Dutch athlete Joy Beune, world champion in speed skating, graces the cover of Playboy magazine. As reported by Dutch media such as De Telegraaf, this issue of the magazine, released in early December, has surpassed Playboy's sales records in the Netherlands.
As reported by the mentioned media, on the first day alone, ten more copies were sold than usual.
Beune, one of the top Dutch skaters at the moment, expressed surprise upon learning about her success on newsstands: "I did not expect so many to be sold." According to De Telegraaf, the one who struggled the most with her posing for the magazine was her mother: "She sat with her hands in front of her eyes for a minute, saying 'oh, no.' My father found it funny and jokingly said, 'Well, we'll skip the December issue,' referring to his daughter's appearance in it, at 25 years old.