Kimberley Conrad (born Kimberley Conradt; August 6, 1962) was chosen as ''
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 ...
''s
Playmate
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 ...
of the Month in January 1988 and became
Playmate of the Year 1989. Conrad was
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of ''Playboy'' magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles which provoked charges of obsc ...
's second wife and is mother to two of his four children.
In 2017, at the age of 55, she duplicated her Playmate of the Year cover along with her cohorts
Renee Tenison,
Candace Collins,
Lisa Matthews,
Cathy St. George,
Charlotte Kemp, and
Monique St. Pierre nearly three decades on.
Life as Mrs. Hefner
Conrad's marriage to ''Playboy'' founder
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of ''Playboy'' magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles which provoked charges of obsc ...
in July 1989 drew worldwide media attention. The comic strip ''
Doonesbury
''Doonesbury'' is a comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the President of the United States
The president ...
'' referred to the event as the belated end of the 1970s. The Hefners had two sons together: Marston Glenn Hefner (who shares his birthday with his father: April 9, 1990) and
Cooper Bradford Hefner (September 4, 1991). Conrad transformed the
Playboy Mansion into a more conservative household for her children.
After nine years of marriage, Conrad and Hefner separated although remained nominally married. Hugh Hefner was quoted, "I would've been happy to divorce her when we separated, but she wanted to remain married for our boys."
Conrad then moved into a house next door to the Playboy Mansion. After an 11-year separation, Hefner filed for divorce stating irreconcilable differences in September 2009 after his youngest child turned 18;
the divorce was finalized in March 2010.
See also
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List of people in Playboy 1980–1989
This list of people in ''Playboy'' 1980–1989 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in ''Playboy'' magazine in the years 1980 through 1989. Not all of the people featured in the magazine are pictured in the nude.
Entries in indicate t ...
References
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1962 births
Living people
People from Moulton, Alabama
1980s Playboy Playmates
Playboy Playmates of the Year
Hefner family
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