One of the 1987 Playboy cover girls was Wheel of Fortune's one and only Vanna White. Based on her squeaky clean image on the game show, this may sound implausible, but don't put anything past Hugh Hefner. Like Marilyn Monroe, a young and cash-strapped White had done a lingerie shoot to make ends meet, and Hefner later bought those images.
"I wasn't on [the cover] because I wanted to be," White told The Wendy Williams Show. She even asked Hefner, who she considered a friend at the time, to refrain from publishing those pictures from her past. "I said, 'Hef, if you put me on the cover, my career could be ruined...' They did it anyway."
Fortunately, that spread did not undermine White's career. She has starred on the iconic game show alongside host Pat Sajak for more than 35 years. The did, however, put the kibosh on her friendship with Hefner.
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