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My name is Michelle Marie Baena. I was born December 24th, 1972 in a small town called Muncie, Indiana. When I was 17, I moved out to California and I have been here ever since. California offers everything mountains, the beach, redwoods, big cities, small towns, rivers, wine country I just love it and I it see myself ever leaving California.

I used to daydream of being a model as a teenage girl. I absolutely idolized Christie Brinkley - I would cut out pictures of her and put them up on my wall. And I have always dreamed of being in Playboy Magazine. I had so much going on in my life for so long that I never had the time to pursue a modeling career. Actually, it's probably more accurate to say that I never made pursuing a modeling career a priority in my life. In August of 2004, at 31 years of age, I finally made the decision to pursue my dream of a becoming a successful model.

I finally got a break. I sent in a few bikini shots in to Playboy.com for their Real Desperate Housewives search. One thing led to another and in April 2005, I realized one of my dreams and appeared on the May 2005 cover of Playboy Magazine. This definitely opened the door for me to advance in my career, but I do realize that my career is just starting and I have a lot of goals that I have yet to accomplish. It has now been a year and a half since I first started modeling and I have shot for several fitness magazines, Benchwarmer, Mac and Bumble, and the USA National Bikini Team.


-Michelle Baena

last updated
12.30.07

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