Miss December sheds the haute couture she showcases on the catwalk and reveals her true nature Ask Miss December Eugena Washington why she made many decisions and she's likely to deliver a firm, four-word answer: "Why the hell not?" That mantra led the accomplished fashion model, who has appeared in commercials for CoverGirl, Clinique and Lexus, to skydive from 19,000 feet on her birthday, wearing only a zebra bikini and a harness. ("It was the closest I could come to skydiving in my birthday suit," she says.) And it's why she's using her stature on New York's fashion runways to launch her own organic hair-care line, DTMH by Eugena, due this winter. And best for us, it's why the avid reader with a flair for fantasy football decided to pose for piayboy, crossing off yet another item on her seemingly endless bucket list. "I don't give myself boundaries," says Eugena, who was born in South Carolina to a pair of civil rights leaders. "I begin every morning by taking a mental inventory of the positive things in my life and saying my thank-yous. Then I tell myself to forget fear. If you're asked to be a Playmate, it's like, why the hell not?" With that in mind, it may come as no surprise that this isn't Eugena's first time baring all—but it has been the most satisfying, she says. "In fashion, you're constantly working to portray someone else. Shooting for playboy, I had the freedom to be in my own element, without the constraints of clothing. It was one of the best shoots of my career. For once, I didn't have to be anyone except myself." PLAVBOY.COM/EUCENA-WASHINCTON MISS DECEMBER NAME: PLAYMATE DATA SHEET ^2,4 R 'IL " <2.-7" BUST: ° WAIST : HTPS- ^"Vh* lbs. HEIGHT : _ L_ WEIGHT : BIRTH DATE ¦ ^j H BIRTHPLACE: C^S^ MWA AMBITIONS. AU \ MVMNJNA £0 \S \NflVLE \JP N^0gMlf\|<h YMOVMIN^ YW\ U\ilM^\ UPE TP \Ti> VOll^^T PcTCMTlfiU TURN_0NS. WrfvjT^ ST*V ^ Mgw WITH STjLZ- \ U)Vt A PlS^Tfly-erg W^ K PCMCIA. B^T MOT AFfl) IP TP BE v/iyUK/^B L£ TURNOFFS. A W WffD IS )/VTIM)O^TT0 BV UTTl£ 0LP MIT. ge/rsr, so IT'S ^NM H/?£D NPTTD MAM UP I THE PERFECT P.ttt.M AESPlUTElS OB£g£gO MOffti N^V)?. \F TA^ TWeTlNAe ID yjyj T0V)^PflT\\7Nj CW^Uc /^p P/WO^'TC upstic^ U^PE: c^eiriN^ H/IMDS PDVA/^I H0W x RnTT; \ Uve WW TjCgO^ Sp W TOR nc TP <STAV IKJ QNJE ?\ACt- \Fl>/ B^Ttib ^cAT OF PANTS /\MD TH6 ^ST OUT ftS \ pON^y £iOOP ^ MY CHRISTMAS TPAHTttah¦ \ UAxit STVJtN B^OTU^S AMP S^T 6RS, UAi£ TO DO A \JVIU\TE- evep^ANH" <SrlFT ^/^CV) IT'S. AU- flgouT m all a&owt THE IQCATIO^}.^ AH ft&our Ttft U6)HT|M6i\ ^
