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Lifesaver
Meet the charming Miss July 2018, Valeria Lakhina. Coming from Stakhanov, Ukraine, and now based in Moscow, Russia, this dazzling redhead playmate will take your breath away. On set for her summer spread on the sun-drenched shores of Portugal, Valeria Lakhina is absolutely stunning. Gaze in awe as the photographer Ana Dias captures all of Valeria’s vibrant features like her bright red hair, blue eyes, and sun-kissed skin. “I feel sexiest when I’m at the seaside — with freckles, a suntan, and droplets of saltwater in my hair,” she tells.
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Model: Valeria Lakhina; Photographer: Ana Dias; Producer: Gonçalo Jorge; Photography Assistants: Nikolai Striebel, Pedro Teixeira; Makeup & Hair: Jenny Miranda; Video: Filipe Figueiredo; Aerial Images: Filipe Teixeira
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Summer Breeze
Paradise is just a click away with this pictorial from the international Playmate Natalia Udovenko. On a beautiful beach in Portugal’s south-western coast, flipping through the pages of the July 1967 issue of Playboy, Natalia is anything but ordinary — being gorgeous and sweet are just two of her many assets. Shown here in her spread as Miss April 2019, captured by the photographer Ana Dias, Natalia Udovenko is stunning and totally herself as she shows the slender features of her petite figure. Now, it’s time to fall for her sweetheart personality, flawless curves, and innocent demeanor.
First published in Playboy Portugal April 2019 Issue
Also published in: Playboy Mexico April 2019 Issue
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Model: Natalia Udovenko; Photographer: Ana Dias; Producer: Gonçalo Jorge; Photography Assistant: Miguel Velosa; Makeup & Hair: Jenny Miranda; Video: Filipe Figueiredo
BEHIND THE SCENES
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Mirage
In December 2015, when I was scouting for locations for a new shoot, my friend Sergey Bogaitsev from Russia suggested a destination: Israel! I had never traveled to Israel, but Sergey knew the region well. We had the desert, we had the blue-turquoise waters of the Dead Sea, it looked perfect… and indeed it was! The model chosen for the shoot was the divine blonde Dasha Snezhnaya, from Moscow. The result was an episode for my Playboy Abroad series and an editorial for the cover of the Romanian edition of Playboy.
On this trip I made several new friends: Sergey Lenin, the extrovert, funny and somewhat bad boy of nude photography from Russia, who spoke no other language but Russian, so we had to communicate by gestures; and Alex Vanzetti, a charming and talented photographer from Israel, who specializes in underwater fashion photography.
It was a shoot that my team and I really enjoyed doing, and a place where I will surely return.
– Ana Dias
BTS photos by Sergey Bogaitsev, Filipe Figueiredo, Alex Vanzetti and Sergey Lenin
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Model: Dasha Snezhnaya; Photographer: Ana Dias; Producer: Gonçalo Jorge; Makeup & Hair: Faina Pikus; Video: Filipe Figueiredo; Thanks to: Sergey Bogaitsev and Kseniya Lebed (Gelo Photostudio), Sergey Lenin, Alex Vanzetti