Laura Croft (born January 30, 1983) is an American model. She was the Playmate of the Month for the July 2008 issue of Playboy magazine.[1]

Laura Croft
Playboy centerfold appearance
July 2008
Preceded byJuliette Fretté
Succeeded byKayla Collins[1]
Personal details
Born (1983-01-30) January 30, 1983 (age 41)[2]
Jacksonville, Florida[2]

A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Croft attended Edward H. White High School, then attended Flagler College, where she majored in communication and minored in art history.[3] Croft also appeared in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic contest in Orlando, Florida and won.[3] She later participated in a reality show Outback Jack.

Working for Hooters, Croft appeared in several of their calendars and participated in the 2004 Miss Hooters International Pageant.[4] Croft also appeared in a Hooters television commercial that featured Terry Bradshaw and Lee Corso. She was also a Miss BetUS calendar girl featured in April 2007.[5] Croft sent some of her pictures to Playboy on a friend's suggestion.[3] A week later, Playboy contacted Croft, and she posed for them.[3] Croft appeared in the October 26, 2008, episode of E!'s The Girls Next Door when she assisted in the remodeling of the house next to the Playmate Mansion purchased by Hugh Hefner for the Playmates to live in.

On March 9, 2009, Croft appeared as WWE wrestler Randy Orton's "wife" in an angle on an episode of WWE Raw. She was a co-star in the E! series Holly's World.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Playboy Playmates listing". Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  2. ^ a b Pitzulo, C (July 2008). "Playboy". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 17 (2): 259–89. ISSN 1043-4070. PMID 19263603.
  3. ^ a b c d "AskMen.com profile". Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  4. ^ HOOTER'S magazine gallery of 2004 Miss Hooters Pageant competitors. Croft is third row, second on the left. Accessed 29 March 2011. Archived February 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ BetUS.com Calendar Profile and Video Interview Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
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