'The Bachelor' star Vienna Girardi to appear in Playboy, report claims

June 30, 2010 | 3:37 PM ET

Never shy about showing off her body, newly-single “Bachelor” winner Vienna Girardi is going to bare it all for Playboy, Star magazine reports.

The 24-year-old former Hooters waitress tells the magazine that she will grace the cover later this year. The news comes in the height of drama between her and her ex-fiance, “Bachelor” Jake Pavelka, including claims of abuse, affairs and homosexuality.

Girardi says her decision to pose for the magazine was a financial one.

"The Bachelor didn't pay me a dime, and I ran through my savings living with Jake," Vienna says of her decision, which she hopes will bring in $250,000. "I need the money. And I want to do something fun and happy for myself!"

But not so fast Vienna, apparently this impending cover is news to the folks at Playboy.

"This is the first we've heard of Vienna Girardi appearing on the cover of Playboy. We are not in negotiations and have not made her an offer."

Lucky for her, she has also secured a day job in the field of marketing and tells Star she hopes to live “a normal life.”

Girardi has previously claimed that Jake is a “fame whore” who refused to be intimate with her. She has been accused of being unfaithful following their television courtship.