A 23-year-old college student who was told by a Southwest Airlines employee that her outfit was too revealing to fly is wearing even less on Playboy's Web site. Now that's what I call a happy ending!
Kyla Ebbert appears in a series of pictures — some in lingerie, some nude — under the heading, "Legs in the Air."
Classy enough for me! Given the title, the pictorial had better not let me down.
"They're very tastefully done," Ebbert told The Associated Press on Thursday. "I don't see anything wrong with the female body."
Not yours, that's for sure!
Playboy contacted Ebbert's attorney to pitch the idea of posing. After "a little bit of talking" to convince her mother, Ebbert agreed. She said her boyfriend supported her decision, but "the most hesitant one was my dad."
"It took him a couple of weeks to put the shotgun down. He finally did after I asked him if he had ever 'read' a Playboy."
On its Web site, Playboy says Ebbert "was too sexy for Southwest Airlines, but she's perfect for Playboy."And Branson, too, apparently. Stud. That guy knows
Ebbert said she was paid "less than six figures" to pose, but wouldn't give the specific amount.
OK, everyone hit Fred's tip-jar and maybe we can come up for a photo-shoot of our own. She'd look good on the RB Scimitar.
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It obviously wasn't a guy who did it or she'd have had to straighten up her hair, too.
Ebbert ripped the airline in appearances on NBC's "The Today Show" and "The
Well, the fact that she is wearing any clothes at all and not sitting on my lap offends me . . . .
Ebbert said she was offended that Southwest tried to turn the dustup to its advantage by promoting a fare sale in honor of miniskirts. Southwest apologized to Ebbert, but she said she found the double-entendre-laced message unacceptable.
Being that SW stewardesses are in the doghouse it would have been more appropriate if they had to wear dog collars. And leashes. And carry them around in their mouths.
"They used my name in an ad campaign without asking permission," she said. "I thought I'd been slapped in the face."
Doing things without your permission and slapping you? Did they pull your hair, too?
Told of Ebbert's spread on the Playboy Web site, Southwest spokeswoman Beth Harbin said, "We wish her all the best."
I'm sure you do. Besides if you said anything else you'd just be digging a deeper hole.
Ebbert worked at a Hooters in San Diego but said wants to become an attorney, and doesn't think posing nude should get in the way of her professional aspirations.
I'd hire her. Especially if she likes to put her feet up on her glass desk.
"This was beautiful and classy. I don't see why it would affect a professional position," she said. "I'd do it again in a heartbeat."
Now go over and entertain the troops a bit, would you?
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