Jaclyn Swedberg has dodged mortar fire while playing war games in the Mojave Desert. She has sped around in a rally car like Danica Patrick. And she has hung 10 in the ocean blue au naturel. "I've decided that anything I have the opportunity to try, I'm going to try," says our Miss April, whose dare ...devil exploits have been captured by Playboy TV cameras for the show Badass, a naked nod to Johnny Knoxville and his merry band of pranksters. (Jaclyn will soon be found rappelling down treacherous mountains for Playboy TV's new summer series Playboy Trip Patagonia, which follows four up-for-anything femmes in Argentina.) And yet Jaclyn, a southern California girl two years away from a degree in broadcast journalism, still appreciates life's quieter moments. "At home I'm reserved," she says. "My favorite things to do are read and bake peanut butter cookies. If I'm feeling adventurous, I'll make a carrot cake." In fact, she considers posing for the pictures before you her most daring feat. "Appearing in the magazine not only made me shed my clothes but also allowed me to shed my shy exterior for good. I'm going to give this everything I've got!"

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