In Australia, they say that blue-eyed, tanned blondes are a dime a dozen – but when you’re as beautiful and talented as one Miss Sophie Monk, you’re bound to make a splash. A model and actress born in England and raised on the Gold Coast, Sophie burst onto the scene with an appearance on Australian talent show Popstars as a member of the all-girl pop group Bardot. With a successful music career – her solo album, Calendar Girl, topped the charts in her home country – it wasn’t long before Sophie was a well-known model and actress, and not just in the land down under. Roles in Date Movie, Spring Breakdown and Entourage, not to mention an on-again, off-again relationship with singer Benji Madden, made the enterprising Miss Monk an American household name. Most recently, Sophie retired from her post as hostess of 2DayFM’s Breakfast Show, a move that some considered risky – but with a bombshell debut in Playboy magazine, she proves that risk-taking can be bold, and very, very sexy. Point taken, Miss Monk – and more to the point, we’re totally and completely taken with you.