Michelle Baena![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sA7_uoOePxuC2ypuD7-2r3gZKBTZEo4sEwjkQXQafiXGU7jYOOAhJPVJrKum7v8c3K4Fel1iX_kTsG95tehxniz4B7w6LDYcw2aT2JgRt-6HZ3ZiGaBTvDtTOb_U47ch-oZRmBgAsPqJee9qdEbLL5MWvosNTKTlOETGDQgd03Gr8RkTRm=s0-d)
is one of the hardest models to get in
Benchwarmer![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vLGIEOIl7HE-mHlJQF_MZbbUtNYeutZ9V1eHg6S7IKk7yd14U9JTIpvAuXWyeOoz42fPpgksgvpNQySg97n43mdCrG54w9lnT6HzaHmJl3dwwb0u9L1wFnj6NAhfOlolRmYKl3-4pmLI7T7zYq9Cbx8fdJFxfuTEGOU8q14EDNU5KjMPHhuQ=s0-d)
cards; it's why her cards usually sell for more than the others' on
Ebay, which is ironic, because she sells autographed items of her own, at affordable prices ($15 for a personalized 8x10).
Her career really took off after she made the cover of
Playboy for the May 2005 edition; she has since appeared in a bunch of fitness magazines, most Benchwarmer sets since,
Mac & Bumble, as well as the USA National Bikini Team.
I'm glad I have this card (#13 of 18 different model autographs), from the
2009 Benchwarmer Archive![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_utbHLszkBtd9lGB4Q1M2FiAaJbmvwBHurdIywNPUWiQ33MHlEEBjA64nP1KEbMMYJ9YznlyL2f3RELpvEvgjy1fROQt5x-a3lZOxO56fr08rvOXcalEh9LbaG4pXcBqbKGrhtFCtT7nfNdfvU0A31RyV3FdAEcjoIbI-ICmpZTyxeciAsQ=s0-d)
set, pretty much a ''Greatest Hits'' set offering leftover ''special event'' cards to the general public and patches of worn materials from previous photo shoots; more and more, Benchwarmer, instead of pleasing their ever-increasing fan-base by making original new sets and printing more cards of more models, go the other way around - they make ever-more-limited sets (the last few limited at 199 cases
produced); it seems they'd rather make a dozen Ebay resellers happy than make enough cards for people who want them.
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