Avis Kimble (born October 18, 1944) is an American model. At age 17 she was photographed by Jon Pownall to become ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
'' magazine's
Playmate of the Month
A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playm ...
for its November 1962 issue.
Avis was one of three finalists for that year's
Playmate of the Year
This is a list of models who were chosen as a Playboy Playmate of the Year for the American edition of ''Playboy'' magazine.
List of Playmates of the Year
*1953: Marilyn Monroe
*1954:
*1955:
*1956:
*1957:
*1958:
*1959:
*1960: Ellen Stratton ...
, and appeared on the cover of the January 1963 issue.
June Cochran
June Cochran (February 20, 1943 – May 20, 2004) was an American model and beauty queen.
Biography
Cochran was born in East Tennessee and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana after her sophomore year in high school. She won the Miss Indiana USA pagea ...
beat out Avis and
Laura Young for the title. Kimble worked as a
Bunny
Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit spec ...
at the Chicago
Playboy Club
The Playboy Club was initially a chain of nightclubs and resorts owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises. The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago in 1960. Each club generally featured a Living Room, a Playmate Bar, a Dining Room, and a Club R ...
, and also ran a boutique in the Windy City at the same time.
She was one of the Editors' choices for the top ten Playmates of all time during Playboy's ten-year anniversary celebration. She did not make the top ten list when the readers' top ten was voted on.
See also
*
List of people in Playboy 1960–1969
This list of people in ''Playboy'' 1960–1969 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in ''Playboy'' magazine in the years 1960 through 1969. Not all of the people featured in the magazine are pictured in the nude.
While every month incl ...
References
External links
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1944 births
Living people
1960s Playboy Playmates
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