Inqlings: Exposure for a Pa. Playmate
Kayla Collins, who hits newsstands Friday as Playboy's Playmate for August, may look familiar. It's not that Collins, 21, grew up in Mohnton, outside of Reading, and graduated in 2005 from Twin Valley High in Elverson (she was Kayla Dusel then). Or that she worked at Baja Beach Tanning Centers and the Friendly's on Lancaster Avenue in Reading. (Hence, the whipped cream she's wearing in a few photos.)
Kayla Collins
, who hits newsstands Friday as Playboy's Playmate for August, may look familiar.
It's not that Collins, 21, grew up in Mohnton, outside of Reading, and graduated in 2005 from Twin Valley High in Elverson (she was Kayla Dusel then). Or that she worked at Baja Beach Tanning Centers and the Friendly's on Lancaster Avenue in Reading. (Hence, the whipped cream she's wearing in a few photos.)
It's that she appeared a few months ago on the E! series The Girls Next Door to do test shots. That nod to vérité has given her a bit of prepublication publicity.
Collins says she's long wished to go the L. A. model-actress route. Her road began two years ago when she sent a MySpace friend request to GND's Holly Madison and included a photo. "I thought she was really cute on the show," Collins says, adding that Madison suggested she audition.
Collins says she "kind of put it off," but while visiting a friend in California decided to doff duds. She left Penn State and moved to Orange County in February.
"This whole thing is crazy, it happened so quickly," she says, adding that her mom, Sheryl Wojciechowski, and stepfather, Dan, visited her at the Playboy Mansion, where she spends "90 percent of my time." Her stepfather "had a smile on his face the entire time," she notes.
Radio activity
Two Philly radio stations are finalists for the National Association of Broadcasters' annual Marconi Awards: WMGK (102.9) for rock station and WPHI (100.3) for urban. Winners will be announced Sept. 18.
The playlist at classic-hits WOGL (98.1) is edging a bit newer, and now advertises "the Greatest Hits of the '60s, '70s and '80s."
Sandwich stuff
WMMR's
Matt Cord
will join a hoagie-eating contest midday tomorrow as part of a Wawa "Hoagiefest" promotion at the outlet at 12301 Academy Rd.
The newlywed Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross (Ralph Archbold and Linda Wilde Archbold) will be among judges at the Great Sandwich Make-Off at the Bellevue at noon Thursday. Defending champ among stands in the Bellevue's downstairs food court is Bain's Deli. The public can stop by and judge the "people's choice" award today between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. (Also on the Ross watch: The Betsy Ross House in Old City reports record visitation numbers during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, sewing up more than 4,000 visitors over the three days.)
Briefly noted
Vince DeMentri
did not anchor NBC10's 4 p.m. news yesterday, as scheduled. He's been off since July 3 during a station probe of vandalism to anchor
Lori Delgado's
car in the station lot.
Friday's program at the Mann Center - "Pictures at an Exhibition," featuring Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor) and Leila Josefowicz (violin) - will be dedicated to Anne d'Harnoncourt, the late Art Museum director.
Artie Lange stayed over at Borgata's new Water Club hotel all weekend and timed his return to New York and the Howard Stern show: He stayed in the casino till 2 a.m. yesterday and caught a limo straight to work. Lange - whose new beach house in Toms River is getting finishing touches - did stand-up at Bubba the Love Sponge's sold-out "Bubbapalooza" show Saturday at the Trump Taj Mahal, as did Sal Governale.
Aries Spears of Mad TV hit Pearl (1904 Chestnut St.) both Friday and Saturday nights after his sold-out shows at Helium. He did his Jay-Z impression at the front door when he arrived both nights. Spears showed up at Vango (114 S. 18th St.) on Sunday night.