Lindsey Eve (Vuolo) Handrinos (born October 19, 1981)[1] is an American glamor model and actress best known for her appearance in Playboy as the November 2001 Playmate of the Month.
In 1999 she went on a two-week exchange program in Israel, and describes her experience at the Western Wall as a profoundly emotional and transformative one for her.
[2] Prior to her posing for Playboy, Vuolo had been working two jobs as a cocktail waitress to pay for college when a friend and coworker suggested sending in photos to the magazine.
After returning home and informing her mother of her recent activities, Hefner invited her back to the mansion for his 75th birthday party that April.
The fact that she attended synagogue while she was active with Playboy led to a fair amount of media attention, including an interview with columnist Shmuley Boteach, who criticized Vuolo for her pictorial, and argued that she was exploited by Playboy, and that it and pornography in general dehumanizes women, and could lead to things like rape and spousal violence.
Vuolo challenged this view, saying that Playboy is not pornography, and that her experience with the magazine was one of expansion of her career opportunities, and not exploitation.
reality television series The Girls Next Door, which chronicled life at the Playboy Mansion for three of Hefner's girlfriends.