Myra Van Heck Bio
Myra Van Heck is a British-born playboy and adult model. She was born on August 28, 1945 in London, United Kingdom. Her zodiac sign is virgo.
In April 1970, Myra Van Heck brought her signature glamour and star appeal to Playboy.
Myra Van Heck has beautiful natural breasts, soulful brown eyes, and rich brown hair. With a sensually shaped 33-25-35 frame, she's a true embodiment of Playboy allure.
Myra Van Heck appeared in Playboy’s April 1970 issue in a three-page colour feature, completing a remarkable progression from London Playboy Bunny to national beauty queen and international pageant contestant. She was not the issue’s Playmate of the Month; that distinction belonged to Barbara Hillary. Instead, Van Heck was presented as a familiar member of the Playboy world whose elegance and newly acquired title had given her a public identity extending far beyond the club floor.
Her defining moment came at the Miss England competition at London’s Lyceum Ballroom on 16 May 1969. The ceremony briefly descended into confusion when another contestant, Angela Turner, was initially announced as the winner. The mistake was corrected, and Van Heck received the crown, sash and sceptre as the rightful Miss England. Contemporary photographs captured her still wearing elements of the Bunny costume beneath her ceremonial cape, creating an unforgettable meeting of pageant tradition and the glamorous new nightlife culture represented by Playboy.
The victory took Van Heck to Miami Beach that July, where she represented England at the 1969 Miss Universe competition. She joined sixty other contestants in an internationally televised spectacle eventually won by Gloria Diaz of the Philippines. Although Van Heck did not place among the fifteen semifinalists, her participation confirmed that the young woman working inside the Playboy Club had successfully crossed into the broader world of fashion, publicity and international beauty competition.
Her Playboy pictorial followed less than a year later. The brief feature relied on the poised confidence that had carried her through both the club and the pageant stage, presenting her with the polished but comparatively natural glamour favoured by the magazine at the beginning of the 1970s. Van Heck also remained visible as a Bunny in British promotional and charity events, including a 1970 pancake race in Battersea Park alongside Adria Aung, Carmel Stratton and Dina Turner.
Unlike many Playboy personalities who moved into film or television, Van Heck left behind a comparatively compact public record. That scarcity has made the surviving photographs especially evocative. They preserve a moment when the Playboy Clubs, national beauty pageants and glossy magazines occupied overlapping corners of popular culture. Myra Van Heck’s story may be brief, but its central image remains irresistible: a Playboy Bunny unexpectedly crowned Miss England, carrying the confidence of the club into one of the era’s most visible celebrations of beauty.
