Playboy: June

Events have overtaken me a little this month and that being the way, even as July comes to a close, let me finally get around to reviewing the girls of Playboy for June. A bit slack I know, but what can I do.

Starting off with the Playmate of the Month, Miss July - Laura Croft is a rather attractive young brunette who, despite tickling my fancy, brings to mind many of the Playmates of the last few years, fitting into a new kind of "brunette trad Playmate" mould. Although very attractive, she's not particularly unique in any way and as such one gets the feeling that Playboy is playing it safe with their playmates this year.

Amanda English is CyberGirl of the Month, which was probably a safe bet given her competition and the fact that Playboy never seems to let twins or triplets get that monthly slot. The only problem that Amanda has is she tends to looks very dour in her photoshoots which tends to destroy the fun that Playboy models project. However, that seems to be a problem with a lot of the CyberGirls, and probably comes from the fact that this section of the Playboy model-dom dispenses with the "girl next door" approach. Crystal Enloe leads the Cyberpack this month, followed by Lexi Lombardelli, Katie Anderson, Tasha Nicole and Bryleigh Rayne. Proper outfits have been tossed aside in the photoshoots this month, with Lombardelli, Anderson and Nicole all wearing lingerie, Rayne in a bikini and Enloe in...err, well it appears to be a wrap of some sort. Lombardelli and Rayne have both featured in various other Playboy photoshoots and so the bets are on that one of these two will take out CGOM in four months time, which is a bit disappointing because they are fairly obvious choices. Enloe has quite a unique look about her, not a perfect model, but certainly very interesting. Anderson is suprising by not being a waif and her curves make for a delightful photoshoot. However, my vote for CGOM is Tasha Nicole who is extremely exotic looking. Her pouting photo shoot and sudden smiles scream Playmate to me, so hopefully she'll get the chance. Oh, and just for the record, Lombardelli actually makes it out of Brazil this month - surprise, surprise.

Actually I should add that while the Cybergirls tend to have a high skank factor, this month none of them give off that vibe and most are quite close to the Playboy ideal, which is quite sweet.

Rachael Schultz is the Coed Of The Month, and as alluded to earlier, this is probably more because of her previous model appearances than actually being the best choice for the job. Although to be fair, she probably is, on reflection. Her photoshoots are a little surprising because Schultz appears to be quite nervous in them, her smiles being small and shaky, which is odd given her other modelling. The girls though, are Amanda King, Dariya Snejenko, McKenzie Taylor and Monica Chairez. King has modelled for Playboy before, and comes across less as a new-to-it-all coed and more an experienced model. It's a little surprising she's a Coed rather than a CyberGirl. Snejenko also comes across as an experienced model, and both she and King both seem a little too old to be Coeds. For me, the Coeds should be between 18 and 22, and when they appear to be older you find yourself questioning their university credentials. Amanda King is my favourite for the month, both in that she seems very fresh-faced and also that she is very attractive. Finally the latino Chairez finishes the group - attractive and exotic, but just shy of King for the best of the month.

June was a good month for the Playboy fold, but as mentioned earlier, Playboy seemed to be playing very safe with a collection of typical caucasian and latino girls.

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