Jayde Nicole (born February 19, 1986) is a Canadian model and businesswoman. She was ''

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''′s Playmate of the Month for January 2007 and was named the 2008 Playmate of the Year in the June issue of the

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. She is the first Canadian

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of the Year in 26 years, and the third overall, the previous two being

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and

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Early life

Nicole began modeling for catalogs and fashion shows at the age of six. The following year, Nicole's family moved from Scarborough to

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. When she turned 11, she stopped modeling for a time, as she was finding herself becoming "too mature to be doing kid's jobs." When she was 15, a scout from a

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modeling agency spotted her outside the

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as she was leaving a concert and offered her an opportunity to return to modeling. Since then, Nicole has appeared in numerous publications and fashion shows. She created and owns her own agency, "A Touch of Class", based in Port Perry. Nicole graduated from

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and then studied hotel management at

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in Toronto, but dropped out to pursue a modeling career. Her mother handed Nicole her first issue of ''Playboy'' and suggested she pose for the magazine.

Career

Nicole was ''

''s Playmate of the Month in January 2007, and was named the 2008 Playmate of the Year. In October 2008, Nicole appeared in a presidential election spoof video for

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. The video, "Playmates Heat Up the Presidential Debate", also features fellow Playboy models Jo García, Grace Kim, and Christine Smith. Footage was taken from the Presidential town hall debate which took place October 7, 2008, and digitally altered to show the women asking Senators Obama and McCain a series of questions. Nicole debuted as a feature-film actress in the 2009

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comedy ''

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''. In October 2009, Nicole appeared on

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' '' PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge''. In the September 2010 edition of ''Guitar World'' magazine Nicole appeared as one of "The Girls of the 2011 Guitar World Buyer's Guide". Nicole co-owns a vegan Mexican restaurant with fellow Playboy veteran Jessica Hall in Los Angeles, California called Sugar Taco.

Reality television

Nicole filmed a pilot for E!, '' The Girls Next Door: The Bunny House'', with several other Playboy centerfolds. She appeared for several episodes during the second season in fellow ''

'' alum

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's reality show, ''

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''. While dating

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, Jayde appeared on several episodes of '' The Hills'' on

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Personal life

Nicole started a charity called Lengths for Love, similar to

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, which encourages people to donate their hair to be fashioned into wigs for pediatric patients in need. She has posed in a lettuce bikini on behalf of

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, encouraging people to become vegan.

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,
Lettuce-Clad Vegan PETA Temptresses Coming to Rob Ford Weigh-In
" ''The Toronto Star'', April 11, 2012.

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