And they snapped keepsake photographs or made up excuses to talk to Heather Kozar, Playboy magazine's newly named Playmate of the Year.
Since being named Playmate of the Year, Ljungqvist has worked with Empowerment Works, a non-profit, global sustainability think-tank.
In February 2010, Nile was named Playmate of the Year of Playboy Italia.
She subsequently appeared as a centerfold in the December 1980 issue and was named Playmate of the Year for 1981.
Allen appeared as a centerfold in the December 1987 issue of Playboy magazine and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year in 1988.
She was then named Playmate of the Year for 2005.
Cara Zavaleta was named Playmate of the Month for November 2004 after the show had already aired.
In 1993, she was named Playmate of the Year.
She signed a contract with Playboy and in December 2001, was named Playmate of the Month.
Then she was named Playmate of the Month for August 2007 for the United States edition of the magazine.