Free Preview: Playmate of the Month June 2000 - Shannon Stewart
The road west out of New Orleans passes a host of scenic wonders both man-made and natural, from Lake Pontchartrain and the plantation houses that line the Mississippi River to the bustling port of Baton Rouge and the miles of bayou. For the past 22 years, the country roads outside Baton Rouge have also been beautified by Shannon Stewart, a small-town southern girl and occasional beauty queen who's now going nationwide in the pages of PLAYBOY.<p>At home in Louisiana, Miss June tries to fend off persistent finger nibbling from her tiny Maltese, Ivy (one of a menagerie of pets), long enough to tell her story.</p><p>Q: As a small-town girl, how are you adjusting to life in the fast lane?</p><p>A: I'm getting addicted to Los Angeles. At first I hated it. It was so fast that it freaked me out. But when I go home now, everything is so slow.</p><p>Q: Where is home?</p><p>A: I grew up in a little town outside of Baton Rouge. We're smack-dab between Lafayette and New Orleans. It's pretty rural, and small enough that the people you've known since kindergarten are usually the people you keep in touch with all your life.</p><p>Q: What do these people you've known all your life think of your appearance in PLAYBOY?</p><p>A: I think everybody kind of expected it [laughs]. News travels quick in small towns. But I don't think anybody really believes it until they hear it from me.</p><p>Q: You've been modeling and appearing in beauty pageants almost all your life, haven't you?</p><p>A: My mom...
Unlock the Uncensored Gallery & Video