Models Of Queens

Wendy June
Home: Ridgewood
Age: 28
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 104 lbs.
Stats: 36DD-24-34

Hey guys, you may recognize her as Playboy’s Sexy Girl Next Door for 2002, but if you live in Queens, borough denizen Wendy June’s title takes on a whole new meaning.

Wendy grew up in Ridgewood.

Although she recently left the borough to follow her modeling career, she said she misses her favorite hangouts like Queens Center and Shea Stadium.

“I really enjoyed roller-skating at the Oasis,” she said.

Wendy explained she started modeling about a year ago. “What made me start to model was the fact that so many of my friends and my family encouraged me to give it a try.”

Wendy recalled one of her favorite shoots when talking with Models of Queens.

“The first that comes to mind is my shoot for Dreamgirl Lingerie. I was flown to California and worked with a well known Playboy photographer and some very well known models and I was featured throughout their 2002-2003 Lingerie catalog. I learned a lot and was treated so well by the company.”

For those who are thinking about a career in modeling, Wendy offered the following: “I think it’s best that whatever you decide to do – whether it be modeling or another career – that you make sure it’s what you really want to do. I take my modeling very seriously and I am always extremely prepared for an assignment. I see so many models that arrive late, do not look manicured and rested, and just present themselves as unprofessional. If a man or woman wants to model, I think most importantly that they give 100 percent towards it because there is always someone else who may just be that much more prepared than you and get the job.”

What’s a gal like Wendy do for fun?

“I love to rollerskate and ice skate. I love to go to rock concerts. I’m an 80’s girl, so I like groups like Poison and Warrant.”

To check out her work in front of the camera log on to website at www.wendyjune.com.

Jeremy get your gun — that was the message of a letter selling raffle tickets for the chance to win a free gun we received addressed to former Trib editor Jeremy Olshan.

The loaded sweepstakes is part of a Washington State group's contest called the Second Amendment Foundation’s 17th National Gun Rights Raffle.

Five dollars will earn raffle entrants the chance to win weapons from companies with names like Winchester and Smith & Wesson.

According to correspondence that accompanied the raffle tickets “when you enter and win, we all win in our battle to defend our right to bear arms.”

Second Amendment Foundation Founder Alan Gottlieb wrote in the letter that came with the raffle tickets that the raffle is their major way to raise funds to continue fighting “that battle.”

Although Gottlieb wrote, “ . . . just think, that Smith & Wesson, Savage . . . or a Glock gun could have your name on it,” he failed to mention if the bullets would.

You got to be in it to win it. 

When Congressman Anthony Weiner brought a representative from the U.S. Department of Education to explain how the federal No Child Left Behind Act will affect local parents and children, he proved that he certainly doesn’t live up – or should we say down – to his name.

Put succinctly, Weiner was no wiener.

He was huffing and puffing throughout the fed’s talk about how much area students are going to benefit from the Act, under whose provisions Queens students may have the choice to transfer to schools as close as next door or as far away as Brooklyn, Manhattan or maybe even Nassau County.

If Weiner wasn’t huffing and puffing, he was burying his face in his hands.

If he wasn’t doing that, he was clenching his teeth.

If he wasn’t clenching his teeth, he was clenching his fists.

Weiner was visibly angered by the Act. The tension was so palpable it felt like a fight was going to break out.

But always the professional, Weiner didn’t send those clenched fists flying.  Instead, he introduced a bill into Congress, the School Capacity Relief Act, that aims to modify the No Child Left Behind Act.

Score one for diplomacy!

What do you have to do to get recognized in this town?

In a recent edition of the Daily News, a photo ran showing billionaire bachelor Mike Bloomberg being kissed on the cheek by a woman, identified in the caption only as “an unidentified fan.”

The “fan” thought the label was fairly humorous.

After all, she thought a major daily newspaper would recognize a City Councilmember.

That’s right, Queens Councilmember Helen Sears was the unidentified woman smooching Mayor Mike, and she said, “Can I tell you, I have gotten so many phone calls about that picture.”

So what was the odd couple doing so close? Sears told QConf , “The Mayor went over to kiss me on the cheek, and I didn’t see him, so I turned, and then I guess they took the photo. But that’s me.”

And is she truly a fan of the Mayor? She admitted, “I like him,” but didn’t go further.

That doesn’t matter – a picture’s worth a thousand words.

Alas, while Mayor Mike kisses Helen, she dreams of another.

"All In The Family," "King Of Queens," and . . . "Change Of Heart?"

That’s right, the latest small screen gem to land itself in Queens is the matchmaking WB reality show “Change of Heart,” which recently taped and aired an episode from a newly opened Bayside pool hall that prides itself on having a Manhattan feel.

The premise of the New York- based show is pretty simple — take a couple that has been dating for less than a year, send each person on a date with someone new, tape both dates in their entirety, and then bring the original couple back together to discuss whether they have a future together.

Well, last month, one of the dates took place at Slate, a bar, pool hall, and restaurant in Bayside. Manager Evelyn Hatzigeorgiou said the show approached the pool hall last year and asked if an installment could be taped there. Crews came to Queens and taped the show in November, showing the pool hall’s banner and interior extensively.

But, alas, Hatzigeorgiou  didn't have the time to tune in. She said, “You know, I didn’t even watch it. I have been so busy, I didn’t even have time.”