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| KISSONLINE Chats With Petra
Verkaik
The first question many of the guys are gong to want answered... 100% you? No additives or preservatives, All natural, all organic, homegrown.....BOOBIES - YEP, 100% me. You've said that you are a 36 DD, but have been measured a 32 DDD, why the difference? The # represents the inches around the ribcage and the letters represent the cup size. In my centerfold issue (Dec '89) there was a kiss and tell story from Jack Nickolson's girls friend Karen Mayo Chandler and her measurements were the same as mine: 36-24-35, but she wasn't as ample, and I am, and a reader questioned our measurements. Playboy called me in and I was 36-24-35 but Karen had a bigger back (ribcage). So*when you think about the measurements of your "dream-girl", make sure you know the details, or you might be surprised! If you had to describe yourself, what type of a kid would you say you were in high school?
I had a lot of friends, but I would describe myself as a loner. I didn't exactly hang out with any particular group - I sorta bounced around from the park to the cafeteria to the library to the track. I liked to dabble a bit in all circles. As a student I was A's and B's, but I have to admit that I always had a hard time studying stuff I didn't like and knew I would never use. You said your gatefold took 11 days and 2 photographers... why? Oh wow, these shoots are serious business just like shooting a TV sitcom or something with an entire crew tending to literally every little detail in every shot. Also, the chief pictorial editor for gatefolds and the KISS pictorial, Marilyn Grabowski, is a big time perfectionist. During my gatefold shoot she would stop the shoot and separate my eye lashes, re-work the wrinkles in my neglig*e, you get the idea. She caught every tiniest detail. But that's what makes the Playboy photos the standard in photo industry. Were you prepared for the attention you received with your Centerfold? No, I had no idea what exactly would happen to me. How could I since I didn't know anyone who had. I grew up basically like everyone else. But after the issue came out and especially appearing in Playboy's Newsstand Special I started getting cards and letters from fans and bookings on jobs without even having to audition. It was a wonderful thing - what an ego booster! You've been in a number of Newsstand Specials, any that you are especially fond of? That will be an easy answer - the issue that dubbed me Playboy's Model of the Year. What makes it special for you? I made the cover!-Anytime a playmate gets a cover of Playboy anything, it is considered very special. When you were names Playboy's Model of the Year, how did life change for you? Becoming Playboy's Model of the Year '97 is an incredible honor and it provided me with more opportunities, just as becoming a Playboy Playmate did. Everyone wants to hire the new and popular girl. What kind of computer do you use... the facts! Well lets see, you computer geeks.. I learned on a MAC and I would LOVE to have the new G3 because I absolutely love playing with the graphics for my Web site (It's too expensive though for my taste). But right now I bounce around usually ending up on the most powerful PC I can get my hands on (I do a LOT of yucky boring database/email management for the site also and PC's have the edge in that area. My home PC is a 233/96 but is about to be upgraded because it's just too wimpy for the software I use. I have a giant Hard Drive which is needed for all of my images. I love my mouse with the little roller in the middle for scrolling as much as anything! You hold auctions on your website, what kinds of reaction have you received to that? They love it - it gives fans the opportunity to buy very valuable collectible stuff which I have built up over all my numerous shoots and experiences, directly from me just like being at trade show where you get to acquire items which you simply can't buy anywhere else. The Auction for the month of February will be the outfit I wore with Gene Simmons and KISS in Playboy's March '99 issue. I think it's a particularly cool auction item because it reflects my KISS shoot; with KISS and ME, Playboy, KISSery II. Were you a KISS fan growing up? Hell yeah! Kiss Alive II rocked! What was your initial reaction to them? Finally some hell raising rock and roll you could really bang your head to. (I loved roller-skating to "Beth" to)
Favorite album? KISS Alive II Favorite song? Detroit Rock City Favorite member? Gene Simmons - On my Web site my members are referred to as "Alpha Males" which is basically the dominant or lead male, and Gene is the band leader! - Although I think all the KISS members would qualify as "Alpha Males" How were you selected to be in Playboy's Girls of KISS issue? Wow, there was a LOT of girls at the interviews and I didn't think that I would be picked because they were all so beautiful. They actually forgot to call me and let me know I was in so I was certain that I wasn't what they were looking for. But then Marilyn called way late and said I was in right off the bat. I guess I just had that little (Big?) something they were looking for!; they know me well since I've worked for Playboy quite a bit and I'm sure that helps. What did you think when you told you'd be in a spread with KISS, wearing KISS makeup? I thought it was VERY cool. The KISS makeup so awesome and is a big part their image so it was an honor, and I've never had this sort of make-up done on me before. I just wish we could've done it a week earlier - Halloween! What kind of reactions did you receive when you told friends and family? Oh boy, I got a lot of "WOW, no way!*etc, etc.". Of course, they begged to get their autographs. Ok, give me the fun behind-the-scenes scoop on the photo session! The shoot went on for three days. I was involved in two days of them. Gene Simmons approached me in the first 5 minutes I was there. He said, You must be a Gene." I said, "Yeah how did you know?" He looked at my chest and said, "I nursed for a very long time. Actually, yesterday my mom had to push me off. Hi, I'm Gene Simmons." (Ba-dump-bump!) What an introduction! There was a lot of down time because there were lots of girls that needed make-up done. So, while we were waiting Paul Stanley and I hung out. Paul REALLY loves girls. Peter seemed to get a kick out of the whole idea of being in Playboy and the doing this shoot while Ace arrived late and seemed like this happened everyday. But hey, if you're in KISS it probably does. Oh, In case anyone was wondering - KISS does their own make-up! What were the members of KISS like in a room of naked Playboy models? Gene was staring at each and every girl (Yep, his tongue comes out even off stage) and he is a perfect gentleman. Paul moves pretty quickly and got to know a couple of the girls VERY well. Peter was always smiling and talking to everyone, and Ace is all business. They were all gentlemen while obviously indulging themselves in the ultimate eye candy - what man wouldn't in a room full of nude live Playboy models!?
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