A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, 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 H ...
'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a
centerfold
The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs. At the end of the year, one of the 12 Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOTY). Every Playmate of the Month is awarded a prize of US$25,000 and each Playmate of the Year receives an additional prize of US$100,000 plus a car (specifically, a short-term lease of a car) and other discretionary gifts. In addition, Anniversary Playmates are usually chosen to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine. The use of the word "Playmate" in a sexual sense did not originate with Playboy, and was seen at least as early as 1950 in
Vue magazine
Vue or VUE may refer to:
Places
* Vue, Loire-Atlantique, a commune in France
* The Vue, a skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina
Arts, entertainment and media
* Vue (band), a rock and roll band from San Francisco, California
* Vue Cinemas, a cin ...
(vol 1, #1).
''Playboy'' encourages potential Playmates to send photos with "
girl next door
The girl next door is a young female stock character who is often used in romantic stories. She is so named because she often lives next door to the protagonist or is a childhood friend. They start out with a mutual friendship that later often ...
" appeal for consideration; others may submit photos of Playmate candidates, and may be eligible for a finder's fee if their model is selected. In addition, "casting calls" are held regularly in major US cities to offer opportunities for women to test for ''Playboy''. Until just prior to the death of
Hugh Hefner, he personally selected each Playmate of the Month and every Playmate of the Year, taking into account an annual readers' poll.
The final Playmate of the Month was published digitally in December 2020. Playboy also ended the Playmate of the Year title in 2020, instead awarding all 2019 Playmates the shared title of Playmates of the Year. All 2020 Playmates were given yearbook superlatives rather than a PMOTY title.
In 2021, Playboy digitally published two quarterly Playmates. No Playmates have been published since Miss Spring 2021, Hailee Lautenbach.
According to ''Playboy'', there is no such thing as a ''former'' Playmate because "Once a Playmate, always a Playmate".
History
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...
, who was
featured in the first issue, was the only one to appear as "Sweetheart of the Month". The first model called a Playmate of the Month was
Margie Harrison
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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1954. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. Prior to September 1959, Playmates were not asked to complete data sheets.
January
Margie Har ...
, Miss January 1954, in the second issue of ''Playboy''. Generally a woman may appear only once as a Playmate, but in the early years of the magazine, some models were featured multiple times.
Marilyn Waltz
Marilyn may refer to:
* Marilyn (given name)
* Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), English singer
* Marilyn (hill), a type of mountain or hill in the British Isles with a prominence above 150 m
* 1486 Marilyn, a Main-belt asteroid
* ''Marilyn'' (1953 ...
(February 1954, April 1954, April 1955 her first appearance was as Margaret Scott) and
Janet Pilgrim (July 1955, December 1955, and October 1956) are tied for the most appearances. Margie Harrison (January 1954, June 1954) and
Marguerite Empey
Marguerite Diane Webber Marguerite Empey (July 27, 1932 – August 19, 2008) was an American model, dancer and actress.
Early life
Born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus), a Hollywood actress a ...
(May 1955, February 1956) are the only other women to appear more than once as Playmates.
Underage nudity
Under current law in most US jurisdictions, publishing
nude pictures of a model younger than 18 would be a felony. However, in the early years of the magazine, laws regarding this were less well established. Several playmates including
Nancy Crawford
Nancy may refer to:
Places France
* Nancy, France, a city in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and formerly the capital of the duchy of Lorraine
** Arrondissement of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy
...
(April 1959),
Donna Michelle
Donna Michelle Ronne (née Fick; December 8, 1945 – April 9, 2004) was an American model, actress, and photographer. Known professionally as Donna Michelle, she was ''Playboy'' magazine's December 1963 Playmate of the Month and 1964 Playmat ...
(December 1963),
Linda Moon
Linda may refer to:
As a name
* Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named)
* Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer
* Anita Linda (born Alice Lake ...
(October 1966),
Patti Reynolds
Patti Reynolds (born May 28, 1948) is an American model and actress who was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1965 issue (at the age of 17). Her centerfold was photographed by Stan Malinowski. She also appears in a ph ...
(September 1965) and
Teddi Smith (July 1960) posed when they were 17.
Elizabeth Ann Roberts (January 1958) whose pictorial was called "Schoolmate Playmate" posed when she was 16. Hugh Hefner and Roberts' mother were arrested as a result, but the case was subsequently dismissed because Roberts' mother had signed a statement that her daughter was 18 before the photo shoot.
