Lena Erickson

Meet Amateur Lena Erickson, from Fort Myers, Florida. Shestall 58 and her long blonde hair and green eyes nod to her Swedish andNorwegian heritage. I grew up with my grandparents in Fort Myers, she says. Ihad a hard time growing up, but I learned to take care of myself. Im going tobe the first person to graduate from college in my family. Lena is a part-timestudent in business administration, and she models on the side. When I wasfifteen, my grandmother put me in a modeling program, she explains. I endedup living in New York and abroad in Milan, and I was featured in the Italianedition of Marie Claire. Playboy is a little different, butLenas family is supportive. As long as Im happy, theyre happy for me, shesays. Im proud to be a part of the Playboy family. When shes not at schoolor work, Lena spends time with her friends. I was an athlete in high school,so I love sports, she says. With the girls, I go to the mall or the beach,but with the guys, I drink beer and watch the football game, or go mudding onfour-wheelers. When it comes to being more than friends, Lena knows what shewants, and shed rather be in a relationship than have a one-night stand. Forme, its about sincerity, she says. Good looks only get you so far.