One of Britain’s top glamour models Louise Glover, 42, reveals she’s HOMELESS and living in a tent as she launches GoFundMe page

The first British model to feature on the cover of Playboy USA has revealed she is now homeless and living in a tent.

At 20, glamour model turned personal trainer Louise Glover claimed the title of Playboy’s Model of the Year and resided in Hugh Hefner’s multi-million pound Los Angeles mansion free of charge, where she mingled with Leonardo DiCaprio and Rihanna.

Now, aged 42, Louise’s living situation is worlds away from the days spent at the lavish estate – and she is currently residing in her car or £60 tent in Berkshire after being forced to give up her home six months ago due to the cost-of-living crisis.

Her fitness business hit a slump at a similar time that her landlord raised her £550-per-month flat in Windsor to a £750 monthly cost, resulting in her being unable to pay her bills.

Louise, whose modelling career once saw her earn hundreds per day, told The Sun that onlookers often tell her to ‘Go get a job’, but for the self-employed model, it’s not so simple.

She said, ‘I am applying for a lot of jobs and trying my best to find work. But it is so hard. I am hoping to go back to personal training and dog walking businesses once I am in one area again, then I can do my businesses again.’

In a bid to ‘not just survive, but live again’, Louise has launched a GoFundMe page with the hopes of raising £9,000 to move into a houseboat. At the time of writing, she had raised £3,371.

‘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.’

Louise established herself as a glamour model aged 20 when she impressed Playboy bosses during a test shoot, with Hugh Hefner himself describing her as the ‘British Carmen Electra’.

In addition to making a living by posing in photoshoots, she secured a luxury home in the Playboy mansion and socialised with some of the world’s biggest stars.

However, things took a turn for Louise when she was 27 and contracted septicaemia – a bacterial infection in the bloodstream – and went into cardiac arrest following a breast implant surgery, leaving her hospitalised for five weeks.

‘I nearly died because I was so ill from the infection,’ she told The Sun, adding, ‘That was a wake-up call for me.’

The near-death experience led Louise to cut ties with her partying tendencies and move towards a health-conscious lifestyle by focusing on her fitness career and lifestyle modelling.

She secured a contract with Nike among other big brands and won multiple fitness titles, including Miami Pro Universe.

But her impressive background and list of achievements wasn’t enough to prevent Louise from falling victim to the cost-of-living crisis.

‘Renting rooms is now sky high and keeps going up and work has got less and less,’ she wrote on her GoFundMe.

Her UK business as a fitness instructor dried up at the same time her landlord pushed her rent up by £200 per month, ultimately resulting in the former glamour model becoming homeless last summer.

Louise continued, ‘For the past several months, I’ve been living out of my tent, sleeping in my car, and occasionally I get to dog sit, couch-surf at random people’s places which I (don’t like) or I’ll book the odd night in an Airbnb as a rest bite when its affordable.’

‘I’ve worked self-employed since 18, first as a professional model in my 20s, then in fitness on off with work as personal trainer, but found it seasonal and hardly any work so then I’ve tried for the past five years dog walker and pet sitter.

‘But it’s gone quieter each year with the rising cost of living and housing prices soaring, I lost my place to live, due to rent hiking up and work opportunities have become scarcer.

‘When I reached out to local homeless project, I was told I didn’t qualify for support. I don’t have children; I don’t claim benefits. I’ve lost both my parents, and I don’t have a partner to fall back on.

‘I said I’m sleeping in my car, and they gave me a blanket. I wasn’t happy but realised there’s no support from the government or council.

‘This homeless experience of navigating life as a homeless women at 42, knowing I’ve explored all my options, on doing it all on my own, is ongoing and has made me feel invisible -but I have hope, I have to keep going as I’ll figure it out eventually.’

Louise also told Loaded Magazine of the toll that being homeless has had on her health. ‘I’ve had migraines daily and anxiety attacks – it’s been brutal,’ she said, adding that she often survives on water and meal deals.

She added that, due to her glamorous appearance, people often make comments that she doesn’t appear homeless.

‘It’s not always what people think. You can be homeless and still look ‘normal’ or dress well. I get comments like ‘you don’t look homeless’ -but there are levels to it.

‘Some people are on the streets, others are couch surfing, sleeping in cars or tents. It’s stressful, it’s exhausting, and it plays havoc with your mental health. The public needs to understand and stop judging by appearance.’

Louise took to her GoFundMe page to ask for donations to help her afford a safer home.

She wrote, ‘I’ve done everything I can to stay safe and keep going – but I’m now reaching out for help to find a stable, long-term place to call home. I’ve seen many derelict boats, but they come with too many problems, so I’m needing raise funds to get something half decent and I can start doing it up as I go.’

‘What I’m asking is for help support towards a small project cabin boat. 20-23ft. 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.

‘With this stability, I’ll be able to eat properly as I’ll finally have a mini kitchen, rest without fear, and focus on rebuilding my work life, my mental health, and get back into a regular physical training routine and focus on my future. Hopefully get rid of the anxiety, heart palpations and migraines I suffer with daily from the chorionic stress.

‘Over the years, I’ve helped raise thousands £££ for charity, rehoused rescue dogs, and even volunteered overseas to help build schools after natural disasters like hurricanes, mud slides and tsunamis. I’ve always given back as I’m a humanitarian at heart. Now, I’m asking for a little help.’

Click here to visit Louise’s fundraiser.