In 1977,
Ursula Buchfellner
Ursula Buchfellner (born 8 June 1961) is a German model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Weissbrich.
Buchfellner also was the Playmate for th ...
posed for the German edition of ''Playboy'' when she was 16 and subsequently posed for the American edition (October 1979) when she was 18. Dutch Playmate twins
Karin and Mirjam van Breeschooten
Karin may refer to:
*Karin (given name), a feminine name
Fiction
* ''Karin'' (manga) or ''Chibi Vampire'', a Japanese media franchise
* Karin Hanazono, title character of the manga and anime ''Kamichama Karin''
* Karin Kurosaki, a character in '' ...
appeared at age 17 in their country's edition of ''Playboy'' in June 1988; at 18, they were Misses September 1989 in the US version.
Some women have become Playmates in their 30s.
Dolores Donlon
Dolores Donlon (born Patricia Vaniver; September 19, 1920 – November 30, 2012) was an American model and actress.
Career
Born in 1920 in Philadelphia and raised in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Donlon attended a convent school in Tarrytown, New Yo ...
(August 1957) is the oldest Playmate to date, appearing in her shoot at the age of 36.
Playmate firsts
* First Playmate:
Margie Harrison
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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1954. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. Prior to September 1959, Playmates were not asked to complete data sheets.
January
Margie Har ...
(Miss January 1954) in the second issue of ''Playboy''.
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...
, who was featured in the first issue, was the only one to appear as "Sweetheart of the Month".
* First Playmate to be chosen three times:
Marilyn Waltz
Marilyn may refer to:
* Marilyn (given name)
* Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), English singer
* Marilyn (hill), a type of mountain or hill in the British Isles with a prominence above 150 m
* 1486 Marilyn, a Main-belt asteroid
* ''Marilyn'' (1953 ...
(Miss February 1954, April 1954, and April 1955 – her first appearance was as Margaret Scott)
* First and only month between 1954 and 2020 to not have a PlaymateMarch 1955 (no issue published)
* First centerfold (two-page):
Janet Pilgrim (Miss July 1955)
* First fold-out centerfold (three-page):
Marian Stafford
Marian Stafford (February 7, 1931 – August 16, 1984) was an American actress and model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ruth Sondak, and was the first to consist ...
(Miss March 1956)
* First foreign-born Playmate:
Marion Scott (Miss May 1956) was born in Germany.
* Youngest Playmate ever featured:
Elizabeth Ann Roberts (Miss January 1958) appeared at age 16.
* First issue to feature two Playmates (two in the same month, in separate photos):
Pat Sheehan and
Mara Corday
Mara Corday (born Marilyn Joan Watts; January 3, 1930) is an American showgirl, model, actress, ''Playboy'' Playmate, and 1950s cult figure.
Early life
Corday was born in Santa Monica, California. Wanting a career in films, she came to Hollywoo ...
(Misses October 1958)
* First Playmate to become Playmate of the Year (1960):
Ellen Stratton
Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004.
People named Ellen include:
*Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress
*Ellen ...
(Miss December 1959)
* First
Asian-American Playmate:
China Lee
China Lee (born Margaret Lee; September 2, 1942) is an American model and actress. She was '' Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for the August 1964 issue, and the first Asian American Playmate. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. Ac ...
(Miss August 1964)
* First
African-American Playmate:
Jennifer Jackson (Miss March 1965)
* First twin Playmates
Mary Collinson
Mary Collinson (22 July 1952 – 23 November 2021) was a Maltese-British model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in October 1970, together with her twin sister Madeleine Collinson. They were the first id ...
and
Madeleine Collinson
Madeleine Collinson (22 July 1952 – 14 August 2014) was a Maltese-British model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in October 1970, together with her twin sister Mary Collinson. They were the first ide ...
(Miss October 1970)
* First Playmate to show clearly visible
pubic hair:
Liv Lindeland
Liv Lindeland (born 7 December 1945 in Norway) is a Norwegian model, actress, and talent agent. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for January 1971 and as the Playmate of the Year for 1972. Her original pictorial was p ...
(Miss January 1971)
* First Playmate to pose for a full frontal
nude centerfold:
Marilyn Cole
Marilyn Cole (born 7 May 1949) is ''Playboy'' magazine's January 1972 Playmate of the Month. She was the magazine's first full-frontal nude centerfold. She also became 1973's Playmate of the Year – the only Briton to hold that title. Her orig ...
