Top 10 Celebrities that Posed for Playboy Magazine

1. Pamela Anderson. The blonde beauty was the playmate of the month in February of 1990 at 22 years old, although she appeared on the cover first in October of 1989. She has appeared on more covers of playboy than anyone else and owes much of her success to the Playboy dynasty.[1]

2. Anna Nicole Smith. Much like Pamela, she first appeared on the cover in March of 1992 credited as "Vickie Smith" and was Miss May 1992. In 1993 she was picked as playmate of the year at 26 years old.[2] This led to her gig as a Guess model and ultimately her E! Reality TV show. After her death, due to an overdose of prescription drugs, Playboy featured an issue to her in May of 2007.[3]

3. Carmen Electra. Her first nude pictorial for Playboy was in May of 1996. She has been featured four more times since that date, including in January of 2009 for the 55^th Anniversary edition. She was also the first woman to become a celebrity photographer for the Playboy cyber club.[4]

4. Jenny McCarthy. She was Miss October 1993, and later became Playmate of the year in 1994. This led to her job at MTV on the dating show "Singled Out" and various film and TV roles. McCarthy continued to appear in Playboy, including on the June 2005 cover and as a celebrity photographer. Her little sister Amy was "Cyber girl of the month" in January 2005.[5]

5. Latoya Jackson. She posed for Playboy at age 32 in March 1989 the first time. The issue was the best selling issue ever. She posed again in November 1991 and in 1994 appeared in a playboy video. In reaction to her act, the conservative, Jehovah Witness Jackson family appeared on television to publicly condemn her. [6]

6. Drew Barrymore. She appeared at in January 1995, at a much thinner 19 years old, in the magazine, while dating the guitarist of the band Hole, Eric Erlandson. During this period in Drew's life she was somewhat of a wild child pulling pranks like flashing David Letterman her bare breast on his birthday.[7]

7. Denise Richards. She graced the December 2004 cover a mere five months after giving birth to her daughter Sam. Richards was married to actor Charlie Sheen at the time. [8]

8. Sharon Stone. At the age of 32 years old she posed after appearing in the 1990 movie Total Recall just one year before her breakout role in Basic Instinct. In 1999 Playboy named her among the 25 sexiest stars of the century. [9]

9. Carnie Wilson. A controversial playboy centerfold, she appeared in the August 2003 issue at 36 years old, and after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Notably, Wilson did not appear on the cover, Jenna and Heidi two contestants from Survivor did.

10. Joanie Laurer aka Chyna. She is not your typical beauty at 5'10" and 180 pounds by any standards but the muscle bound WWE wrestler appeared in November 200 and January 2002, after he departure from the WWE.[10]

[1] http://www.playboy.com/girls/playmates/directory/199002.html

[2] http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,20011426_5,00.html#20011249

[3] http://www.theinsider.com/news/119905_Anna_Nicole_Smith_on_Playboy_May_2007_issue_cover

[4] http://www.popcrunch.com/carmen-electra-playboy-magazine-january-2009-picture/

[5] http://www.superiorpics.com/jenny_mccarthy/

[6] http://www.superiorpics.com/latoya_jackson/

[7] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LYV9AZNlFU

[8] http://www.askmen.com/celebs/entertainment-news/denise-richards/denise-richards-playboy-pose.html

[9] http://www.easybunnygirls.com/2009/02/01/sharon-stone-showed-her-basic-instinct-to-playboy-magazine/

[10] http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/sports/chyna/