The 2026 Hooters Calendar, now available at Hooters restaurants nationwide, features employees from across the country, including dozens from Florida.
In all, 27 Southwest Florida Hooters employees appear in the 2026 calendar, plus another 38 in the pull-out poster included at Southwest Florida Hooters locations. They work at Hooters restaurants in Fort Myers, Naples, Sarasota, Cape Coral, Port Charlotte and Bradenton.
More than 200 women from across the United States appear in the annual calendar each year.
Hooters Inc. is a franchisee run by people who originally founded Hooters in Clearwater more than four decades ago. They currently own and operate 11 locations in the Tampa area, along with 11 Hooters and two Hoots locations in the Chicago area. Another 15 Hooters in South Florida are owned by Hooters of South Florida.
Southwest Florida Hooters employees, calendar models
For Ashly Reyes, appearing in the 2026 Hooters Calendar is more than a swimsuit photo, it’s a moment of pride and accomplishment.
The Naples Hooters bartender and server says the experience represents how far she’s come since moving to the U.S. without knowing English. Now, she hopes her feature will inspire other women from different countries to chase their dreams. Representing her home country of Honduras, Reyes, 25, appears as the calendar’s November model.
The 2026 calendar highlights employees from across the country, including two from Southwest Florida: Reyes and Fort Myers bartender Emily Hagedorn, who is featured as Miss April.
For Hagedorn, this marks her second appearance after debuting on the inside back cover last year.
“It’s super-exciting to represent Fort Myers,” says Hagedorn, 22. “I’ve always wanted to work at Hooters — that’s always been a dream of mine. And then coming down here, I just went in, got an application, started working there, and then, you know, within seven months, I did my first photo shoot. And then this year, too.”
Both women traveled to The Bahamas for the April 2025 photo shoot, with most images captured in Bimini. Reyes describes her first visit as “incredible,” while Hagedorn recalls an early morning shoot on a secluded beach, complete with a sunrise backdrop. Wearing a cut-off Hooters tank top and standing thigh-deep in the water, she says the setting was “super pretty” and worth the 5:45 a.m. start.
The calendar continues to be a coveted opportunity for Hooters employees nationwide, blending glamour with personal stories of ambition and achievement — stories that resonate far beyond the Sunshine State.
How to buy the 2026 Hooters Calendar
The calendars sell for $16 at all Southwest Florida Hooters locations, or $25 online. Every in-store calendar includes $100 in coupons.
The calendar release coincides with Hooters’ annual “Give a Hoot” fundraising campaign to raise more money for breast-cancer research. One dollar from each calendar sale will be donated to cancer research through the Kelly Jo Dowd Breast Cancer Research Fund.
Hooters has raised more than $10 million over the years to support the fight against breast cancer — much of it through the Kelly Jo Dowd Breast Cancer Research Fund, according to a Hooters Calendar news release.
Reyes says she feels great about being in the calendar, but she also loves being a part of such a good cause.
“I love everything that Hooters does — always giving back to the community,” says Reyes, an Florida Gulf Coast University student who’s pursuing a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. “I think that’s my favorite part of working there.”
The calendars are available at Hooters restaurants everywhere and online at hooterscalendar.com. The online versions, however, don’t include the poster featuring more Southwest Florida Hooters employees.
For more information, visit hootersflorida.com.
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This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: See the Florida women featured in the 2026 Hooters Calendar
Reporting by Grace Pateras and Charles Runnells, USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida / Naples Daily News
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