Qiana Chase draws people close with her warm smile and laid-back vibe. She picked up the nickname Q when she started modeling a few years ago. "I don't know why, but it's so hard for people to say Qiana or remember it, so I'd tell them, 'It's just Q, okay?'"

She first showed up in Playboy a year ago when she appeared in her first of two Special Editions. "I've been posing nude all my life," she says. "I've always been comfortable with it, which is almost scary, especially for my mom. She asked me to wait until I was 24 to become a Playmate, so today she's okay with it. There's definitely a rush being in front of the camera and having everybody make a big fuss over you."