Milica Bursić said she and her husband were in a critical financial situation at the time of the Playboy shoot, and the honorarium she received, though not large, was enough to help her survive. ^[1] Milica Bursić said that when she applied to work as a lecturer of short television journalism and private production at a school, she was rejected at the job interview because she had posed nude for Playboy at age 38. ^[2] Milica Bursić, a Serbian TV presenter, posed nude for Playboy magazine more than a decade ago after initially refusing the offer, and was convinced by her husband Joca who said it could be a career success and that she had a good body. ^[3] American tennis player Ashley Harkleroad became the first active tennis player to photograph herself for Playboy in 2008. ^[4] Multiple world-renowned female athletes have decided to photograph themselves for the popular men's magazine Playboy over the years. ^[5] Milica Bursić stated that the Playboy photographs will likely remain a permanent professional obstacle if she ever decides to leave television for another job. ^[6] Dutch skier Joy Beune is identified as the most recent athlete in the series to pose for the magazine. ^[7] Harkleroad reached her career peak in June 2003 when she was ranked 39th on the WTA tour, though she never won a WTA singles title. ^[8]