Posted on 07/15/2002 9:36:22 PM PDT by wallcrawlr
Playboy magazine offered female employees of threatened corporate giants WorldCom and Andersen the same chance to pose nude as it did those of fallen energy trader Enron, on July 15, 2002. Former Enron employees Cynthia Coghlan (L), Christine Nielsen (C), and Carey Lorenzo pose on a statue of a bull in the financial district of New York on June 27. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Playing the bare market, Playboy magazine on Monday offered female employees of threatened corporate giants WorldCom and Andersen the same chance to pose nude as it did those of fallen energy trader Enron.
"As soon as our (August) 'Women of Enron' issue hit the newsstands, we started getting calls from female employees at both WorldCom and Arthur Andersen," said Gary Cole, Playboy magazine's photography director.
Cole said the callers had "read" the Enron article "and immediately began expressing their desire to pose for Playboy as well."
The magazine, owned by the Chicago-based adult media conglomerate Playboy Enterprises Inc., instructed hopefuls from embattled telecommunications leader WorldCom Inc. and the accounting firm Andersen to send in recent photos of themselves in a two-piece swimsuit and a head-and-shoulders shot -- along with proof of employment.
Last month, Andersen was convicted of obstructing justice in the government's probe of the collapse of Enron, a client of the auditor.
I'm certain that Playgirl will have the appropriate staff to "handle" things.
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