Former Playboy model in Hugh Hefner’s mansion now homeless 'living day to day' in £60 tent

A former Playboy model who once lived in Hugh Hefner's mansion is now homeless and living in a £60 tent.

Louise Glover first met Hugh Hefner during a photoshoot in Los Angeles when she was 21, and in 2006 she became the first British woman to be named Playboy's 'Model of the Year'.

After her time at Playboy she made a career as a personal trainer and dog walker, and had been living near Windsor before her landlord put the rent up and it was too much for her to pay.

Without a roof over her head, Glover said that she reached out to a local homeless project and was told that she didn't qualify for support, so she's taken to living in a £60 tent.

She's also been sleeping in her car, been able to do some couch-surfing and has occasionally booked a night in an Airbnb when she can afford to do so, according to a GoFundMe she has set up.

Louise Glover has since worked as a personal trainer and dog walker, but when the work dropped and her rent rose she was left homeless (Instagram/@louiseglover)

Speaking of which, Glover's trying to raise money so she can afford to buy a boat to live on.

In the GoFundMe, she says she's looking for a 'stable, long-term place to call home' and says that living in a tent without support 'has made me feel invisible'.

Glover said: "I’m fundraising to buy a modest, functional project boat I can live on - a dry, safe space with a roof over my head and a door I can lock.

"It doesn’t need to be fancy, just structurally sound and secure, with the potential to improve over time. A boat offers a rare opportunity for someone like me to have an affordable, stable, and independent living situation.

"It’s a way to rebuild - not just survive, but live again."

Glover (right) is raising money so she can live on a boat and have a door she can lock again (Ferdaus Shamim/WireImage/Getty Images)

She's trying to raise £8,000 on the site to buy a boat to live on and pay the costs of mooring it.

Glover recently told The Sun that she'd found the rent rises 'impossible' to deal with, and that the lack of a permanent address is making it difficult to get steady work, which in turn is making it difficult to afford somewhere to live.

In the past, Glover has explained that she won't make adult content or start an OnlyFans, saying she would 'rather get my life together and live here, in this field'.

"I don’t need to lower myself to that. I have morals and self-respect," she said.

Speaking on her time in the Playboy Mansion, Glover said that Hefner was 'a total gentleman' and said that the other Playboy models were like a 'family' to her.