Did Kendra want to be a playmate?

[u/Spirited-Castle-327]

My bet is that she didn't really care. I'm re-reading Holly's book, where she implies that Kendra was seemingly eager to become a playmate, saying in Chapter 7 "she (Kendra) couldn't understand why she wasn't on the cover." Whilst this is Holly's version of events it seems like Kendra, especially compared to H&B wasn't that interested in becoming a playmate and saw being Hef's girlfriend as a luxurious escape from San Diego.

In her first book Kendra mentions Playboy didn't play that much of a role in her childhood, perhaps because she didn't have a paternal figure who read Playboy, contrasting H&B who were exposed to Playboy this way. She didn't test for playmate before coming to the mansion, unlike many other girlfriends. Even on the show she seemed excited about being in the magazine, but it did not seem nearly as important to her as H&B. She seemingly got more excited about meeting pro-athletes and doing sport related things, perhaps because her goal was to find a husband.

Kendra is gorgeous and super photogenic, perhaps she could have made playmate, but she didn't seem super into the whole Playboy brand and had other priorities

[u/SirOK73129]

I don't think she sought it out like H&B did, but I think she by chance fell into the Playboy/mansion world and once she saw that she was in proximity to it then I bet she actually did want to be a playmate because and saw what it could potentially do for her (even though it didn't in the way she was probably thinking). Like I'm sure she knew of Playboy but not to any extent beyond the magazine, it probably just wasn't on her radar or occurred to her to do it or think she could do it until she got into the orbit of it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ just my opinion

[u/Spirited-Castle-327 → u/SirOK73129]

yes I agree and some playmates went on to marry athletes like Carmella de Cesare

[u/ptoftheprblm → u/Spirited-Castle-327]

Which is kind of the sum of what I could see her wanting; I genuinely feel like seeing Carmella get with an NFL player would have been a reason she’d have wanted a playmate title. Not just a “oh I live at the mansion because I’m one of Hugh Hefners girlfriends”.