Tera Patrick Graces Cover of <i>FHM</i>

FHM has placed Tera Patrick on both its U.S. and U.K. covers, making Patrick the first adult star to grace the publication’s cover in the U.S.

Patrick, who owns the Teravision production company, was recently on the cover of the U.K. version of FHM, which reportedly was one of its highest selling issues. Because of that, the magazine gave Patrick the U.S. cover for July.

Patrick told AVN.com by saying that she started modeling when she was 14, and it had always been a dream of hers to get into popular men’s magazines like Playboy. “After I’d achieved that,” Patrick said, “I was trying to figure out what was next for me…it turned out that the mainstream was my next step.

“I really see this as a true crossover step.”

Patrick said that the 12-hour photo shoot in Chelsea Piers was shot by celebrity lensmen Perry Hagopian, one of her favorite photographers. “I’m used to very long shoots…there were so many different outfits and settings that they put me in…but it didn’t seem like work, it was very enjoyable.”

Patrick’s make-up artist's second job was to continuously lube up the model with lotion. Patrick was so happy with the results, she joked with TMZ.com that she's considering hiring someone to be her personal “lotionizer.”

“This is something I can actually show my parents,” the starlet joked. “My dad is really proud of me, and I was able to show my 13-year-old brother the pictures and just told him not to read the article." Patrick also mentioned that her family will be having a barbecue this weekend to celebrate.

“I really hope that this kicks down some mainstream doors for other girls,” she added, “and I applaud [Executive Editor] Sam Barclay and FHM for having the balls to put a porn star on the cover of their magazine.”