I wanted to do a gallery this evening and give some serious credit to Sara Underwood. It’s been almost a decade since the beautiful blonde from Portland became the Playmate of the Year and she is just now hitting her stride.

When we first met at the Playboy Tsunami Relief event in 2011, theCHIVE was just starting its ascent but we were basically at the kiddie table of that star-studded event.

Sara spent the evening hanging out with us, the misfits. She was enchanting. For some kids from Indiana, that was a magical evening. And she’s still got it, maybe even more so now.