CYBERSPACE — College student/Hooters waitress Kyla Ebbert had to fight to keep her seat on a Southwest Airlines flight to Tucson, AZ after an airline “customer service supervisor” objected to her wardrobe choice. Now, she is appearing in much less than Southwest had a problem with, on Playboy.com.Kyla Ebbert appears in a series of pictures — some in lingerie, some nude — under the heading, “Legs in the Air.”
“They’re very tastefully done,” Ebbert told The Associated Press. “I don’t see anything wrong with the female body.”
Playboy contacted Ebbert’s attorney to pitch the idea of posing. After “a little bit of talking” to convince her mother, Ebbert agreed. She said her boyfriend supported her decision, but “the most hesitant one was my dad.”
On its Web site, Playboy.com says Ebbert “was too sexy for Southwest Airlines, but she’s perfect for Playboy.”
Ebbert was wearing a white mini-skirt, high-heeled sandals, and a bra with a tank top and light sweater over it when she ran into trouble from Southwest personnel on the flight. It was more than 100-degrees outside and she had a doctor’s appointment to keep later that day. Ebbert appeared in the outfit on the Today and Dr. Phil shows. Southwest officials said they don’t have a dress code, but don’t want customers’ attire to offend other passengers. The airline later apologized to Ebbert in a sarcastic way as part of a fare sale campaign, which offended Ebbert.
“They used my name in an ad campaign without asking permission,” she said. “I thought I’d been slapped in the face.”
Ebbert, who says she received “less than six figures” to pose, says that she wants to be an attorney.
“This was beautiful and classy. I don’t see why it would affect a professional position,” she said of her pictorial. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”
