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When yours truly uncovered a former teen soap opera actress in his recent ‘Chocolate Decadence’ blog post, a reader wrote in to say: “@CELEBRITY SLEUTH Like seriously you should do an article on the hotness of Maitland Ward.” Two other commenters quickly joined the chorus … and we read you loud and clear!
“You kids of the ’90s may remember Maitland Ward as redhead Rachel from Boy Meets World,” one reviewer recalls of the family sitcom that ran for seven seasons on ABC.
“Obviously the key bit of info to process from her recent red carpet revelations are large boobs. You might also add nice butt to that list of key characteristics on Maitland, if you’re so inclined. Butt since she’s been so willing to display those attri•beauts in Cosplay—the fan•omenon of wearing sci-fi character costumes to conventions—we thought it rarer (and barer) to focus on the lower half of Maitland’s meatland.
“Ward, I’m worried about the Beaver,” is the classic concern voiced by June Cleaver to her husband (above left) on another family-friendly sitcom that ran on ABC from 1957-63, Leave It to Beaver (above right).
And Maitland’s recent revelations of her ‘red carpet’ have us sharing similar sentiments!
“Several years ago,” notes feminist author Mary Kassian, “Barbara Billingsley, best known for portraying the quintessential supermom on Leave It to Beaver, died at age 94. June was kind, gentle, loving, and ever-patient. She was known for her signature line, ‘Ward, I’m worried about the Beaver,’ whenever her younger son got into trouble or seemed despondent.” It’s had such a long shelf life, in fact, that it’s become a meme—and a memo—becoming a grace note on a popular line of T shirts nearly a half century after the show started its run!
Her high school homecoming and prom queen, Barbara Lillian Combes became a $60-a week fashion model in Manhattan in 1941 (below left) and later had to hide her impressive bust behind June’s modest blouses.
In 1940 she wed L.A. restauranteur Glenn Billingsley—whose first cousin is, ironically, the father of PeterBillingsley, the young star of yet another family classic, the 1983 film A Christmas Story.
The other thing June Cleaver is best known for is her pearl necklace—no, not the elegant ejaculate, but actual jewelry which she wore in every scene: “Because I have a big hollow in my neck,” Barbara explained in 2003, “and the necklace covered the spot perfectly. So no matter what I was doing—cleaning, cooking or answering the phone—I had those darn pearls on” (below right).
She earlier covered her neck scar with a butch suit as the snooping secretary in the 1948 B movie The Argyle Secrets (above left).
The modern-day Ward covers little … and has few secrets — as shown by last year’s Halloween costume that Sleuth calls ‘Leaf It to Beaver.’
“I think people now don’t see me so … sweet, girl next door’”—Maitland maintains about the wholesome character she created in the 6th season of Boy Meets World (below left). Gee wonder why?—she’s let out a lot more than the hair {on her head} since then!
This coming September 25th will mark the 18th anniversary of Ward’s debut on the series—bounding down the stairs in lavender lingerie …
Though she never ‘threw in the towel,’ the actress’ arrival—in the words of her Mr. Skin bio—“kept the show running for at least one season longer than necessary” … and is immortalized in this popular YouTube clip:
“Rachel Kimberly McGuire became Jack and Eric’s new roommate at the start of Season 6,” reads the Boy Meets World wikia. “The boys began to compete for the right to date her”—we’d give a penny for the thoughts of smitten Matthew Lawrence and Will Friedle …
… “but later realized that their friendship might be too important.” So, alas, no threesome came of it!
The series was so PG … and PC, in fact … that her character was shocked and ashamed when “a prank went too far and Corey and Shawn shamed Rachel in front of the whole school” after she posed for a provocative pic:
It was likely the last time Maitland managed to be em•bare•assed.
Soon the photos she signed for fans grew bolder—and braless (above) … and her front grew as swell … topping off at today’s 36D décolletage!
“I’m an adult now,” Maitland makes clear. “I loved that role {as Rachel} but I want to show I’m grown up. I’m a woman. I was always the sweet girl next door, now people can see another side of me. I’m no wallflower. I’m willing to take risks and put myself out there.” World, meet Girl:
Which is the impetus behind Maitland’s return to the pubic eye: “Even though we watched the whole cast grow up before our very eyes,” In Touch Weekly wrote two years ago, “it’s hard to believe it’s been more than 15years since Boy Meets World went off the air! Luckily for fans, we now get to check in with the gang—thanks to the Disney Channel spinoff, Girl Meets World.”
“I think it’s great for a new generation,” Ward weighed in, “especially because it’s a great moral show and good values for kids to grow up with.” Perhaps that explains why they didn’t ask her back … choosing instead to invite Danielle (‘Topanga’) Fishel—whose post-show moral values included a 2008 lesbian liplock in a bar and a stretched-to-the-seams see through top!
