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Playboy models in the past entered two-year contracts with the company for an excessively small rate. How much do they get paid now? Conditions are better.

While it was once never truly a secret that Playboy implemented some shady practices in its early days, the real extent of what the models went via is now being published in the A&E docuseries Secrets of Playboy. This multi-part series options former Playmates who recount first-hand what it was once love to paintings for the brand beneath Hugh Hefner.

But how much did these models get paid to endure what they went through? Here's what we find out about their contracts again then, and how they paintings now.

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Playboy models used to get paid $15,000... over the course of two years.

According to the ladies featured in the docuseries, Hefner's company was once stingy with bills. While a $15,000 contract may have looked like some huge cash on the time, the previous Playmates recounted how they have been paid the sum over the course of several years, which secured them to the logo for an extended time frame.

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"The system is set up that [they're] going to pay $15,000 for a centerfold, but [they're] going to pay you in three intervals: when you get finished shooting, when you get published, and one year from your publishing date," explains former Playmate Dona Speir.

Fellow former Playmate Cristy Thom subsidized up Dona's claims: "It was $5,000 when your pictorial came out. I think another $2,500 when you were done with your video ... They paid you over two years. That's like below poverty level. I mean, it's nothing when you think about it."

While the payments were dragged out over the span of the two years, the women have been anticipated to care for appearances at the Playboy Mansion till their contracts expired. Doing so would allow them to get paid in full and stay in Hef's good graces, but they had been incessantly forbidden from making a living from different jobs throughout that time.

"They drag it out because you have to fulfill your duty before you get it all," says former Playmate Tylyn John. "You couldn't do anything without their permission. Like if you wanted to make money off yourself, that was a no-no."

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What's more, it seems that that many of the ladies weren't acutely aware of these conditions sooner than agreeing to their contracts. Several women featured within the docuseries provide an explanation for scenarios of models being drugged before being handed contracts to sign. Many would later in finding out that those contracts also gave Playboy the fitting to use their photos and movies in any type of media that Hefner saw fit.

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Playboy model contracts have got much better over time.

While the placement beneath Hefner's reign was bleak to mention the least, it is progressed a great deal in recent times. According to an episode of Model Talk Radio (as reported by means of Model Scouts), Playmates nowadays are paid round $25,000 for their month's function in the magazine.

Model contracts are only for the particular month that the issue is out on newsstands, and simplest to verify the style follows via on her promotional requirements. The cash is "doled out over a period of time to make sure she adheres to her obligations."

The outlet goes on to explain that any Playmate additionally has the risk to grow to be Playmate of the Year, which is able to earn her $100,000 and a "funky car, motorcycle, or something else really cool."

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As Secrets of Playboy has persisted to air, the newsletter has maintained that it is not the same as it used to be when Hefner used to be involved, and because his departure, they have got come a long method to attempt to rectify the wear it's brought about.

"As you know, the Hefner family is no longer associated with Playboy, and today’s Playboy is not Hugh Hefner’s Playboy," the company wrote in an open letter. "We will continue to confront any parts of our legacy that do not reflect our values today, and to build upon the progress we have made as we evolve as a company so we can drive positive change for you and our communities."

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