The "magic wand" that touched Telpuk's life came last August, in the form of a suitcase crammed with three quarters of a million dollars

Not that she kept the money — on the contrary, it's the fact that she chose to blow the whistle on its owner rather than seek a bribe to remain silent that made her something of a folk heroine

rumours in the press that the money had been an illegal contribution from Chavez for the electoral campaign of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

She resigned from her police job, underwent breast augmentation surgery

and parlayed her beauty, and the media attention she garnered over the suitcase incident, into the beginnings of a show business career

Her next appearance, though, is on the cover of the March issue of the Venezuelan edition of Playboy

On a darker note, Telpuk has received a series of threats. "I get death threats on the phone,"

"Enjoy them while you can, because you won't be able to once you're in a coffin."