To my knowledge, she is the only model of (partly) Estonian descent to have made it to the pages of the Bunny mag during the time of the Iron Curtain. Being an Estonian myself, Virve's heritage makes her somewhat special to me...
In case anyone wonders about her first name - it is quite commonly used in Estonia, today perhaps not as frequent as up to the time a few decades back. In fact it is one of the few common Estonian names to carry a meaning in our language. Virve is poetic shorthand for
virvendus, which means something like 'a ripple' or 'a flicker'. Water can
virvendada upon the touch of a gentle breeze, but so can air on a hot summer day. Want to know what the name sounds like? Take three English words:
vivid red velvet, join the pronounciation of the bold parts together and there you go.
The stress is on the first syllable and the Estonian "r" sounds much like the Scottish one, rolling on the tip of your tongue.