He's a palomino, so people would say, "Look out for the two blondes!" I miss him.Ī: Yeah. Then I competed in high school rodeos with my great horse, Tut. I got more advanced and moved on to riding better horses. Then a friend of ours gave us a horse that I just fell in love with. Q: Were you always passionate about horses?Ī: Actually, at first I was scared of them, because I had a lot of bad experiences. I know she would have done the same thing years ago if she had had the opportunity.
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She gave me ideas on how to pose and what to wear. In fact, my mom and I were out riding when I told her I was going to be in Playboy.Ī: Well, once I told her I was going to be a cowgirl in my pictorial, she was excited. It gave me a chance to become independent, work hard, change the oil, haul the hay, clean the stalls. My parents divorced when I was three, and for a long time it was just me and my mom. So I think it's going to be OK.Ī: No, we never were. But everyone's been really supportive, even my religious friends. Utah is a Mormon state, and the town is small enough that you pretty much know everybody. Q: What's your hometown going to think of these photos?Ī: I don't know. "People always said I should be in Los Angeles, modeling," she says with a laugh. In other words, she's fast out of the gate. Now she shares an apartment with, 1998 Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal - and in between Playboy photo and video shoots, she's found time to win modeling jobs in commercials and on magazine covers, as well as acting gigs in a TV pilot and a feature film. Only a few months ago, our 45th Anniversary Playmate left her day job as an office administrator back home, came to Los Angeles and drove straight to the Playboy Mansion to launch her career. A small-town beauty with a yen for horses and a roomful of rodeo ribbons, Utah's Jaime Bergman is fast becoming an urban cowgirl.