Hugh Hefner's number 1 girlfriend on The Girls Next Door, Holly Madison, has gradually penetrated the Playboy circuit first as a model then eventually as an intern and later as a junior editor.  Recently, she extended her Playboy responsibilities a little bit more as she chose six talented beauties to appear exclusively on the men's magazine's website.

In line with Playboy's 55th anniversary, the magazine launched a competition in April that invites hopeful models to post their videos on Playboy's casting channel on YouTube.  This marked Playboy's first ever online talent search.

To enter the contest, women posted a two-minute, non-nude video response to Madison's digital invitation.  Subsequently, the best videos appeared on Playboy.com where they were ranked by fans before the Girls Next Door star and Playboy's editorial team selected the winners, which consist of Jaime Bradford, Autumn Adele, LaToya Howard, Amy Lynn Grover, Mary Piemonte, and Ashton Verrengia.

These winners were awarded a trip to Los Angeles where they stayed at the infamous Playboy Mansion, which is also where The Girls Next Door is being filmed.  During their stay, they participated in a Playmate test shoot, a fashion pictorial featuring Playboy's autumn/winter apparel collection, and a nude pictorial that will appear online.  The test-shoot could result in one of the online winners being selected as a Playmate, possibly even the prized 55th Anniversary Playmate for Playboy magazine's January 2009 issue.

Meanwhile, fans can catch Holly Madison on The Girls Next Door when it returns for a fifth season. Airing on E!, the reality series that follows the lives of Hefner's three girlfriends.  While the series centers on events at the Playboy Mansion, it also sheds light other Playboy related events such as the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, Playmate test shoots at Playboy Studio West, and Operation Playmate, just to name a few.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Playboy
(Image courtesy of E!)