Rachel Jean Marteen

About Rachel Jean Marteen

Was discovered by Playboy when her picture was seen in the portfolio of a photographer applying for work with the magazine...he didn't get hired, but Rachel did.

Worked full time and taught aerobics to pay her way through college.

Raised in a rural, conservative town outside Cartersville, GA and began a modeling career not long after winning the Ms. White County competition in 1983.

She is flown in for a test shoot and suddenly, she is Miss August. "It all happened so quickly!" Rachel says, smiling. "And it was just luck. But that sort of thing happens to me all the time." Much of Rachel's good fortune can be attributed to her friendly disposition. This is a woman who's on a first-name basis with hotel doormen. She's the kind of person who interrupts an interview to say, "We keep talking about me. I want to hear about you." "My parents taught me to be open and honest," she explains. Rachel, the youngest of three girls, grew up on a farm outside Cartersville, Georgia, in a family that made the Waltons look like a gang of hedonistic delinquents. Sundays were spent at the Baptist Church. According to Rachel, Cartersville has "more churches than houses. It's very conservative." Rachel's folks also taught her the value of hard work. To pay for college she worked an eight-to-four job, then taught aerobics, all before spendi...