Playboy is resurfacing sexy photos of Garcelle Beauvais, Lisa Rinna and more “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” personalities ahead of Wednesday night’s Season 13 premiere.
The legendary lifestyle magazine — known for its sizzling pictorials with Hollywood’s hottest starlets — is reminding fans that Beauvais, 56, and Rinna, 60, posed for the brand years before they were tapped by Bravo for its behemoth franchise.
Beauvais posed for the cover of the August 2007 issue. For her skin-baring spread — shot by celeb shutterbug Stephen Wayda — the “Coming to America” actress donned a see-through bodysuit while lounging on a ship.
“It was a great thing because, first of all, not that many Black women are on the cover of Playboy — we can probably count them on one hand — so for me it was really an honor,” the Haitian-born beauty said during an October 2020 episode of “The Real,” per Nicki Swift.
Beauvais also added that Playboy gave her complete control of creative details.
“I got to pick my glam,” she explained. “I got to pick where we shot it. I got to pick what I was willing to show and not show.”
Rinna — who announced her departure from “RHOBH” in January after eight consecutive seasons — posed for the cover of Playboy, too, in May 2009.
“The editors told Lisa that they haven’t had photographs in the magazine like this since they had Helmut Newton and Herb Ritts shooting for them,” Rinna’s husband, Harry Hamlin, told TVGuide at the time, while describing the photos taken by Deborah Anderson.
“So we’re very pleased with the way the pictures turned out.”
A photo shared by Playboy this week sees Rinna posing seductively in a negligee, her ample cleavage fully on display as she bends over in a seated position.
The former soap actress previously posed nude for the magazine in September 1998 while pregnant with her now-25-year-old daughter, Delilah Belle Hamlin.
“The first time, she was able to convince Hugh Hefner that we ought to celebrate the human body, not only in terms of recreational sex but in terms of procreational sex — and he went for it,” Harry, now 71, said in 2009 of Rinna’s first Playboy experience.
“Now, she once again has revisited the idea of a celebration of the human body, but at a somewhat more advanced age than you usually see in Playboy. She has really broken some ground.”
Playboy has also re-released images of “Beverly Hills” alums Camille Grammer and Denise Richards, both of whom filmed guest spots for Season 13.
Grammer, 55 — seen in lacy white lingerie — was shot by Gen Nishino in 2011, while Richards, 42 — flaunting major underboob in a tiny green swimsuit — was, like Beauvais, photographed by Wayda for a cover in December 2004.
Playboy is also highlighting shoots from stars of other “Real Housewives” iterations, covering ground in “New York City,” “Miami” and “Orange County” as Bravo prepares to lift the lid on new “RHOBH” drama.
“RHONY” alum Kelly Bensimon notably posed for her now-ex-husband, famed photographer Gilles Bensimon, for a March 2010 cover. In one picture, the model-turned-realtor is seen wearing nothing but a pair of small panties as she conceals the majority of her torso with a pillow.
“RHOM” alum Joanna Krupa, for her part, was shot by photographer Rankin for a December 2009 cover. In her spread, she freed her nipple in a see-through nightgown.
Meanwhile, “RHOC” alum Jeana Keough posed for Playboy decades before she helped launch the franchise in 2006. Photographed by Richard Fegley for the December 1978 issue, she flaunted her fit frame — and nipples — in a translucent red bodysuit.
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” Season 13 premieres Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
