"It's a little sanctuary, my slice of paradise," the 37-year-old model tells HELLO!. "Seeing the views, looking out to the ocean and the cliffs, it's very resetting. Those years feel like a lifetime ago now."
Crystal bought the six-and-a-halfacre estate in 2021, but deliberately built a small property.
"I didn't want a big house because I didn't want to disrupt the land," she says. "I looked into different options, found a tiny house company and started designing a tiny house - it's 290sq ft, but is set in acres."
Although her home is on Hawaii island, the largest in the archipelago, Crystal's thoughts are on the wildfires that raged on neighbouring Maui. She says: "Hawaii really needs help right now. Please donate to Maui organisations and the people affected. If you've ever vacationed and experienced the beauty here, please give back and help."
Her life now could not be more different from those years as a Playboy cover model and the third wife of the tycoon, whom she married in 2012, almost five years before his death from heart failure and sepsis at the age of 91.
Of the years of parties at the "mysterious and alluring" Playboy Mansion, where she lived with Hugh - "Hef", as she and his friends called him and around 70 members of staff, she says: "It's taken me until now to process what happened. Hef was a very charming and powerful man. He came across as very gentle and kind when I first met him."
Despite the charm, she admits she had concerns about the 60-year age gap, saying: "We'd do interviews and I'd say: 'Oh, the age gap doesn't matter,' and of course it matters.
Who am I fooling? People say: 'What about kids?' I'm like: 'It's not gonna work - this child will be a certain age with no father.' But all of those real thoughts, you push them down.
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DREAM ESCAPES
Take in the beauty of Japan's former imperial capital, from its temples and tea houses to serene moments in nature
SPICE BOY
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CILLIAN MURPHY
AFTER HIS OSCAR-WINNING TURN IN 'OPPENHEIMER' CILLIAN MURPHY BRINGS IT BACK HOME WITH POWERFUL NEW FILM SET IN IRELAND - AND DROPS 'PEAKY BLINDERS' MOVIE HINTS
MARKING REMEMBRANCE DAY - THE DUKE OF SUSSEX
PAYS HEARTFELT TRIBUTE AS HE MAKES SWEET GESTURE TO BEREAVED CHILDREN
THE ROYAL FAMILY PAY THEIR RESPECTS ON REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
HONOURING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY
MAKING IT A RIGHT ROYAL NIGHT - 'GLADIATOR II'
THE KING WALKS THE RED CARPET AT FILM'S STARRY WORLD PREMIERE
FRESH FROM THE 'WICKED' PREMIERE - ARIANA GRANDE
ON HER CLOSE BOND WITH 'WARMEST HUMAN' CYNTHIA ERIVO
AFTER REVEALING HER DECISION TO HAVE SURGERY FOR A BRAIN TUMOUR - DAVINA MCCALL CELEBRITY FRIENDS SEND MESSAGES OF SUPPORT AFTER SHOCK NEWS
Stars including Amanda Holden and Holly Willoughby have offered heartfelt support to Davina McCall after she revealed she was undergoing an operation to remove a brain tumour.
THE KING AND QUEEN
AS DAMIAN LEWIS PRAISES CAMILLA'S RECENT T.V. TURN - THE KING AND QUEEN HOST STAR-STUDDED RECEPTION AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE FOR FAMOUS BIG AND SMALL-SCREEN FACES
CELINE DION AND JENNIFER LOPEZ - STEAL THE SHOW AT LAVISH FASHION EXTRAVAGANZA
HITTING ALL THE RIGHT NOTES