MySpace Hottie Gets a Dose of Reality in ABC's 'One Ocean View'
Playboy Model Heather Lutz Deals With Blonde Bimbo Stereotype
MySpace pin-up girl and Playboy model Heather Lutz, star of the upcoming new ABC reality show "One Ocean View," is experiencing the pitfalls of sudden fame -- stereotyping.
Although the Pennsylvania native is thrilled with the opportunities she has as a result of her MySpace and Playboy layouts, she still contends with the dumb blonde cliche. Lutz responds to being described in the New York Post as an "attention-craving Playboy nudie girl." Lutz says, "I was in Playboy and I was nude, but I don't think I'm any more attention-craving than most people. I mean, who doesn't like getting attention."
Hardly the ditzy blonde, Lutz holds a Kinesiology degree from Penn State where she was consistently on the Dean's List.
Lutz originally created a flurry of attention with her MySpace page, which features the once-brunette tomboy and straight-A student as a flirty farmer's daughter who champions animal rights.
MySpace boasts 17.47 million unique visitors per month, over 50,000 of which visit Lutz.
Playboy discovered Lutz and invited her to be immortalized as one of their "Girls of MySpace" in the June 2006 issue and upcoming DVD. As a result, Lutz signed on with ABC's "One Ocean View."
Lutz now has the daunting task of sorting through offers that typecast the 27 year-old beauty. The new reality star and model sees herself as the host of a twenty-something TV show, but for now she's happy to kick back and enjoy "One Ocean View."
"One Ocean View," a new reality series from "The Real World" producers Jonathan Murray and Joey Carson, follows hot singles during a hot summer on Fire Island. Skin is in starting Monday, July 31 at 10 p.m. on ABC.