“It’s kind of interesting,” Ward—whose real name is Ashley Maitland Welkos—explains, “because when Girl Meets World came back, an interest in Boy Meets World got renewed. Everyone got excited, so I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to start getting back into this thing.’” So she embraced the transition from Disney to Devil with both glands.
Yet still the Southern California native drew the line at southern exposure: “Ward flaunted her assets with sexy abandon,” observed Pulse about a particularly provocative outfit last year. ‘It was so see-through that you would be right to think that she was stark nude. Maitland however managed to cover her vagina and her nipples with her hands.” Recalling her retro reticence to show everything to the World audience.
“It’s helped me garner a lot of interest and really helped my profile,” she reflects, “basically because of my appearances in Comic Con and costumes and stuff.” Though she added: “An air of mystery is more interesting.”
Maitland maintained just such an air at her very first Comic Con (in August 2013, below left) … but it was her pair that shone through two years later at the very same event (below right)!
Ward’s first foray into flaunting her form came at the April 2014 premiere of the horror comedy A HauntedHouse 2. Wrote the Mirror Online: “The 37-year-old actress {she’ll turn the BIG 4-0 on February 3} is slowly bursting back onto the scene—one shocking outfit at a time. She has a brash confidence that extends to her feeling no shame in revealing to the world that she wears no panties. And why should she? Ward is trying to gain notoriety, and what better and quicker way is there for an actress to distinguish herself from the pack but by being known for not wearing underwear.”
“And you thought you'd seen it all from me,” Mait mused. “Sorry, can’t show the front.”
“We can only imagine there’s a lot more of these outfits yet to come,” the Mirror predicted. So many, in fact, that the “fixture at comic conventions in ever-changing cosplay” has become the gift that keeps on giving!
Though JoBlo likened her to a porn star or whore (above right): “She’s desperate for attention and is known for the slutty antics she indulges in to satiate her needs. Frankly, I’m amazed she hasn’t taken the plunge into porn already. Perhaps she’s holding that off until the day comes when crashing red carpet events and working the convention cosplay circuit fails to pay off.” One critic even called her “completely bonkers”—spawning the cruel nickname ‘Mental Ward.’
“I work hard for my body {as opposed to the money} and I’m proud of that,” was Maitland’s response to the criticism. “I like to make dramatic statements.” Fans of her former persona made a bold statement of their own—taking to Twitter with the hastag #BringBackRachelMcGuire {the wholesome girl they met in World}.
When the new spinoff took off, viewers took to the Girl Meets World forum to proclaim: “Rachel is the one who needs to return, though. Good lord. But a return to short hair would be ideal.”
So let’s return to her short hairs … which were in short supply … until recently. “I think people now see me as willing to take risks,” the actress acknowledges, “to go outside of the box, put it out there.”
Sleuth puts his mouth where her moneymaker is … presenting the often-accidental Top Ten Best ‘Beaver’ Shots that might ‘Worry’ Ward!
We rank them in ascending order of X•posure … accompanied by quotes that get to the nub of the matter.
And, as with all Sleuthian images, there’s never any photo-shopping or digital manipulation (!) of any kind.
10. March 2015 @ Long Beach Comic Expo
“Maitland Ward was dressed as Silk Spectre from Watchman,” noted Fling, “but I don’t remember the movie version of Silk Spectre’s pussy hanging out of her costume?”
9. July 2015 @ San Diego Comic-Con
“The actress, who is more often without clothes than she is with,” described In Touch Weekly, “attended Comic-Con dressed as an Orion Slave Girl from Star Trek—and when we say ‘dressed’ we mean basically naked and wearing nothing but green paint. But it wasn’t until after the show that the former Boy Meets World star really stepped things up a notch as she washed that green paint from all of those hard-to-reach crevices.”
8. August 2014 @ San Diego Comic-Con
“Maitland showed up dressed as Jenny Agutter’s Jessica 6 from Logan’s Run,” reported TooFab.com, “sporting the character’s sparkly green (and totally sheer) side-less and underwear-less look. She assured fans on Instagram that she kept her lady bits covered with the hashtag #yeseverythingscovered, but we’re not so sure.” Concluded an eyewitness: “I think she’s wearing pasties, but I see no hint of panties.”
7. August 2015 showering off body paint
“I’m a natural blonde,” Maitland maintains … yet strains credulity as she drains the paint stains. “Does she realize this looks like unfortunate pubic hair?” asked Life and Style magazine. “Why do we want to go to our nearest Ground Round {burger and game bar} and play {the peg board game} Tricky Triangle?”
