Ines Rau has become the first openly transgender Playmate in Playboy magazine’s 64-year history. While Rau previously appeared in a May 2014 issue, the French model will grace the. French model Ines Rau, 26, is the first-ever transgender Playmate, marking an important milestone for iconic magazine which recently lost its founder. Model Ines Rau has made history by becoming Playboy's first transgender Playmate. In the first issue since its founder Hugh Hefner died, the 26-year-old model appears in the magazine's. Rau, 26, has been modeling since age 18. She is a friend of DJ David Guetta's, and first modeled for Playboy back in 2014. While Playboy has never had a transgender Playmate, Rau is not. French model Ines Rau makes history as the first openly transgender model to become a Playboy playmate. Photographed by Derek Kettela, Rau appears in a pictorial and centerfold in. French model, Ines Rau, is set to become Playboy’s First TRANSGENDER Playmate in an issue dedicated to Hugh Hefner.Subscribe To Informoverload: http://bit.ly. Playboy's final issue of 2017 will make history by featuring its first transgender playmate. Announced this week, model Ines Rau will be crowned with the honor others had in the past like Jennifer. While Rau became the first transgender playmate, the magazine had featured Carline ‘Tula’ Cossey in 1981. A British tabloid later revealed that she was born a man. Cossey, who also played a.