University Daily Kansan / Wednesdav. April 29, 1992
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KU student is not daunted by Playboy pressures
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again, but she also knows that it is my decision." And she may do it again.
Husbandly androgyny Harmon is considering an offer that Playboy extended to all the women in the issue to test to be a centerfold.
I would probably do that for the money, Harmon
"I could buy a really nice car and pay for the rest of my tuition," she said.
"If I lose 15 pounds, I'm hoping to go out to Chicago and do test photos for that this summer," she said.
Centerfolds get $20,000 to $25,000 for pictures. A picture in the Big Eight issue paid $500.
Although Harmon wants to marry someone rich who could support the large family she would like to have one day, it is not the money that really motivates her to pose for Playboy. The picture is more of an ego booster and an attention grabber, say her friends from high school.
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"It's been kind of fun," she said.
Harmon said her local celebrity status was pretty high.
Apparently her national fame is pretty high, too. Playboy readers from all over the United States have called her to say they liked the picture, to say thank you for posing or just to say "hi." The bold ones even asked her out.
One obsessed man, Nick, called five to 10 times a day until recently. Now he calls twice a day and Harmon has filed a police report and has a tap on her phone. She said that men even called her parents' house.
At first the phone calls were amusing, but after awhile the ring of the telephone became tiresome for both Harmon and her roommates.
Harmon also received letters from two admirers. Both were prisoners. One enclosed a poem he wrote telling her how lovely she was. He said his biggest fear was never hearing from her again.
On the other hand, Robert, who is on death row, explained in detail to Kely what he would like to do to her if he had a chance. Both letters had been addressed to KU and forwarded.
"Things like that are just a little a bit scary," she said.
Harmon's girlfriend from high school said that they weren't surprised that Kely would pose in Playboy, but that they were a little shocked at the openness of her pose.
"I would never do anything like that, but I think it's great that she would," said Jody Olson, Lawrence sophomore, who has known Harmon since high school.
Kely Harmon leads one of her aerobics classes.
Her friends describe Harmon as someone who is very conscious of her 5-foot-6 1/2-inch, 100-pound body. She always is watching her weight and what she eats (although she has candy and Girl Scout cookies tucked away in a dresser drawer ready for when a craving hits).
She is majoring in physical education and Harmon said it was normal for her to work out three times a day; once in each of her two P.E. classes and once when she goes running or teaches an aerobics class at night.
There is not much that shocks them about Harmon, say her friends. During the day Harmon dresses in skirts, but when she goes out with the girls she dresses for attention. Her friends taz Harmon about her outfits. Harmon dons the skimpiest bikini at the lake or the tightest jeans coupled with a bustier slit down to her navel under an open blazer at the bars. So, to them, finding Harmon in Playboy was not surprising.
"She wanted to show the world that she has p
Terry Archer, Lawrence sophomore and Kely's friend since elementary school, said that one reason Harmon took so much care in her body was low self-confidence about her looks.
healthy body and that she takes a lot of pride in her body." Olson said.
"She's said before that 'you guys can rely on your looks, but I have to rely on my body.' " Archer said.
Erin Stull, Lawrence sophomore and friend, said,
"A lot of people wouldn't pose for Playboy. But you have to in a sense admire somebody who would go out and do that and not worry about what other people think."
While her girlfriends from high school claim that she is just like any other girl on campus except that she posed in Playboy, Harmon is not the girl next door, at least not entirely.
"My three role models while growing up were Jackie Kennedy, June Cleaver and Twiggy," Harmon said.
Archer said she could see a little bit of the first lady, the once-anorexic model and Beaver's mom in Kelv's personality.
I can see Jacqueline Kennedy because she wants the glamour," she said. "But she wants to be the June Cleaver family woman, bringing up her kids. She thinks that her job after education is to be a housewife."
Harmon said she wanted to have 10 children.
"I totally consider myself old-fashioned," Harmon said. "June Cleaver's life was perfect. She wore a dress every day and pearls while staying home with the kids. That's the way I want it. I don't want anyone else raising my children. That's gone totally to the ways in America and I'm not blaming anybody. It's necessary in most families. But in my family it will be necessary for me to stay home."
Just as Jacqueline Kennedy was never known to look or dress bad, Harmon always looks good when she goes to school. She never dresses down by wearing jeans or a T-shirt, Archer said. So Harmon's closet is lined with skirts and a shelf holds various hats.
"She thinks that school is her job, so she really takes it seriously," she said. "That's why she dresses up. If you dress up and look nice, you have a positive attitude about what you're doing."
That is more important to her now more than ever, her friends notice.
"I think she is much more aware of what she looks like when she goes out," Olson said. "You pose in Playboy and all of a sudden a million men start looking at you 24 hours a day."
Now that the wave of publicity has died down and school is winding up, Harmon said she kept busy by going out and studying for finals. But she also is busy working out and trying to ignore her hoard of sweets so she will lose the weight she says she needs to lose.
After all, she has to pose for the center fold test pho
this summer.
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