Editing Charisma Carpenter (section)

==Public image==
Carpenter was named No. 31 on [[AskMen]]'s Top 99 Most Desirable Women 2002<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.askmen.com/specials/2002_top_99/31.html | title = 31 Charisma Carpenter | website = [[AskMen]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130527185919/http://www.askmen.com/specials/2002_top_99/31.html | archive-date = May 27, 2013 | url-status = dead}}</ref> and No. 44 on their 2005 list.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.askmen.com/specials/2005_top_99/44.html | title = 44 Charisma Carpenter | website = [[AskMen]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050127065812/http://www.askmen.com/specials/2005_top_99/44.html | archive-date = January 27, 2005 | url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = AskMen.com Top 99 Most Desirable Women – Charisma Carpenter | url = http://www.hollywood.com/feature/AskMencom_Top_99_Most_Desirable_Women__Charisma_Carpenter/2434272 | work = [[Hollywood.com]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120107061352/http://www.hollywood.com/feature/askmencom_top_99_most_desirable_women__charisma_carpenter/2434272/ | archive-date = January 7, 2012 | url-status = dead}}</ref> Despite this, Carpenter has stated she does not view herself as a sex symbol.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress/24_charisma_carpenter.html | title = Charisma Carpenter | website = [[AskMen]] | access-date = June 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110925194924/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress/24_charisma_carpenter.html | archive-date = September 25, 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

Carpenter appeared on the cover and in a ten-page nude pictorial of the June 2004 issue of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine. When she was asked by ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine in 2005 whether she would ever pose for ''Playboy'' again, she replied, "I don't know. I did ''Playboy'' for a very specific reason. Not only was it a good financial move, but it was about the place I was at in my life. I had just had my son and I'd gained 50 pounds during pregnancy. I wanted to get back to my old self. I wanted to feel desirable and sexy. So I thought, 'What if I went full throttle'?"<ref>{{Cite interview | url = https://people.com/celebrity/veronica-mars-charisma-carpenter/ | title = Celebrity Q&A: Veronica Mars' Charisma Carpenter | last = Carpenter | first = Charisma |interviewer=Carrie Bell | magazine = [[People (magazine)|People]] | date = November 4, 2005 | access-date = September 26, 2019}}<!-- alternative url for this reference = https://people.com/celebrity/veronica-mars-charisma-carpenter/ --></ref>