Erika Bio
Erika is an Italian Gymnast, dancer, nude and glamour model. She was born on March 22, 1986, in Padova, Italy. She appeared in an international edition of Playboy in August 2009 at 23. Her appearance came in the 2000s, as Playboy's print tradition began to share space with an expanding online presence.
Erika has natural breasts, green eyes and blond hair. Her measurements are 34-24-35.
Erika brought an athlete’s discipline to the world of Italian glamour. Before modeling became her profession, she trained as both a competitive gymnast and dancer, performing at national level and appearing on Silvio Berlusconi’s Canale 5. Years of competition taught her how to move, perform and hold an audience’s attention — talents that transferred rather nicely when the television cameras gave way to fashion photographers.
Modeling became her focus in 2003, and Erika soon began making her presence felt in Italian beauty competitions. She placed among the top five in several contests, including Miss World Italy, while steadily developing a professional portfolio. With her combination of gymnastics, dance and pageant experience, being in front of a camera was hardly unfamiliar territory.
Playboy Italy took notice in 2009, giving Erika the unusual distinction of being its Playmate of the Month for both July and August. One month in Playboy is enough to make a summer memorable; Erika managed to claim two. Her pictorials subsequently traveled well beyond Italy, with appearances in Playboy editions in Venezuela, Colombia and Eastern Europe turning the Italian model into a genuinely international Playboy face.
For all the success she found in modeling, Erika had another screen in mind. “One of my passions is cinema,” she told Playboy. “One day, I hope to become an actress.” It was a natural ambition for someone whose career had already moved from competitive performance to television, beauty contests and international magazine work.
By the summer of 2009, Erika had assembled the kind of résumé made for Playboy’s international era: gymnast, dancer, beauty-pageant finalist, professional model and aspiring actress. Her back-to-back Italian Playmate titles gave that journey its biggest glamour milestone, while her appearances in Playboy editions abroad ensured that the girl from Padova was no longer simply an Italian discovery. She had gone international — exactly where an ambitious bella like Erika belonged.
