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Playboy.com reportedly has posted on its website the nude pictures of six women from five states who have posed for a new "Women of Wal-Mart" feature.

The women are the finalists out of more than 400 women who applied when Playboy announced it would be doing the feature.

The following women are featured: Jeannie Byrd (New Albany, Indiana), Deborah Moss (Bozeman, MT), Kristi Jones (Colorado Springs, CO), Beth Beanblossom (Sterling, IL), Tesha Mullen (Lancaster, CA), and Katie McKee (Bridgeview, IL).

People willing to pay for the privilege can see the pictorial, as well as a "Women of Wal-Mart Submissions Gallery" that contains photographs submitted by nearly 50 of the beautiful employees who were interested in posing for the feature.

"Based on our values, we will be disappointed if any of our people do participate in it," said spokesman Tom Williams. "However, individuals are free to do what they want."
KC's View:
For the record, we haven't actually seen the pictures. Because we're not paying money to get on Playboy's email list…