Meet Amateur Melanie Taylor, a model and dancer from from Los Angeles, California. She’s German by descent, evidenced in her blonde hair and broad facial features, and her breasts and curves are all natural. “I’m originally from Detroit,” she says. “My family moved to the suburbs when I was fourteen, and I moved to California in my mid-twenties. I miss Michigan summers – trips to Cedar Point in Ohio, boating on Lake Erie – but I’m so much happier in LA. It’s sunny every day.” She’s a natural in front of the camera, so it won’t surprise you to know that Melanie has a background in performing arts. “I went to a Christian high school, so there were no drama or theater groups,” she says, “but I joined a community theater group, and I took dance classes after school.” She studied ballet well into her teens, and every now and then she puts on her pointe shoes and works on her turnout. “I usually wear a leotard, but sometimes I don’t wear it,” she says, leaving the rest to our imaginations. Melanie is a casual dresser – she favors jeans, tees and Uggs, unless it’s a special occasion – and she spends most of her free time at home, cooking, cleaning and watching TV. She likes the usual things – movies, beach trips, dinners and drinks with friends – and she’s a die-hard Hanson fan, who’s been fainting in the front row for the last fifteen years. “I have a lot of Hanson memorabilia,” she says, laughing. “They had me at MMMBop.” Melanie is single, and she’s a true romantic – she likes to be given flowers, taken to dinner and kissed at the door, and she likes to make a guy sweat. “If a guy wants to score with me, he has to put a ring on my finger,” she jokes. “Or be Taylor Hanson.” She has some modeling experience, but this is Melanie’s first time posing nude. “My mom is really supportive,” she says. “We were watching E! News, and there was a feature about a Playmate. I asked my mom if she thought I was Playboy material, and she told me to go for it.” When she got wind of a casting call in the Windy City, she got in the car and drove three hundred miles west – and a few weeks later, she got word that she was in the top ten. Now she’s a Playboy Amateur, and she couldn’t be happier. “Playboy models are smart, beautiful, forward-thinking women,” she says, “and I’m proud to count myself among them.” inting in the front row for the last fifteen years. “I have a lot of Hanson memorabilia,” she says, laughing. “They had me at MMMBop.” Melanie is single, and she’s a true romantic – she likes to be given flowers, taken to dinner and kissed at the door, and she likes to make a guy sweat. “If a guy wants to score with me, he has to put a ring on my finger,” she jokes. “Or be Taylor Hanson.” She has some modeling experience, but this is Melanie’s first time posing nude. “My mom is really supportive,” she says. “We were watching E! News, and there was a feature about a Playmate. I asked my mom if she thought I was Playboy material, and she told me to go for it.” When she got wind of a casting call in the Windy City, she got in the car and drove three hundred miles west – and a few weeks later, she got word that she was in the top ten. Now she’s a Playboy Amateur, and she couldn’t be happier. “Playboy models are smart, beautiful, forward-thinking women,” she says, “and I’m proud to count myself among them.”