HOUSTON -- Playboy magazine began shooting its Women Of Enron nude pictorial issue Thursday, which is scheduled to be published in August.

One of the models, a 28-year-old brunette who was not identified, was photographed at a Tuscany Mediterranean-style mansion in the Memorial area.

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"They really liked the shapes of the stairwells because it reminded them something of a body shape," said Cindi Harwood Rose, who owns the home where one of the models was photographed.

"She was reclining, twisting in 100 positions, and then there was a pillow on the ground and she looked very relaxed," Rose said.

Playboy would not allow cameras inside the home during the shoot.

Rose described one of the models, who is a current employee of Enron.

"She's very pretty and she was sweet. She was very nervous at first and came in a little frumpy outfit. And then they had a big box like accessories and little white lacy things," Rose said.

Rose's home is one of three locations for the 10-page spread.

Playboy officials said people should not expect any obvious inferences to the Enron debacle.

"We're not going to take a picture of a girl shredding documents. I mean these girls really didn't do that anyway," said Jim Larson, with Playboy. "So, we're not putting concepts on these. It's really a picture about the girl."

Playboy would not confirm or deny any of the model's identities, but said that more than 300 women applied. Fifty received personal interviews. Ten were selected for the August issue.