(Miss January 1972)
* First Playmate to pose for a full frontal nude centerfold with clearly visible entire pubic hair:
Bonnie Large
Bonnie, is a Scottish given name and is sometimes used as a descriptive reference, as in the Scottish folk song, My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean. It comes from the Scots language word "bonnie" (pretty, attractive), or the French bonne (good). That ...
(Miss March 1973)
* First
Hispanic-American
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Playmate:
Ester Cordet
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(Miss October 1974) was from
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
.
* First cousins to be Playmates:
Elaine Morton
Elaine may refer to:
* Elaine (legend), name shared by several different female characters in Arthurian legend, especially:
** Elaine of Astolat
** Elaine of Corbenic
* "Elaine" (short story), 1945 short story by J. D. Salinger
* Elaine (singer), ...
(Miss June 1970) and
Karen Elaine Morton
Karen may refer to:
* Karen (name), a given name and surname
* Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors
People
* Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand
** Karen languages or Karenic l ...
(Miss July 1978)
* First
video
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Playmate (1982):
Lonny Chin was also the magazine centerfold in the January 1983 issue.
* First mother and daughter to be Playmates: Carol Eden (Miss December 1960) and her daughter
Simone Eden (Miss February 1989)
* First African-American Playmate of the Year:
Renee Tenison
Reneé Tenison (born December 2, 1968) is an American model, actress, and the first African-American selected to be the '' Playboy'' Playmate of the Year (1990).
Personal life and career
Tenison was born in Caldwell, Idaho. She has three old ...
(1990 and Miss November 1989)
* First triplets to be Playmates:
Erica, Nicole and Jaclyn Dahm (Misses December 1998)
* First Playmate to pose with shaved pubic area:
Dalene Kurtis (Miss September 2001)
* First
Mexican-American Playmate of the Year:
Raquel Pomplun
Raquel or Racquel is a variation of the given name Rachel. Notable people with the name include:
Raquel
* Raquel (wrestler), Brazilian professional wrestler
* Raquel Alessi (born 1983), American former actress and model
* Raquel Naa Ayorkor Ammah ...
(2013 and Miss April 2012)
* First openly transgender Playmate:
Ines Rau
Ines-Loan Rau (born 1990) is a French model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 2017 and the first openly transgender Playmate.
Early life
Rau was born in Paris and is of Algerian descent.
Rau transitioned and ...
(Miss November 2017)
* First amputee Playmate:
Marsha Elle
Marsha is a variant spelling of Marcia. Notable people with the name include:
*Marsha Ambrosius (born 1977), former member of the English band duo Floetry
* Marsha Arzberger (born 1937), Democratic politician
* Marsha Barbour, first lady of the ...
(Miss April 2020)
![Priscilla Huggins modeling Chromat Spring-Summer 2018, headshot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Priscilla_Huggins_modeling_Chromat_Spring-Summer_2018%2C_headshot.jpg)
* First digital-only Playmate:
Priscilla Huggins
Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from Latin ''Prisca'', derived from ''priscus''. One suggestion is that it is intended to bestow long life on the bearer.
The name first appears in the New Testament of Christianity variously as ...
(Miss July 2020)
* First quarterly Playmate: Isabela Guedes (Miss Winter 2021)
Playmate of the Year
In the early days of ''Playboy'', there was no official prize for the most popular Playmate at the end of each year. Although February 1954 Playmate
Marilyn Waltz
Marilyn may refer to:
* Marilyn (given name)
* Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), English singer
* Marilyn (hill), a type of mountain or hill in the British Isles with a prominence above 150 m
* 1486 Marilyn, a Main-belt asteroid
* ''Marilyn'' (1953 ...
gained much popularity, receiving more fan mail than any other Playmate that year, she was not crowned PMOTY. Neither was December 1956 Playmate
Lisa Winters Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), ...
, who was ''named'' Playmate of the Year but not technically crowned as such (causing some controversy regarding semantics);
and, although
Joyce Nizzari, Miss December 1958, was named the "most popular" Playmate of 1958, the PMOTY competition was first ''officially'' won in 1960 by Miss December 1959,
Ellen Stratton
Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004.
People named Ellen include:
*Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress
*Ellen ...
