SPRING HILL - The scenery is a major draw for any Hooters restaurant.
Beautiful women like 19-year-old Kaylie Kushmer greet you, serve you food and say "goodbye" as you walk out the door.
For a lucky few, they had a close-up view of a photo shoot - one that included the local Hooters waitress in a black, two-piece swimsuit decorated with sparkling rhinestones.
"The customers were coming in and they were getting a behind-the-scenes experience," said a giggling Kushmer.
They might have had the closest look at the bubbly brunette, but they surely are not the only ones who were able to see her don the skimpy swimwear.
For the second year in a row, Kushmer has been featured in the annual Hooters Calendar. Her latest photo can be found at the bottom of the June page of the 2009 edition, which is on sale at all Hooters locations and online.
The tanned and slender business student stands 5 feet 9 inches tall. She has long curly hair and her bright eyes change color whenever there is a change in her mood, she said.
They were a grayish-blue on a recent afternoon as she gleefully talked about her calendar shoot, her fondness of Hooters and her future.
Kushmer is a full-time student at Pasco-Hernando Community College and plans to transfer to the University of South Florida next year. After that, she wishes to attend law school.
The Central High School graduate was born in Brandon and relocated to Hernando Beach while a sophomore in high school.
Her managers at the Spring Hill restaurant learned of her second consecutive inclusion in the calendar before she did. Instead of simply telling Kushmer, they threw her a surprise party and announced it then.
Up to 15 percent of the waitresses across the country sent photos to the calendar committee. The judges chose about 80 out of the thousands of submitted photos.
Kushmer was not the only one from the Spring Hill location who tried out for a chance to be in the calendar. The competition side was the one thing she found unappealing. Her smile vanished for the first and only time during the interview when she mentioned it.
"There are others here who tried out who should have made it," she said.
