Bunny Deana

In March I told you a little secret of mine.  My secret was that when I was younger I wanted to be a Playboy Bunny.  It was a dream of mine.  So one day I went to the Playboy Club in NYC with one of my friends who also wanted to be a Bunny.  It was amazing inside.  And there were the Bunnies walking around with the poofy tail that I wanted to proudly wear.  I never followed through with my dream because mostly I thought my father would kill me.  I regret that I didn't go ahead with it because I know how exciting that experience could  have been.

Bunny Deana

Bunny Deana

 A few months after I posted some wonderful photos of Hugh Hefner and the Bunnies I was contacted by email by a former Bunny.  How exciting!  She told me that her name is Deana so she was Bunny Deana.  Deana told me that till this day such tremendous interest exists in regard to the "Playboy Bunny."  Deana was a Playboy Bunny at the London Club from 1969 to 1972.  Deana told me that it was more exciting than I could imagine!  Deana became a Bunny in March of 1969.  Just a few months later she won the annual London "Bunny of the Year" competition.  Deana won a trip to the United States to compete in the  "International Bunny of the Year" competition.  What followed for Deana was more than exciting.  Please click on Bunny Deana's website  to read about  her incredible experience as a Playboy Bunny.
p.s. Well I never got to be a Bunny but now I can say I am friends with a former Bunny!

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I have to tell you a little secret.  When I was a teenager I wanted desperately to be a playboy bunny.  I actually went so far as to go to the Playboy Club in N.Y.C. (with one of my friends who also wanted to be a bunny) and ask for a job.  I then decided that my father would kill me so I left and never went back.  Well browsing the web I found these photos and it reminded me of one of my young crazy ideas.  Thought I would share these pics with you.

Hugh Hefner and some employees - 1965 opening of LA club.
Believe it or not, says one former Bunny, putting on the uniform was “liberating.” Courtesy of Playboy.



London - 1972

Hefner promoting the London Playboy Club, 1966 - Getty Images

 




LeRoy Neiman paints the 1970 Bunny of the Year, Gina Byrams. Courtesy of Playboy.

Hefner in London with 19-year-old girlfriend Barbi Benton, 1969.
  From Central Press/Getty Images.




Chicago



A manual from the 60's - courtesy of Playboy







Hefner (left) and Annette Funicello at the L.A. club, mid-60s. Courtesy of Playboy.

  

Woody Allen

Frank Sinatra

The Beatles

These photos are via Vanity Fair Magazine.