Holly Madison Wants to Adopt >>Hollywood

For years, Holly Madison yearned to have a baby with boyfriend Hugh Hefner. But it never happened, likely because he's 129 years old.

So now the former Playboy model is taking it upon herself to start a family: she's making plans to adopt!

"I really want to be a mommy," Madison tells In Touch, adding that the process with adoption mentoring service Hold My Hand is underway and she hopes to secure a child from Africa or South Korea.

Madison has mostly been out of the news since leaving the Playboy Mansion, although she did appear in her own reality show and has been performing in Las Vegas for awhile.

We last wrote about her way back in September because she took out an insurance poli