The road west out of New Orleans passes a host of scenic wonders both man-made and natural, from Lake Pontchartrain and the plantation houses that line the Mississippi River to the bustling port of Baton Rouge and the miles of bayou. For the past 22 years, the country roads outside Baton Rouge havealso been beautified by Shannon Stewart, a small-town southern girl and occasional beauty queen who's now going nationwide in the pages of PLAYBOY.