. The 2009 PMOY,
Ida Ljungqvist, was the 50th PMOTY and the second model of African descent to win the title, the first being
Renee Tenison
Reneé Tenison (born December 2, 1968) is an American model, actress, and the first African-American selected to be the '' Playboy'' Playmate of the Year (1990).
Personal life and career
Tenison was born in Caldwell, Idaho. She has three old ...
.
A PMOTY makes her appearance the year following her first appearance as PMOTM. This feature is usually published in the June issue, although sometimes it has been published in the May or July issue. Until 2003, each year's Playmate of the Year would routinely appear on the cover of her PMOTY issue, in which her PMOTY pictorial is featured. However, from 2003 to 2005, PMOTYs did not appear on the covers of their PMOTY issues, and 2007 PMOTY
Sara Jean Underwood
Sara Jean Underwood (born March 26, 1984) is an American model, television host, and actress who was chosen as the Playmate of the Month for the July 2006 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine. and later became Playmate of the Year in 2007. She is a f ...
did not either. Instead, celebrities appearing in celebrity pictorials in the PMOTY issues appeared on the covers. The 2010 PMOTY,
Hope Dworaczyk
Hope Dworaczyk Smith ( ; born November 21, 1984) is an American entrepreneur, model, and reality television personality. She is the founder and CEO of MUTHA, a skincare company, and was the host of Inside Fashion. Smith was ''Playboy'' magazine's ...
, did appear on the cover, and was the first model to be the subject of a
three-dimensional
Three-dimensional space (also: 3D space, 3-space or, rarely, tri-dimensional space) is a geometric setting in which three values (called ''parameters'') are required to determine the position of an element (i.e., point). This is the informa ...
''Playboy'' centerfold photograph.
The average age of a Playmate of the Year, 23.5 years, is slightly higher than that of a Playmate of the Month, 22.4 years.
In 1964, at the age of 18,
Donna Michelle
Donna Michelle Ronne (née Fick; December 8, 1945 – April 9, 2004) was an American model, actress, and photographer. Known professionally as Donna Michelle, she was ''Playboy'' magazine's December 1963 Playmate of the Month and 1964 Playmat ...
became the youngest PMOY ever.
Jo Collins (1965) and
Christa Speck
Christa Speck (August 1, 1942 – March 22, 2013) was a German model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1961 issue, and as the 1962 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photo ...
(1962) both were 19.
Sharon Clark (1971),
Karen McDougal
Karen McDougal (born March 23, 1971) is an American model and actress. She is known for her appearances in ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month for December 1997 and Playmate of the Year of 1998.Fegley, Richard, & Wayda, Stephen (photog ...
(1998) and
Ida Ljungqvist (2009) became PMOTY at the age of 27. Only three women became PMOTY in their 30s:
Tiffany Fallon
Tiffany Fallon (born May 1, 1974 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American model. In 2004, she was photographed by Stephen Wayda for ''Playboy'' and was named Playmate of the Month for December. She was also named Playmate of the Year for 2005 ...
(2005) at 31,
Kathy Shower
Kathleen Ann Shower (born March 8, 1953 as Kathleen Ann Schrauer) is an American model and actress. Known as Kathy Shower she is '' Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for May 1985 and Playmate of the Year for 1986. At that time, she was the olde ...
(1986) at 33, and
Eugena Washington
Eugena Washington is an American model. She was born in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. She was the last eliminated on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7. In Playboy magazine's post-nude era, she was the first Playmate of the Year, and w ...
(2016) at 31.
Notable Playmates
Playmates who attained fame for reasons in addition to their ''Playboy'' appearance(s) include (with the date of their appearance):
*
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress and model. She is best known for her glamour modeling work in ''Playboy'' magazine and for her appearances on the television series ''Baywatch'' (1992–1997).
Anders ...
(February 1990), actress
*
Marina Baker
Marina Augusta Pepper (''née'' Baker; born 8 December 1967) is an English Liberal Democrat local politician, journalist, children's book author and former model and actress. She was ''Playboys Playmate of the Month for March 1987.
Ear ...
(March 1987), journalist,
children's book
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
author, mayor of
Telscombe
Telscombe is a civil parish and electoral ward (called East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs) with the status of a town in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It consists of three distinct settlements, separated from each other by an open ...