6. December 2015 @ Creativ PR Store in Los Angeles
“Maitland Ward is pretty much showing full on pussy while wearing this revealing outfit,” gushed The Nip Slip. “I like pussy.”
5. September 2014 @ Long Beach Comic Expo
“Ward is clearly not one to shy away from flashing the flesh,” gasped the Daily Mail. “The actress grabbed all the attention in a miniscule silver bikini during an appearance as comic book heroine Red Sonja. The skimpy chain mail two-piece barely hid her modesty—a tiny shamrock tattoo was just visible peeping out from under her bikini bottoms.” And luxuriant dark pubes peered out the side!
4. March 2016 @ WonderCon Los Angeles
“She loves cosplay, so it comes as no surprise that the 39-year-old actress went all out for this year’s WonderCon 2016,” gasped InTouch.com. Indeed she showed her Pink … Stormtrooper mask … “and showed off a lot of skin” {some of it labial}. As blogger Cherry Liquor admonished: “Oh Em Gee, Maitland Ward! Surely you couldn’t have meant to give such a detailed outline of your puss. Put. Away. The. Vag!”
3. September 2015 @ Long Beach Comic-Con
“She’s the cosplay queen!” declared fashion scribe Gabrielle Bernardini. “Maitland Ward left little to the imagination on Sept. 12 where she strutted her stuff dressed in an Aeon Flux costume—which consisted of just a black bra, thong and a wig. Though her outfit choices are extremely risqué, we can’t deny that the girl looks good! Go get your inner freak (or geek) on, girl!” Not to mention your inner folds.
2. April 2015 @ The Living Art Exhibition in Los Angeles
“I actually was thinking of a play on Chewbacca,” Star Wars fanatic Maitland mused. “We were thinking ‘What could we do with fur?’” When the interviewer offered that he’d “never seen sexy Jar-Jar,” Ward winced: “I don’t want to go down there.” Yet she did, as a piece of living art: “It’s been a long time coming,” hailed Boobie Blog, “but Maitland Ward finally went topless!! She is still wearing body paint, but those are 100% her titties. No pasties, which is usually the case with body painted babes, and EVEN better … she’s not wearing any panties either so we see her full pussy!! Maitland is awesome!!”
Added Celebrity-Slips.com: “You can now stare long and hard at those big bazookas and thoroughly enjoy a piece of art, but the colorful surprise is this time her bushy blue pussy left unprotected from hungry eyes!”
In a famous flashback episode of her family show Boy Meets World, Maitland’s character “had a stuffed rabbit named Bunny Baby,” according to the synopsis, “but it was shredded to pieces when a young Rachel slips the wrong switch in the kitchen to see its ‘bunny hole,’ which instead made it start spinning and leaving only chunks and fabric.” Which basically describes her future convention outfits!
“I’ve found a lot of freedom with the whole cosplay thing,” the redhead reflects. “Before that I was a little pigeon holed into a certain area. With all this, people are seeing me in a different area.”
And that area was most gynecologically glimpsed in her latest …and greatest … Comic-Conquest late last month! “The professional flesh-flasher excitedly took to Comic-Con in San Diego this week,” reported London’s Daily Star, “with a rather different approach to cosplay. Instead of her usual ensembles, the actress decided to amp things up. This time she decided the only way to do so had to be completely nude! (article below left). Yup, the redhead had body artist Luciano Paesani actually paint her outfit onto her naked body, meaning she avoided wearing any clothing at all” (plans and glands, below right).
“Of course, Maitland is used to exposing herself, so she was more than comfortable ditching her bra and underwear completely!” Daily Star continued. “The mastermind of public indecency paraded her naked body for the paps, while she smiled and posed.” Though nearly all outlets had to cover the paparazzi pix with a blackbox (below left) … which Sleuth replaces with her bald box (below right)!
“Maitland was completely exposing her nipples during the event,” the tabloid concludes, “as well as her netherregions. Uh-Oh.”
Actually, Uh-One … as this part•icular cosplay display is out in front as the clear winner of our Beaver Hunt:
1. July 2016 @ San Diego Comic-Con
“After my first time dressing up at Comic-Cons,” Maitland marvels, “I had people offering me costumes and body paint, and all sorts of fun things. I didn’t know that was open to me.” It was open to see when Ward’s white paint rendered both her Clitoris … and its Hood … visible to Boyz everywhere for the first time!
“If you like pussy in public,” stammered an onlooker, “it doesn’t get any better than this!”
Which is why it leads our list … and ENDS this pudendal post.
From Star Wars to ‘Starfish,’ is her next front•tier a Brown Eye for the Straight Guy?
Since Ward, it appears, is no longer “worried about the Beaver.”
