Year: 2026

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If you’re a straight, single man with a sex drive, you probably want to meet women. Easier said than done, right? It’s all been moved to the apps, which no longer seem to work and have rendered approaching someone in public a foreign, insurmountable task.

But despite the apps, despite the conflict between the genders, despite the general isolation and awkwardness that plagues social life, a fundamental reality remains true: Somewhere, deep down, men and women still have the urge to pair up. Even if just for one night.

So how do you do it? Senior Editor Magdalene Taylor asked women who know their way around a night out—including 17 Playboy Playmates and Bunnies—for their advice. They’ll tell you where to meet women, how to win them over, and, in case things don’t go as planned, the best ways to handle rejection.

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Editor-in-Chief: Phillip Picardi
Creative: Mini Mega Studio
Senior Producer, Video: Daniel Waynick
Editor, Video: Aaron Lovett

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Hanne Zaruma directs, styles, edits, and uses herself and her assistant as actors—all of it, every frame, under her control. For Playboy, she did the same. “All my works are self-portraits. I am both in front of the camera and behind it. It is the only space where I feel complete control. And I enjoy that.”

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Video: Hanne Zaruma
Editor-in-Chief: Phillip Picardi
Creative: Mini Mega Studio
Creative, Playboy: Smiley Stevens
Words: Kateryna Babkina
Prop Stylist: Vanessa Fiddler

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Miss May set the board—the rest is for subscribers only. Your move.

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Video: Hanne Zaruma
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Creative, Playboy: Smiley Stevens
Words: Kateryna Babkina
Prop Stylist: Vanessa Fiddler

Introducing Miss May: Hanne Zaruma. Zaruma has spent years building the perfect image—her own. The Ukrainian conceptual artist is her own director, her own subject, her own answer. We just get to look.

Her art has stopped millions mid-scroll—including us—but Zaruma built that audience the hard way. She left Ukraine after the war started, lost herself, found the frame. Creating was never a choice. It was the only way back.

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Video: Hanne Zaruma
Editor-in-Chief: Phillip Picardi
Creative: Mini Mega Studio
Creative, Playboy: Smiley Stevens
Words: Kateryna Babkina
Prop Stylist: Vanessa Fiddler
Photo Assistant: Gabriel Sandoval

Looking for your summer plans? They’re laced in color—new Bras,
Panties, Lingerie, and more just dropped.

Applications close May 6 and the live casting is at @themall’s Beverly Center® on May 13 and 14. Not walking the runway? Come watch someone who might. Visit our link in bio for more details.

Introducing Miss May: Hanne Zaruma. Zaruma has spent years building the perfect image—her own. The Ukrainian conceptual artist is her own director, her own subject, her own answer. We just get to look.

Her art has stopped millions mid-scroll—including us—but Zaruma built that audience the hard way. She left Ukraine after the war started, lost herself, found the frame. Creating was never a choice. It was the only way back.

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Video: Hanne Zaruma
Editor-in-Chief: Phillip Picardi
Creative: Mini Mega Studio
Creative, Playboy: Smiley Stevens
Words: Kateryna Babkina
Prop Stylist: Vanessa Fiddler
Photo Assistant: Gabriel Sandoval

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On vacation in Colombia, Lucas Hunter went out for a ride. He didn’t come back for 192 days. Welcome to the new age of state-sanctioned kidnapping, where your passport could get you disappeared.

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Editor-in-Chief: Phillip Picardi
Executive Editor: Jesse Will
Creative: Mini Mega Studio
Words/Video: Sean Williams
Senior Producer, Video: Daniel Waynick
Editor, Video: Aaron Lovett