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Playboy Has Naked Photos Of Spy Babe Anna Chapman
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Jen Chung
Published Dec 21, 2010
Modified Dec 21, 2010
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You know what ex-boyfriends are good for? Selling naked photos of you to Playboy after you're unmasked as a Russian spy and deported from the United States. Anna Chapman became infamous as the "sexy," if not very good, spy—her cover: NYC party girl— attempting to gain access to American secrets, thanks to some fetching Facebook pictures and is now basically a national hero in Russia (she is heading up the youth wing of Vladimir Putin's party). Now, Playboy is publishing nude photographs of the 28-year-old in its January issue.
According to the Daily News, "It was suggested several months ago that the 28-year-old would appear nude in Playboy. However, the sexy spook did not pose for the publication. The naked pictures are from an ex-boyfriend and were part of a batch of nude photos which appeared online in July." Her ex-husband also offered up naked pictures of Chapman last summer.
In an interview with the Russian edition of Maxim (where she wore lingerie), Chapman said, "Most men are divided in three categories: primitive, those that only want sex; smarter, those that want to be loved, and [the] last group -- those that not only want to be loved, they also need that this love will be the biggest and most amazing feeling in your life."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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