Ex-teacher in bikini charter boat case may peel for Playboy (w/great pic of course)

FORT PIERCE - Tiffany Shepherd's advertised 34 DD/E breasts might be bared in the pages of Playboy magazine, an offer the bikini mate and former high school teacher is considering for her children's future.

"There's a lot of people coming up with a lot of different offers," Shepherd said via cell phone from New York Wednesday following a television appearance. "When I started all this it was for my children and it's still about my children, making sure that they're provided for."

Shepherd, a single mother with three boys, became a media sensation after claiming she was released from her teaching contract because of her job on a charter boat offering trips with bikini-clad and topless women.

The St. Lucie County School District, however, cites Shepherd's "excessive absences," rather than the buxom and tattooed blonde's gig with Fort Pierce-based Smokin 'Em Charters. Shepherd, a former biology teacher, had more than 30 unexcused absences this school year and two reprimands in her personnel file. As news of the charters and Shepherd's bikini photos rocketed through the local media, the big-time inquiries started pouring in Dr. Phil, Maxim, FHM.

Over the past few days, Playboy expressed interest in nude shots to the tune of $25,000 per photo, she said.

The pictures, according to Smokin' Em Charters owner and Shepherd manager Kathi Coombes, would be done "very tastefully."

"It's not going to be spread eagle shots or anything like that," she said.

Other charter girls also might be included.

A comment from a Playboy representative was not immediately available.

Asked whether she would pose nude, Shepherd said: "I'm not sure yet. I'm, still thinking about it. That's a really big decision for me considering my children."

"There's pros and cons for not doing it and pros and cons for doing it," she continued. "I'm really thinking about it because I do want to provide for my kids."

She said she likely will decide in the next week or so.

Coombes, meanwhile, said some of her girls left following the media attention, but she's made some new hires.

"One is a Budweiser girl," Coombes said. "She is on her first charter (Wednesday)."

Shepherd said if she does pose for Playboy, she'll likely set up some sort of scholarship.

Shepherd said someone also called expressing interest in putting her in a comedy film.

"We also just ran into a person from Victoria's Secret," she said. "That might be an option, too, yay!"