Colleen Shannon Nude
Though Miss January now resides in more cosmopolitan Los Angeles, she hasn’t necessarily given up the wild life. You may recognize Colleen from music videos by Crazy Town, Blues Traveler and Smash Mouth. She also keeps the music pumping as a DJ spinning at L.A. clubs and as a guest DJ at events like MTV’s spring break special in Cancun. “A few years ago my boyfriend at the time gave me a hundred records, and I borrowed my friend’s turntable and started playing around,” she says. “Music is the only thing that has ever given me chills through my body. I change my style every year, so I don’t specialize in one type of music. I’ve done hip-hop, jungle, disco, reggae and techno. There are so many different ways you can blend music. If you feel it, the people on the dance floor are going to feel it.” As the 50th Anniversary Playmate, Colleen’s plan is to keep dancing to her own rhythm. “Everyone is put here to do something,” she says. “Your subconscious tells you the things that you love to do, but a lot of people put those things aside. I think if you stick to the things you love, nine times out of 10, circumstances are going to go your way and you will live a happy life.”
Photography by Arny Freytag and Stephen Wayda