Plastic Surgery May Cut Off Playboy Model's Career
Magazine Rejects 'Enhanced' Version Of Beauty
In an interesting twist on the price of plastic surgery -- a "Playboy" model chosen for her natural beauty opted to surgically change her look and now, "Playboy" isn't sure it will photograph her again.
Sha Ross was just 2 when she started competing in beauty pageants -- and she won a lot of trophies and titles.
But perhaps one of her most prized titles came at 18 when she was selected to appear in the college girl edition of "Playboy.""I was Miss Katy," Ross said."Here I was, this 18-year-old girl -- but I hate the way I look. I hate my body. I hate my hair. (They said,) 'Hey, do you want to appear in "Playboy"?' It's like, 'What?'"What appeared in the college girl edition was Ross just as she was shot, with only a little airbrushing (pictured, above left)."They shot me as all natural. It's a really cool feeling to know you're part of that elite group," Ross said."Playboy" scout, Mikki Chernoff, picked Ross immediately."She just had a real natural loveliness about her," Chernoff said. "What a great validation to be selected for the number one men's magazine in
the world without changing the way you are in anyway."But Ross didn't like the pictures. In fact, she said her nearly perfect body that others thought was perfect, wasn't so perfect to her. Ross wanted to look more glamorous, so while the college girl edition was being printed, Ross went from girl next door to an almost completely different person (pictured, below left).
She said, "I had breast augmentation. I was, like, a large B-small C. (Now) I'm about large D -- double D. I had lip enhancements and I had a little lipo under the chin."She had the surgery even after "Playboy" advised her not to."I felt she might be jeopardizing her future with 'Playboy' by getting enhancements," Chernoff said.And while Ross is happy with her body altering decision "Playboy" isn't.
"She's not the girl we photographed the first time," said Jeff Cohen, publisher and editor of "Playboy" special editions.Cohen, had Ross scheduled for a future issue but isn't so sure the magazine will use her again.Ross says if her "Playboy" career ends here, she's fine with that because she's finally the person she wants to be."I like blond hair, big boobs, big lips," she said. "I like that whole glamorous look."Take a minute to vote in our Click.com surveys. We'll be sharing the results with "Playboy."
Sha Ross was just 2 when she started competing in beauty pageants -- and she won a lot of trophies and titles.
But perhaps one of her most prized titles came at 18 when she was selected to appear in the college girl edition of "Playboy.""I was Miss Katy," Ross said."Here I was, this 18-year-old girl -- but I hate the way I look. I hate my body. I hate my hair. (They said,) 'Hey, do you want to appear in "Playboy"?' It's like, 'What?'"What appeared in the college girl edition was Ross just as she was shot, with only a little airbrushing (pictured, above left)."They shot me as all natural. It's a really cool feeling to know you're part of that elite group," Ross said."Playboy" scout, Mikki Chernoff, picked Ross immediately."She just had a real natural loveliness about her," Chernoff said. "What a great validation to be selected for the number one men's magazine in
the world without changing the way you are in anyway."But Ross didn't like the pictures. In fact, she said her nearly perfect body that others thought was perfect, wasn't so perfect to her. Ross wanted to look more glamorous, so while the college girl edition was being printed, Ross went from girl next door to an almost completely different person (pictured, below left).She said, "I had breast augmentation. I was, like, a large B-small C. (Now) I'm about large D -- double D. I had lip enhancements and I had a little lipo under the chin."She had the surgery even after "Playboy" advised her not to."I felt she might be jeopardizing her future with 'Playboy' by getting enhancements," Chernoff said.And while Ross is happy with her body altering decision "Playboy" isn't.
"She's not the girl we photographed the first time," said Jeff Cohen, publisher and editor of "Playboy" special editions.Cohen, had Ross scheduled for a future issue but isn't so sure the magazine will use her again.Ross says if her "Playboy" career ends here, she's fine with that because she's finally the person she wants to be."I like blond hair, big boobs, big lips," she said. "I like that whole glamorous look."Take a minute to vote in our Click.com surveys. We'll be sharing the results with "Playboy." Copyright 2003 by Click10.com.
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