, East Sussex, England
*
Bebe Buell (November 1974), author and mother of
Liv Tyler
Liv Rundgren Tyler (born Liv Rundgren; July 1, 1977) is an American actress, producer, singer and former model. She began a modeling career at age 14. She later decided to focus on acting and made her film debut in ''Silent Fall'' (1994); she ...
*
Lisa Dergan
Lisa Dergan (born August 10, 1970) is an American model, actress, media personality, and sportscaster. She was ''Playboys Playmate of the Month for July 1998.
Dergan has established a career beyond ''Playboy'', in particular in the world of ...
(July 1998), spokesmodel for
St. Pauli Girl
St. Pauli Girl :beers are brewed and bottled by the St. Pauli Brauerei, which is located within the Beck's brewery in Bremen, Germany. However, in the US, it is manufactured in St. Louis, Missouri.
The brand is not named after the famous St. ...
and
Guess?
Guess (styled as GUESS or Guess?) is an American clothing brand and retailer, notable for its black-and-white advertisements. Guess licenses its brand on other fashion accessories, such as watches, jewelry, perfumes, bags and shoes.
History
Gues ...
Jeans; also
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world.
The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the F ...
correspondent
*
Daphnée Duplaix (July 1997), actress
*
Hope Dworaczyk
Hope Dworaczyk Smith ( ; born November 21, 1984) is an American entrepreneur, model, and reality television personality. She is the founder and CEO of MUTHA, a skincare company, and was the host of Inside Fashion. Smith was ''Playboy'' magazine's ...
(April 2009), television host and contestant on ''
Celebrity Apprentice
''The Celebrity Apprentice'' is an American television reality competition series. It was a variation of ''The Apprentice'' series, hosted by then real estate developer (later 45th president of the United States) Donald Trump from 2008 to 2015, an ...
''
*
Erika Eleniak
Erika Eleniak (born September 29, 1969) is an American actress, ''Playboy'' Playmate, and model known for her role in ''Baywatch'' as Shauni McClain. Her film debut was in '' E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982). She starred in the films ''The B ...
(July 1989), actress
*
Lindsey Gayle Evans (October 2009),
Miss Louisiana Teen USA
The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Louisiana is in the top 10 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of ...
2008
*
Tiffany Fallon
Tiffany Fallon (born May 1, 1974 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American model. In 2004, she was photographed by Stephen Wayda for ''Playboy'' and was named Playmate of the Month for December. She was also named Playmate of the Year for 2005 ...
(December 2004),
Miss Georgia USA
The Miss Georgia USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss USA pageant. This pageant is directed Greenwood Productions under the ownership of Miss Tennessee USA 1989 Kim Greenwood and ...
2001, model, actress and ''
Celebrity Apprentice
''The Celebrity Apprentice'' is an American television reality competition series. It was a variation of ''The Apprentice'' series, hosted by then real estate developer (later 45th president of the United States) Donald Trump from 2008 to 2015, an ...
'' contestant.
*
Lena Forsén
Lena Forsén (), previously Soderberg (born Sjööblom; born 31 March 1951), is a Swedish model who appeared as a Playmate in the November 1972 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine, as Lenna Sjööblom. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker. T ...
(November 1972), her image would later become a ubiquitous
standard test image in the field of
digital image processing
Digital image processing is the use of a digital computer to process digital images through an algorithm. As a subcategory or field of digital signal processing, digital image processing has many advantages over analog image processing. It allo ...
, where the image is known as
Lenna
Lenna (or Lena) is a standard test image used in the field of image processing since 1973. It is a picture of the Swedish model Lena Forsén, shot by photographer Dwight Hooker, cropped from the centerfold of the November 1972 issue of ''Playbo ...
*
Claudia Jennings
Mary Eileen Chesterton (December 20, 1949 – October 3, 1979), known professionally as Claudia Jennings, was an American actress and model. Jennings was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 1969 and also Playmate of the Y ...
(November 1969), actress
*
Scarlett Keegan
Scarlett is the female name that has originated from the colour scarlet. It may refer to:
People
* Scarlett (given name), a feminine name
* Scarlett (surname)
* Scarlett (gamer) (Sasha Hostyn), professional video game player
Fictional charac ...
(September 2004), former child model, international print model, actress minor roles include: ''
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story'', HBO's ''
Entourage
An entourage () is an informal group or band of people who are closely associated with a (usually) famous, notorious, or otherwise notable individual. The word can also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* L'entourage, French hip hop / rap collecti ...
