Natanael Henrik Hilarius, originally Jan Hilarius - pronounced hill-aw-ree-us - (born April 26, 1956 in Täby

Täby

Täby is a trimunicipal locality and the seat of Täby Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden, with 58,593 inhabitants in 2005. It is also partly located in Danderyd Municipality and Sollentuna Municipality...

, Sweden) has been a high fashion and photo model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 of world repute, better known internationally as Jan Hilary.

He began a successful modeling career, which got him work in places like Milan, Paris, Germany, Japan, the United States and Australia by being the only Swedish tourist ever to grace the centerfold of Playgirl Magazine, photographed in Santa Monica

Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...

, California.