Why So Classy?

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This is Dasha Astafieva, Hugh Hefner's new girlfriend. Apparently, she's single-handedly bringing back the class and sophistication that Playboy became known for in the 1950's, because she is January 2009's Playmate of the Month. She's also Playboy's 55th Anniversary Playmate.

I'm nearly blinded by the elegance.

You have to hand it to Hugh Hefner: The dude is still sleeping with some of the hottest, albeit somewhat slutty, chicks in the world---and doing it all at the age of 82!

Use A Real Virgin And You'll Really Sell Some Playboys!

God's most beautiful creation is woman. God created woman, woman created God... This month Playboy has really tied the two together; south of the border. Playboy's Mexican publication is struggling, but not this month. This month Playboy Mexico featured model Maria Florencia Onori as the Virgin Mary-on the cover.

Playboy's timing of the release came the day before Mexico's Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. That celebration came about from an apparition of the Virgin Mary in the town Guadalupe.

The result? 80,000 copies of Playboy have been sold. Now if only they used an actual virgin on the cover. This writer suspects the sales would be staggering. This is a family friendly publication so we can't embed the video, but if you'd like to get a closer look at our Virgin Mary, you can visit Machochip.com Where they have a YouTube video of the shoot.

Wedding Bells for Wilkinson!

First Holly Madison and Criss Angel go public and now another former Hefner girlfriend is taking it a step further and has a ring around her finger!

Kendra Wilkinson of The Girls Next Door is engaged to football star, wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, Hank Baskett, according to her ex-boyfriend Hugh Hefner, who plans to give her away at a ceremony at the Playboy Mansion.

"[She] has met someone who she would like to spend the rest of her life with," Hefner said in a statement on Thursday.

"I have given her my blessing and will be giving her away at a very special wedding ceremony at the Playboy Mansion this coming June," the statement adds.

Geez, that was so fast. It makes me wonder if the girls were allowed to date people on the side while they were with Hef. Maybe she's been dating this footballer for years and we never knew it! But, this is Hollywood we're talking about, so they could have just met and decideded to get hitched after a month! *Sniff, sniff* Do I smell a publicity stunt in the air?

Brooke Hogan Posing for Playboy?

It's not a definite yes, but it's not an outright no either. Despite rumors that Brooke Hogan will be posing for Playboy, there is still not a definite answer. The New York Daily News said:

"Brooke Hogan has been approached to pose nude for the famous men’s magazine — and she didn’t say no. The “Brooke Hogan Knows Best” star, 20, could use a boost for her stagnant career. Brooke has posed for [FHM] in the past, but has never posed nude."

At least if she poses for Playboy we can right out call it porn, instead of a "singing career."