'', and
Weezer
Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Scott Shriner (bass guitar, keyboards, backing ...
's "
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. A notable and historic suburb of Greater Los Angeles, it is in a wealthy area immediately southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles. ...
" music video.
*
Connie Kreski
Connie Kreski (September 19, 1946 – March 21, 1995) was born Constance Joanne Kornacki. She was an American model and actress. In January 1968, Kreski posed in the centerfold as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month. She subsequently wo ...
(January 1968), actress
*
Angela Little (August 1998), actress
*
Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, and ''Playboy'' Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox, Man ...
(February 1955), singer and actress
*
Shae Marks
Christy Shae Marks (born June 1, 1972) is an American model and actress. She is the Playboy Playmate of the Month for May 1994.
Career
Shae Marks was discovered by a ''Playboy'' photographer when she was 20 years old when she was asked to pose f ...
(May 1994), actress
*
Jenny McCarthy
Jennifer McCarthy Wahlberg (' Jennifer Ann McCarthy; born November 1, 1972) is an American actress, model, and television personality. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for ''Playboy'' magazine and was later named their Playmate of ...
(October 1993), actress, author, comedian; MTV's ''
Singled Out
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The original hosts ...
''
*
Julie McCullough
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(February 1986), actress played nanny "Julie Costello" on several episodes of ''
Growing Pains
''Growing Pains'' is an American television sitcom created by Neal Marlens that aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992. The show ran for seven seasons, consisting of 166 episodes. The series followed the misadventures of the ...
'' until she was fired for having posed nude in ''Playboy''.
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Shanna Moakler
Shanna Lynn Moakler (; born March 28, 1975) is an American model, actress, and reality television star. She was the winner of the Miss New York USA pageant in 1995 and was the first runner-up at Miss USA 1995. After winner Chelsi Smith won the ...
(December 2001),
Miss USA
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1995, ex-wife of
Travis Barker
Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American musician who serves as the drummer for the rock band Blink-182. He has also performed as a frequent collaborator with hip hop artists, is a member of the rap rock group Tran ...
, and co-star of reality TV show ''
Meet the Barkers
''Meet the Barkers'' is a reality television series which aired on MTV. The series followed the everyday life of married couple, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler, as well as Moakler and Barker's two children, Alabama Luella Bark ...
''
*
Kelly Monaco
Kelly Marie Monaco (born May 23, 1976) is an American actress, model, and reality television personality, best known for her portrayal of Sam McCall on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' and as the first season winner of the reality TV com ...
(April 1997),
Emmy-nominated actress, winner of ''
Dancing with the Stars'' reality show in 2005, long-running actress of ''
General Hospital''
*
Cynthia Myers
Cynthia Jeanette Myers (September 12, 1950 – November 4, 2011) was an American model, actress, and ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1968 issue.
Career
Myers was the first ''Playboy'' Playmate born in the 1950s when ...
(December 1968), actress
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Janice Pennington
Janice Maurine Pennington (born July 8, 1942) is an American former model and was one of the original " Barker's Beauties" models on ''The Price Is Right.'' As its longest-running model, Pennington was with ''The Price Is Right'' from the show's ...
(May 1971), model on ''
The Price Is Right
''The Price Is Right'' is a television game show franchise created by Bob Stewart, originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman; currently it is produced and owned by Fremantle. The franchise centers on television game shows, but also inc ...
''
*
Brande Roderick
Brande Nicole Roderick (born June 13, 1974) is an American model and actress known for her appearances in '' Baywatch'' and ''Playboy''. In April 2000, she was selected as Playmate of the Month and then became the Playmate of the Year in 2001. ...
(April 2000), actress and ''
Celebrity Apprentice
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'' contestant
*
Shauna Sand
Shauna Sand (born September 2, 1971) is an American actress and ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for May 1996.
Early life
Starting at age five, Sand studied ballet, jazz, and theatre. At 11, she enrolled in the School of Creative a ...
(May 1996), actress
*
Nikki Schieler
Nikki Ziering (born August 9, 1971) is an American model and actress. Ziering was '' Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for September 1997.
Early life
Ziering was born Natalie Schieler in Norwalk, California. She is of Norwegian and German des ...
