BRITAIN’S top Playboy model has launched a GoFundMe page to try and raise cash to buy a houseboat after she was made homeless due to the cost-of-living crisis.
Stunning , 42, told The Sun how she had been left with no choice but to pitch up in a £60 tent – because of “impossible”;; rent hikes six-months ago.
The model, who once lived in the , has now set up the crowdfunding platform to attempt to get around £9,000 to buy a boat she can make her own.
Speaking to The Sun last night, Louise, who is currently back living in her tent, said getting a boat would finally make her “safe”;; and “secure.”;;
The qualified added: “I am applying for a lot of jobs and trying my best to find work. But it is so hard.
“I am hoping to go back to personal training and dog walking businesses once I am in one area again, then I can do my businesses again.
“Because otherwise I am all over the place so I can’t be committed to anything.
“People say to me, ‘Go get a job.’
“But I am all over the place. I am still homeless, so I am living day to day. “
Glamour girl Louise had been renting a room for £550-per-month in a shared home in the affluent town of Windsor, Bucks.
But she struggled to make ends meet after her businesses hit a lull at the same time her rent rocketed to £750.
I am all over the place. I am still homeless, so I am living day to day
Louise Glover
The brunette, who earned hundreds of pounds per day at the height of her 20-year career, wrote on the GoFundMe page: “I’m trying to raise enough money to move forward to buy a small cabin boat to live on – something dry, safe, and simple, the boat doesn’t have to be perfect, just functional.
“For someone like me, a boat offers stability, affordable and realistic long-term housing solution.
“It gives me independence, security, and a chance to finally exhale. I’ll have a roof over my head, a door I can lock, and a space to call my own.”;;
It is a far cry from her days partying withand, while living atthe lateHefner’s sprawling estate.
After getting her first gig withfollowing a test shoot inLondonaged 20, she went on to be the first Briton to be crowned the magazine’s Model of the Year.
Described as the “British Carmen Electra”;; by multi-millionaire Hugh, Louise spent her twenties jetting around the world attendingbashes and posing for photoshoots.
She would return to her base atPlayboy bossHefner’s mansion, where she had a room rent-free with champagne on tap.
During the world-famous parties at the notorious £77million pad, Louise hung out with celebrity royalty such as DiCaprio,,Matthew Perry,and Paris.
I loved all the other Playboy models, we were like a family
Louise Glover
She previously said: “It was the best time, like another world.
“I didn’t even think about it that much at the time, but I was hanging out with the biggest names in the world.
“I loved all the other Playboy, we were like a family.
“I really liked Hugh, he was a total gentleman.
“The mansion was incredible, there was even a zoo there. Everything waspinkand had the Playboy Bunny logo on it.
“We had these wild parties. I once got my body painted and we all danced around Snoop Dogg as he performed on stage at the house.”;;
But when she was 27, Louise contracted septicemia followingand went into. It left her in hospital for five weeks.
She said: “I nearly died because I was so ill from the infection. That was a wake-up call for me.
She decided to move away from her party lifestyle to focus on fitness and wellbeing. Louise recalled: “I started to train and moved into fitness and lifestyle modelling. I had deals with most of the major brands.
“Nike sponsored me and I felt like I was on the up again.”;;
She won first place at the Miami Pro Universe Championships and got a string of other fitness titles.
Having become a personal trainer, last year she travelled to Dubai to launch her PT classes there and carry out some promo work for Formula One and rugby.
