How it all began

This is me just before I decided to try to become a Playboy Bunny. I was working as a secretary in London in 1969, but I wanted a more exciting life. I had no idea that the next three years were to be the most exciting I could ever imagine!

 

Before long I had given up the office routine and these were my regular working clothes at the Playboy Club, London.

 

Are you here?

Wouldn’t it be amazing if you recognized yourself, or someone you know,
in these pictures? Maybe you're an Ex-Playboy Bunny yourself.
Please be sure to Remember, they were taken at
the London Playboy Club between 1969 and 1972.

 

Bunny Of The Year

I joined the London Playboy Club in March 1969. Just a few months later, in October, I was persuaded to enter the annual Bunny Of The Year competition. The prize was a first-class trip to America to compete in the International Bunny Pageant. I never dreamed of winning. I thought it would be just a bit of fun, then back to work next day as usual. How wrong I was! That evening I was crowned as London Playboy Bunny Of The Year - and two weeks of incredible excitement were just beginning.
I was crowned Bunny Of The Year by George Lazenby,
who was starring as James Bond at the time in
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

 

At the Playboy Mansion

Bunnies from all over the world - including me! - meet Playboy founder Hugh Hefner at the legendary Playboy Mansion in Chicago, before the International Bunny Pageant at the world-famous Playboy Resort at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

 

"Playboy 1" flies in

I was invited to meet Hugh Hefner when he flew into London, in his own private jet named "Playboy 1", to visit the Playboy Club. Just in front of me, wearing my Union Jack costume, which I wore when I flew out to the International Bunny Pageant, is Anthea Redfern. She later went on to become a game show host on British TV.