(September 1997), actress
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Anna Nicole Smith (May 1992),
Guess
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jeans model, actress, wife, and later widow, of
J. Howard Marshall.
*
Victoria Silvstedt
Karin Victoria Silvstedt (born 19 September 1974)''Expressen'', 29 October 2004. is a Swedish model, actress, singer, and television personality.Victoria Silvstedt Official Homepage, victoriasilvstedt.com, 8 May 2010.
Early life
Born in Skellef ...
(December 1996), Swedish supermodel, actress, radio and TV hostess, published singer, and a former national-level skier in Sweden
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Martha Smith (July 1973), actress
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Stella Stevens
Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston; October 1, 1938) is a American former actress. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular films as '' Girls! Girls! Girls!'' (1962), '' The Nutty Professor'' (1963), ''The Courtship of ...
(January 1960), actress
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Dorothy Stratten
Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten (February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980), known professionally as Dorothy Stratten, was a Playboy Playmate and actress, originally from Canada. Stratten was the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and Playm ...
(August 1979), actress whose life and murder were portrayed in ''
Star 80
''Star 80'' is a 1983 American biographical drama film written and directed by Bob Fosse. It was adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning ''Village Voice'' article "Death of a Playmate" by Teresa Carpenter and is based on Canadian ''Playboy'' mo ...
'' (1983) and in ''
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story'' (1981)
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Jeana Tomasino
Jeana Ellen Keough ( née Myers; formerly Tomasino; born September 18, 1955) is an American television personality, realtor, actress, and model. Keough graduated from Whitnall High School located in Greenfield, Wisconsin in 1972. When she was y ...
("Jeana Keough") (November 1980), actress, model, original cast member of ''
The Real Housewives of Orange County
''The Real Housewives of Orange County'' (abbreviated ''RHOC'') is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on March 21, 2006. It has aired sixteen seasons and focuses on the personal and professional lives of several wom ...
'', and client on ''
Thintervention with Jackie Warner
''Thintervention with Jackie Warner'' is an American reality television series which premiered on September 6, 2010, on Bravo. The first season averaged 810,000 viewers. The show did not return for a second season.
Premise
The series encompasses ...
''
*
Shannon Tweed
Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons (born March 10, 1957) is a Canadian actress and model. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica, she is identified with the genre of the erotic thriller. Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films and in ...
(November 1981), actress co-star of reality-TV show ''
Gene Simmons Family Jewels
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''
*
Eugena Washington
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(December 2015), fashion model,
''America's Next Top Model'' (cycle 7) contestant
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Kelly Wearstler
Kelly Wearstler (; born November 21, 1967) is an American designer. She founded her own design firm Kelly Wearstler Interior Design (or KWID) in the mid-1990s, serving mainly the hotel industry, and now designs across high-end residential, comme ...
("Kelly Gallagher") (September 1994), designer
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Teri Weigel
Teri Weigel is an American pornographic actress, fashion and nude model and ''Playboy'' Playmate.
Early life
Weigel was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and grew up in Deerfield Beach, Florida. She began modeling while in her teens, appearing i ...
(April 1986),
adult movie
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performer
*
Victoria Zdrok
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(October 1994), attorney,
clinical psychologist,
sex therapist
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; second model to appear as centerfold for both ''Playboy'' and ''
Penthouse
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*Penthouse apartment, a special apartment on the top floor of a building
*Penthouse (magazine), ''Penthouse'' (magazine), a British-founded men's magazine
*Mechanical penthouse, a floor, typically located directly u ...
''
See also
*
List of Penthouse Pets
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*
List of people in Playboy 1953–59
*
List of people in Playboy 1960–69
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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List of people in Playboy 1970–79
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
*
List of people in Playboy 1980–89
*
List of people in Playboy 1990–99
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
*
List of people in Playboy 2000–09
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
*
List of people in Playboy 2010–19
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
*
List of Playboy Playmates of the Month
The following women have appeared in the American or international edition of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month. Those who were also named Playmate of the Year are highlighted in green. A common misconception is that Marilyn Monroe w ...
*
List of Playboy videos
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List of Playmates 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 ...
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Playboy lists
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Kn ...
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Playboy Bunny
A Playboy Bunny is a waitress who works at a Playboy Club and selected through standardized training. Their costumes were made up of lingerie, inspired by the tuxedo-wearing Playboy rabbit mascot. This costume consisted of a strapless corset te ...
References
Other sources
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External links
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Playmate DirectoryAll playmates centerfolds
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