Acting Appreciation
I kind of remember this story being the headlines when I was in college. Carol Shaya, a New York police officer who posed for PLAYBOY magazine had been terminated for improperly using her uniform and the police department's logo. She got her job back after a judge reviewed the case, but was then fired by the police commissioner who argued that her appearance violated the City Charter and department's rules.
Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel, on February 4, 1969, Shaya immigrated to America as a child. She graduated from Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Queens, NY, in 1987, and attended St. John's University.
In 1991, Carol joined NYPD. Around that time, she met her then-husband, Charles Castro, during the Crown Heights riots.
The Beaux Arts Society crowned Carol "Queen" of the Beaux Arts Ball in 1994. She was then approached by PLAYBOY to pose nude. She appeared on the cover with a big picture layout in the August 1994 issue of PLAYBOY. It is said she was paid $100,000 (about $201,000 today).
Although she lost badge over the incident, baring it all did make her a celebrity. She appeared in police-drama, New York Undercover, and Silent Prey and appeared in many television and radio talk shows.
She sold real estate in Queens before moving to West Hollywood to work as an actress and personal trainer.
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Photographs by Stephen Wayda
Sources:
Wikipedia
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/nyregion/following-up.html
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790140/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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