Hayley Hasselhoff became the first curvy model to cover Playboy and revealed that her famous dad supports her nude pose.
The plus-size model, 28, who is the daughter of Hoff, 68, told MailOnline that her Baywatch star father believed in her and was confident in the choices she was making for her career after starting to work at the age of 14.
In an exclusive interview, Hayley, who competed on Celebrity X Factor in 2019, revealed she felt ’empowered’ in being able to celebrate and show off her body as she performed topless for the iconic magazine.
‘I’m very proud of the photos’: Hayley Hasselhoff became the first curvy model to cover Playboy, revealed her famous dad was ‘in favor’ of her posing nude
Hayley, the youngest daughter of David and actress Pamela Bach, 57, told MailOnline: ‘My father is very supportive of the choices I make for my own career. My mom and dad are always very supportive in everything I have done.
“ You have to remember that I have been in this business since I was 14 and have been a curve model since I was 14.
“We all have different backgrounds in the curve industry, but for me I started out as a curve model and still am a curve model today.
“ To see the progression from where I’ve been, to where I am today, I think they’re both very, very supportive and they believe in me and all the choices I make in my own career, just like I do for them ”.
‘My dad is very supportive’: The plus-size model, who is Hoff’s daughter, told MailOnline that her Baywatch star dad believed in her and was confident in the choices she made.
Hayley took the glamorous photos in Paris during the lockdown wearing her own lingerie after it became difficult for her team to find clothes to fit her UK size 16-18 amid the pandemic.
The curvaceous actress explained that being the first plus-size woman to play front of European Playboy is important because it plays in a “ bigger movement ” of embracing all shapes and sizes of different bodies.
She said: ‘There are some tastefully nude pics where I’m topless.
“At first there were pieces of me like ‘oh Playboy …’ and then I thought about it and I was like ‘oh cool!’ I can do this move for curvy women during a global pandemic and their make it known that they have every right to celebrate their bodies.
“ Looking at these footage I have to say there were definitely times on set where I was worried because it was my first time shooting something like this.
“It was one of those times when you have a thought bubble and that apprehension – but then that positive thought came back and said, ‘Wait a sec, that’s why you’re here today.’
‘I’ve been in this business since I was 14’: Hayley, pictured with David and sister Taylor Ann in 2017, said her dad was impressed with her progress after starting modeling as a teenager.
“ The day has been fun but I see it more as stimulating – I felt very empowered when I left the set, I felt like I was grounded and taken possession of my body.
“ Everyone knew it was for a bigger purpose and to be able to show that women can be wanted and loved, regardless of their shape or size.
“ If you’re a size two to someone size 16-18, your body doesn’t have to be objectified if you celebrate it so artfully. I am very, very proud of the photos – I think they are beautiful. ”
A week before Hayley’s Playboy cover was revealed, an “ unedited ” bikini photo of Khloe Kardashian was leaked online.
The image showed the American reality TV star, 36, looking beautifully natural, instead of having her body Photoshop altered and smoothed with filters.
‘I was grounded’: In an exclusive interview, Hayley revealed she felt ’empowered’ being able to celebrate and show off her body as she performed topless for Playboy (pictured on Instagram)
‘Gorgeous’: Hayley admitted she felt ‘worried’ on the set of Playboy, but quickly remembered why she was there – to take ownership and feel liberated by her body
Hayley said the highlight of her shoot is that the body you see is all of hers, including her boobs and butt, and Playboy has only amplified her natural strengths.
She said: ‘This is a touchy subject for me as am I okay with retouching our bodies to unhealthy lengths that aren’t necessarily a representation of who we are? Definitely not!
“That’s one of the best things about this shoot – looking at my body, it’s my body! And I’m like hell yeah girl, it’s you, it’s you all the way! I look at this blanket and I am like my butt looks amazing!
“ Playboy wanted to represent the very first curvy woman to come and be able to say it’s your body, it’s your real figure – and my boobs are amazing, they have a great shape to them – and I’m so blessed Playboy wants to be able to amplify what I already have.
“ It’s my body! Hayley said the highlight of her shoot is that the body you see is all of hers, including her breasts and butt, and Playboy only “ amplifies ” her natural assets
Hayley admits the last eight years of her life have seen her travel between three countries and 10 flights a month, but the coronavirus pandemic has suddenly given her space and time to reflect.
Now, after being forced to spend five months and counted apart from her boyfriend Dominic Charles Farrell, who is in the UK while Hayley is based in Los Angeles, the actress is hoping for more stability as she turns to near future.
She said: ‘It was difficult obviously because I can’t see it but we are good with long distances just because when we first met I was traveling 10 times a month, we got used to being different. time zones and make it work.
‘But it’s sad and I miss him so much – he was supposed to come here and quite funny, it was a few days before the first major lockdown that I ended up leaving before Christmas.
“ In our mind it was going to take 2-3 months, we were going to be apart, but now it’s become almost five months and there really is no date that we can meet again because of all of this.
‘I lived as a digital nomad for so many years, I traveled so much for work and wherever the wind took me and I loved it and we had our home in the UK.
“ The pandemic definitely put things in perspective, it made me feel that I also wanted a permanent place in Los Angeles where I’m from and that I can build a bigger life there. ”
- Hayley’s Playboy cover, which is the May issue, releases April 15
‘It’s sad’: Hayley was forced to spend the last five months away from boyfriend Dominic Charles Farrell after the pandemic left them living in different counties (pictured in 2019)