I was a Playboy model and used to live in Hugh Hefner’s mansion… now it’s a tent

SHE once lived the high life in Hugh Hefner’s Hollywood mansion, but Britain’s top Playboy Bunny now sleeps in a simple two-person tent on a farm.

Gorgeous Louise Glover, 41, says the cost of living crisis has left her with no choice as she cannot afford ‘impossible’ rent increases.

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The pin-up, who has modeled for Nike and Reebok, has been camping out in her £60 temporary home for more than a month as she battles to build up her personal training and dog walking businesses.

She said: ‘I’m trying to stay optimistic and make the best of my situation, but it’s hard.

‘I have to get out of this mess quickly. Things need to change before winter arrives.

Glamor model Louise paid £550 a month for a room in a shared property near Windsor, Berks.

But her rent shot up to £750 and her businesses ground to a halt, leaving her struggling to make ends meet.

Now Louise – who earned £1,000 a day at the height of her 20-year modeling career – calls her £130 campsite home.

At the site near Reading, she fries eggs on a small gas stove, which she also uses to boil a kettle for a soothing hot chocolate before sleeping in a sleeping bag on a double blow-up mattress.

She said: “I have two hot water bottles to sleep with at night.

“I make sure I am at a campsite so that I am safe and also have my car.

“My luck will soon change.”

It’s a far cry from her days partying with Paris Hilton and Leonardo DiCaprio while living at the late Hefner’s sprawling estate.

After landing her first gig at Playboy at the age of 20 following a test shoot in London, she became the first Briton to be crowned the magazine’s Model of the Year.

Louise, described by multi-millionaire Hugh as the ‘British Carmen Electra’, spent her twenties flying around the world, attending celebrity bashes and posing for photo shoots.

She would return to her base at Playboy boss Hefner’s mansion, where she had a free room with champagne on tap.

During the world-famous parties at the infamous £77 million pad, Louise socialized with famous celebrities such as DiCaprio, Rihanna, Matthew Perry, Snoop Dogg and Paris.

She said: “It was the best time, like a different world.

“I didn’t even think about it that much at the time, but I was hanging out with the biggest names in the world.

I really loved Hugh, he was a true gentleman

Louise

“I loved all the other Playboy models, we were like a family.

“I really loved Hugh, he was a real gentleman.

“The mansion was incredible, there was even a zoo. Everything was pink and it had the Playboy Bunny logo on it.

“We had these wild parties. I once had my body painted and we all danced around Snoop Dogg while he performed on the house stage.

But when she was 27, Louise developed blood poisoning after breast implant surgery and went into cardiac arrest. It left her in the hospital for five weeks.

She said: ‘I almost died because I was so sick with the infection. That was a wake-up call for me.

She decided to leave her party lifestyle behind and focus on fitness and wellness. Louise recalled: “I started training and moved into fitness and lifestyle modeling. I had deals with most of the major brands.

“Nike sponsored me and I felt like I was on the rise again.”

She won first place at the Miami Pro Universe Championships and collected a string of other fitness titles.

After becoming a personal trainer, she traveled to Dubai last year to launch her PT classes and do some promotional work for Formula 1 and rugby.

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But she struggled to gain a solid customer base.

Louise said: “The whole place closed down around Christmas and I couldn’t get the work. I had to go back to Britain.”

Now Louise spends her nights trying to stay warm as fall arrives. But she says she would rather do it in a slum than undress online.

She explained: “It’s hard now that I’m older, the modeling isn’t there anymore. I would like to present and I still do bits of promo work, but I refuse to do anything pornographic.

“I have too much self-respect for myself to strip as some have suggested. People ask me: ‘Why don’t you do Only Fans?’.

I have too much self-respect for myself to strip as some have suggested

Louise

“But I would rather get my life on track and live here, in this field. I don’t have to stoop to that. I have morals and self-respect.”

At the height of her modeling career, Louise used her huge paychecks to travel the world.

But due to some bad luck, she does not have the savings to fall back on. She said: “I have been in relationships where men have taken money from me.

“I had a few clients at my personal training business, but that dried up over the summer.

“I also do dog sitting, but people don’t go out that often because they don’t have the money.”

She added: “It’s not all bad. There have been some really special moments. I was watching the shooting stars the other day, wrapped in my sleeping bag.

“And a huge red kite flew down and took one of my eggs, which was pretty amazing.”

‘I don’t want to pretend’

Louise asked for help from a homeless shelter, but was told she would not be a priority.

The model, who has appeared in videos with pop band Scouting For Girls and was once in a relationship with Lee Ryan of boy band Blue, said: “I want to try and get back into work because I’m very self-reliant.

‘Surviving and being independent is what I have always done.

“They said unless I have a child or an illness, I’m in the same need as anyone else on the street.

“I don’t want to claim benefits at this time.

I don’t like being dependent on people, so I don’t want to go couch surfing at my friends’ houses. It’s not me

Louise

“So they said I wouldn’t actually get any help. I’ve tried sleeping in the car in a parking lot, but you don’t know who’s lurking.

“Then I came up with the idea of ​​buying a tent. However, a few weeks ago the weather was a lot better.”

Louise, who grew up in and out of foster care, lost both her parents within five months seven years ago. She added: “I have no family to fall back on.

“I don’t like being dependent on people, so I don’t want to go couch surfing at my friends’ houses. It’s not me.”

As she looks up from her small tent at the gathering clouds, Louise sighs as she says she’s “starting all over again.”

But she’s trying to see the positive as long as the weather continues.

She said: “In some ways I feel calmer now that I’m here – because I don’t have to worry as much. But I probably actually do that, because if it storms, I’m stuck!”

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