Valerie Mason Bio
Valerie Mason is an American actress, glamour and nude model. She was born Valerie Denise Mason on January 29, 1988, in Monroe, Louisiana. Playboy named her its September 2008 Playmate at 20. Her appearance came in the 2000s, as Playboy's print tradition began to share space with an expanding online presence.
Mason has enhanced breasts, brown eyes and black hair. Her measurements are 34-25-36.
Valerie Mason came to Playboy without any previous professional modeling experience. Before sending photographs to the magazine, she had been a high-school cheerleader, trained in both tap and ballet, and worked at an ice cream shop. Raised in Louisiana and later living in Austin, Texas, Mason retained a strong attachment to her Southern background, particularly her family and the Cajun food she missed after leaving home.
Television provided the inspiration for her unexpected move into modeling. Mason was an enthusiastic viewer of The Girls Next Door and decided to contact Holly Madison directly through MySpace, sending photographs of herself despite having no modeling portfolio. Madison responded by inviting her to test at Playboy Studio West, giving Mason an unusually direct route from fan of the Playboy television world to prospective Playmate.
Playboy cameras documented that transition. Mason’s test was filmed for The Girls Next Door, capturing her introduction to Hugh Hefner and the women whose television series had prompted her submission in the first place. Her successful test led to a centerfold, while appearances as herself on several episodes of the series made television an immediate component of her Playboy experience.
Life around Playboy soon became considerably different from Mason’s routine in Texas. She moved into the Bunny House near the Playboy Mansion and spent the summer attending Los Angeles parties, socializing at the Mansion and enjoying the famously accommodating Playboy lifestyle. Her pictorial also incorporated something genuinely personal: the boa constrictor appearing alongside her was her own pet, Mitch, reflecting an adventurous streak that extended to four-wheeling and collecting vintage clothing and shoes.
Music was another enthusiasm Mason carried with her from everyday life into her Playboy profile. She favored classic rock from the 1970s and 1980s, particularly the Eagles, alongside Pink Floyd and Tom Petty, and was known for playing it loudly while driving. For someone who had never modeled professionally before contacting Madison through MySpace, the progression was remarkably swift: a speculative online message led to Studio West, television appearances and a summer living within Playboy’s Mansion community.
