had her share of tragedies. I don't know all the details - she speaks of her life in Vietnam in short interludes. I'd love to go there with her someday. We've gotten really close since I went away to school. She kept a tight rein on us growing up, but she's becoming more modern in her views."
Despite her rigorous academic itinerary, Lynn hasn't mapped her postgraduation plans. She might go to grad school or enlist in Americorps. "I want it to be something interesting, different. Something I can learn from. So much of life is run by fear.
You should live through things rather than be afraid of them." But lest you think Lynn is all seriousness, we should mention that she loves to shoot pool, ride motorcycles and jet-ski at night. "I have a daredevil side. I lack the naturally occurring euphoria chemical in my brain. I have to seek thrills to activate it." Lynn, seek and you shall find.
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PLAYBOY ASIA - If ballet is an art, then Lisa Marie Scott is its masterpiece. Half-Japanese, with silky black hair and brown eyes, Lisa is a former ballerina who attended the University of California on a scholarship before dropping out to accept a place with a ballet company.
“My father was a captain in the Navy, and my mother is from Okinawa, Japan,” says Lisa. “I was a Navy brat, and my father’s work brought us many different places.” Lisa has lived in Florida, Guam, Japan, Virginia and Hawaii, most recently settling in Los Angeles to pursue a career as a model and actress.
Lisa traveled with her company as well, and her repertoire included lead roles in Sleeping Beauty and Romeo and Juliet, not to mention solos in Carmina Burana, Giselle and Le Corsaire. Due to a punishing schedule – and an even more punishing diet – Lisa quit dancing and decided to become a Centerfold. “I had to ask – do I enjoy this enough to sacrifice everything else in my life? I couldn’t keep doing that to my body.”
Since then, Lisa’s put on some weight in all the right places, with natural curves like hers, we hope she keeps doing whatever it is she’s doing to her body. “Posing for Playboy was probably the last thing my classmates expected of me,” admits Lisa, blushing. “In fact, if some friends hadn’t spotted the 40th Anniversary promotion in the magazine, I may never have become a Playmate.” Sending in a portfolio, Lisa was selected to become Miss February 1995, a fitting present for a girl with a February 1 birthdate.
“I’m generally a pretty shy person, but when I get on stage or in front of a camera, I feel very much at home,” reflects Lisa. “I think people are born with stage presence – either they have it or they don’t.” Obviously, Lisa Marie Scott has got it in spades.
After her appearance with Playboy, Lisa returned to school and earned a degree in history, graduating summa cum laude. She’s also landed spreads in FHM and Vanity Fair. “Working with Playboy has been great,” says Lisa. “My ambition is to be successful in my career and to have a great husband and family.” Whatever she does, we know our Miss February will do it well.
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