The People’s Playmate

Spring 2026

She won the Great Playmate Search—and then, our hearts. Now Lauren Summer gets to live her full pinup fantasy as Miss February.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALANA O’HERLIHY

LAUREN SUMMER’S MODELING CAREER arguably began when she stopped in front of a giant photo of Adriana Lima in the window of a Victoria’s Secret in her hometown of Orlando, Florida. When Summer saw it, “something clicked in my nerdy little self w...