Career
She was chosen as Playboy"s Playmate of the Month in July, 1986 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Austin was also selected as the 1987 Playmate of the Year for the Dutch edition of Playboy. She had come to the magazine"s attention after featuring in an ad campaign for Hooters restaurant as the original “Hooters girl”.
She was the first waitress hired by one of the chain founders after he had spotted her at a bikini contest.
Austin continues to represent Hooters and eventually became a "Hooters Icon.". with Children in "Her Cups Runneth Over" (1989). Following her Hooters and modeling career, Austin became a radio personality in the Tampa-Saint St. Petersburg, Florida area, appearing daily on the Hooters Nation Morning Show on 1010Sports Department of Administration and Management. In the summer of 2008, she was named among the Top Hooters Girls of all time as part of the restaurant chain"s 25th anniversary.