TURN-ONS: Someone who is ambitious, successful, romantic and smaells good.

TURN-OFFS: Laziness, cockiness and liars.

MY ETHNIC BACKGROUND: French, Mexican and Irish.

MY FAVORITE TV SHOW: I Love Lucy.

Out of hundreds of hopefuls, Jessica was chosen to work at the then new Playboy Club at the Palms in Las Vegas. (This was 2006.) "We were all young and didn’t have a lot of experience," she says. "They literally trained us in eight weeks, and we were nervous because we were dealing with a lot of money. The pit boss and security were looking over our shoulders at all times." Jessica Burciaga caught on in a snap. "One time," she says, "I got a $5,000 chip as a tip."

Jessica Burciaga grew homesick and returned to the L.A. area after a few months, though she still loves to visit Sin City. "I ‘m so close to my family, and I missed not being able to go over to my mom’s or grandma’s or hang out with my two brothers whenever I wanted," she says. "My grandma is my best friend. Whenever I need to talk to somebody, I want my grandma. She and my mom both love the magazine and were really supportive of my decision to pose. My grandma said, ‘Take me to the Mansion. I want to meet Hef! I’d be a Playmate if I were young again.’"