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Nikki Ziering weighs a healthy 120 lbs, so a few shots to the stomach during a reality wrestling match wouldn't be that dangerous -- except that she's pregnant.

The Playboy model made the formal announcement this week -- but we now know that bun was in the oven during her stint on "Hulk Hogan Celebrity Championship Wrestling."

Some of the gut-busting moves on the show -- kick to the midsection, shoulder tackle, hip toss, and turnbuckle hit. She won't learn those moves in Lamaze.

These photos show the damage caused by the Shannons after they allegedly beat the hot sauce out of their Wing House co-worker, Erica Civello, at a Fla. house party back in January. According to Erica's father, the cut on the side of her head came from a viscous attack with a beer bottle compliments of Kristina.

Erica suffered a concussion during the attack. The twins were arrested for felony aggravated battery, but only received probation and were ordered to pay fines.

Check out the portrait she drew us while eating at Mel's Diner in Sherman Oaks. Who is it? Here's a hint: Girl loves lucite.

The only girl-on-girl contact Hef's gonna see with his new bunny twins will be when they kick each other in the face.

Just one year before they found their 82-year-old meal ticket and moved into the Playboy Mansion, 19-year-old twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon, were attached to a colder, deader creature -- this prize winning red snapper! The Shannons were obligated to pose with a winner of a spear fishing tournament in Florida back when they were working at a Wing House restaurant (think Hooters with better wings).

FYI -- Hef's not into red snapper ... he's all about the yellowtail.

UPDATE: Thanks to TMZ's loyal following of fishermen fans, we've learned the fish in question is not a Red Snapper, but rather a Hogfish. Our sincerest apologies.

ONE MORE THING: The comment about the wings was based on the opinion of the one guy in our newsroom who has actually been to Wing House. Our sincerest apologies to Hooters fans.

Turns out Hef's 19-year-old handpicked twin successors to the throne of Holly, Bridget and Kendra come with a checkered past. Karissa (left) and Kristina Shannon (right) -- who have recently moved into the Playboy Mansion -- were both busted by St. Petersburg, Fla. police for felony aggravated battery back in January. They both received probation and were ordered to pay restitution to the two victims.

Karissa also has a misdemeanor battery charge on her record from 2007. Atta girl!

Playboy had no comment.

The Cubs were swept out of the playoffs last night by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Hef has been granted a restraining order against Glen Allan Meador. Who is he, you ask? Well, Meador was arrested twice in August for allegedly ramming his car into the gates of the Mansion. In a written statement, Hef said, "I am greatly concerned that Mr. Meador is unstable and a viable threat to my safety."

So who's that she's shooting? Why, it's one of the winners of that Playboy "Girls of Olive Garden" contest -- aka Amy Bissonnette.

Fun fact: We're told Kendra "flipped out" during the shoot when a bee got a little too close. The rest of the crew -- who couldn't see the insect -- just thought she was being her funny crazy self (oh that Kendra) and let her be.

According to the Peoria Journal Star, some voters attempting to run Internet searches on 63-year-old Joan Krupa (left) -- who is running for the Illinois House of Representatives 92nd District -- are instead turning up info on similar in name only, 29-year-old former Playboy cover girl Joanna Krupa (right). Now that's a candidate for change!

TMZ did some digging and found campaign records that show, since 1996, Hef contributed on 11 separate occasions to O.C. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, a Dem. On all occasions, he plunked down the max, which is currently $2,300.

In all, Hef's filled Loretta's coffers to the tune of $17,800.

So why is Hef so into Loretta? We asked her yesterday, but mums the word.

Nothing wrong with it, but leave it to Hef to wade through a sea of forgettable faces and laser in on the hot one!

Terri Hughes was a producer for the Playboy Radio show "Night Calls." Hughes claims during a live broadcast, she was asked to repeatedly "wax" the "ass" of co-host Christy Canyon. She alleges Canyon created a hostile environment by, among other things, "exposing her genitals and breasts to co-workers, making requests to guests and co-workers to touch her genitals and breasts, and masturbating herself with her own hands as well as with various sex toys during live broadcasts of 'Night Calls.'"

Hughes, who is African-American, alleges that when a host of another Playboy show -- who was also an African-American woman -- requested for Hughes work on her show, the executive producer of Playboy Radio warned, "I don't know how to say this, and it might offend you, but I'm just going to say it anyway -- no Negro shows."