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RENEE OLSTEAD
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Penthouse magazine has officially named Renee
Olstead as its 2024 Pet of the Year.
A lifelong Penthouse fan and January 2023’s Pet
of the Month, Olstead embraced her latest title with
gratitude in a celebratory announcement and Q&A
interview with 2020 PPOY Lacy Lennon. “It was a no-
brainer accepting Pet of the Month and POY 2024. I
mean ... that’s the dream. The way that Penthouse has
treated me has made me feel like family, which created
immense loyalty.”
Beyond modeling, Olstead is deeply invested in
sex worker rights, leveraging her master’s degree in
psychology to drive meaningful change, a magazine
representative said.
“I think sex workers know better than anyone that
oftentimes we have targets on our backs. There’s so
much legislation, even beyond just decriminalization,
that needs to be changed,” she explained.
Recently, she met with a Wisconsin lawmaker to
propose legislation protecting sex workers. “We are in
the initial stages, but I got a good reaction. I’m hoping
that I can follow up on that.”
Her creative vision also plays a key role in her success,
the representative said.
“I love it when I can be in my creative, sexy, feminine
energy and have time to create fantasies with depth,”
she shared. “I shoot most of my own content, so it
means gathering references, setting up the location, and
planning out poses and accessories. I want everything
to have a unique energy.”
Olstead elaborated that Penthouse has given her the
freedom to express that creativity and added, “I’ve had
more of a chance to collaborate in how I am presented
and what feels authentic. More so than any other job
I’ve been on, and I will say, more so than working in
mainstream.”
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