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14 || MOST FITNESS || FEBRUARY / MARCH 2016MFM: How has being on the cover of Playboy affected your work and image or changed your life?HD: Being on the cover of Playboy was kind of exciting, and thrilling. I guess you kind of get different sides of people, and some of my agents didn%u2019t know if I should do this, but when it came out they said omg congrats- it looks amazing! Some of them were worried about it putting me into a category, like now I can only do pinups and can%u2019t go back into high fashion or editorial shoots, but it didn%u2019t do that for me which was great. All it did was it gave me a lot more presence, especially in the social media world. Honestly, the social media world is the world to be in. That%u2019s how a lot of girls are making their money, and that%u2019s where a lot of girls are being booked from. And so having that status and being able to be in that category helps out a lot. It%u2019s definitely a good thing to have in your book, or to have in your backpack, I guess you could say. Being a GUESS girl that did Playboy is a big deal. There are a lot of iconic Guess girls who did Playboy, and so it%u2019s just awesome that I can be one of them. It turned out to be a really good thing instead of a bad thing like people thought when I was originally going into it. MFM: Do you have any advice for aspiring models?HD: My best friend%u2019s dad%u2019s boss%u2019, younger daughter is 14 and an inspiring model. He begged and begged and begged for us to go talk to her, and she was honestly perfect. She was already 5%u20199, had a beautiful face, and for any girl that age, meeting someone that is established like me and wanting to do what I do, is a big deal. I would expect some girls to come out in full face makeup and all this stuff, but she played it completely right. She came out with her soccer clothes on, no makeup, her hair up, and that%u2019s when you know. There are a lot of times when girls get way too done up, and you know I was guilty of it in the past. I would go to a meeting with a really tight skirt on, a tank top showing my boobs, and hair bleached blonde with extensions, and I was just horrendous. I remember the woman literally made me go home, shower, put jeans on, and come back with no makeup and in some Converse, and then she knew. She was like now we are getting somewhere. Don%u2019t try to change yourself to be a successful model. They don%u2019t want to see you all dolled up. That%u2019s what you see in magazines, but they do that later. The only way you are going to be successful is to be yourself, number one, and be outgoing, be friendly,