Broadcaster Precious Muir used to be a model and worked for the Playboy Bunny brand. Parties were a big part of the job, and she tells Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty about her experiences in early 2000s New York. Precious says she experienced a terrifying moment at one event, but didn’t feel able to speak out. Plus she takes Anoushka into the world of a Diddy Hamptons party, where there was glamour and opportunity, laced with sex, drugs and alcohol.Sean P Diddy Combs is currently behind bars in a notorious New York jail, awaiting trial on three federal charges, which he denies. He also denies other allegations against him.The Diddy on Trial podcast is here to investigate the rumours, confront the theories, and give you the answers that you need.We also want YOU to be part of the conversation. Have you any burning questions about the cases or the upcoming trial? Heard a theory that doesn’t sit right with you? Send us your thoughts!Get in touch now via WhatsApp: 0330 123 555 1Presenter: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty Producer: Laura Jones Sound Design: Richard Hannaford Production Coordinator: Hattie Valentine Editor: Clare FordhamCommissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Assistant Commissioner: Will Drysdale Commissioning Producer: Adam Eland Commissioning Assistant Producer: Rechmial Miller
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And the opportunities that I got through working with Playboy really offered a lot of other opportunities that came up in other avenues of modeling. It allowed me to meet and greet other people at these fantastic, fabulous events.
If it was held at Hugh Hefner's house or it was at a golf retreat, we had those opportunities there that allowed the bunnies to be exposed to executives in the industry who can book you for something else. So, yeah, it was a really good opportunity. There were positives and there's negatives. We were always advertising Playboy. I mean, everything we had was, it was all over us.
We had the hats, we had the socks, we had the, you know, the shirts, the jackets, the jumpers, you name it. Like, we were branded from head to toe. Yes, you're like early influencers, really, what we class as influencers now. We were ahead of the game. Like, we were doing things way before all this Instagram came about. Now, you've described it as a unique job. I think unique's a phrase.
It is a unique job because I don't think I know anybody else doing something particularly like this. There is a casting process and the casting process is basically like any model job. You have to go in, you have to meet somebody who is going to basically book you for this gig. You have to go in lingerie or a bikini. You take some Polaroids and they'll then decide if you're suitable for the role.
I arrived in New York 2005 and it took me a couple of years to find my way. And I initially started going to parties in 2007.
So you spoke a little bit there about career progression, attending parties as part of that. When did that become apparent to you that that was a way that you progressed?
Well, when I got signed to the New York agency that I did initially when I was 18 years old and I moved to New York when I was 19, you know, 19 going on 20. And for me, it was part of the industry that we were made aware of very quickly. Socially, you needed to go out there. So we went to socialise to meet people that we could possibly never meet in our lives.
And our agents and managers at the time would encourage us to go to these events. They wouldn't force you, but they would be like, well, Precious, if you've been invited, I think it's good for your career if you go. But there is a more sinister side to it. Yeah, of course. I mean, with every good there is bad.
And so people need to understand the entertainment industry is a very difficult one to navigate, especially when you don't have the right people around you, or you don't have the right people directing you in the direction of safety, looking out for your, you know, not just... get that job, book that job so I can get my percent, you know.
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