Lauren Summer didn’t enter The Great Playmate Search expecting to win. She signed up quietly, embarked on a bucket-list visit to Japan, and only realized how far she’d come when a notification stopped her mid-trip: she was in the quarterfinals. What followed was a surge of focused direction around a single goal—she would do anything to become the next Playmate. Little did her millions of fans know that her win would mark a full-circle moment for the social media star—and a complete dream come true. The captivating Orlando native, who now calls Los Angeles home, traces her success back to Playboy, beginning with a single Instagram post on April 5, 2017. “I have this beautiful house. I have this beautiful life. I have this beautiful career because in 2017 Playboy posted a lingerie photo of me on their Instagram, and overnight I blew up. I’ve used that as a stepping stone...