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__NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1989, the 35th anniversary year of the publication. ''
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'' magazine names its
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each month throughout the year.


January

Fawna MacLaren (born December 18, 1965, in
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) is an American
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and actress. She was chosen as ''
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'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 January 1989. She was selected as Playboy's 35th Anniversary Playmate after a nationwide search. She was paid $35,000 for her centerfold. Several years later, she appeared in one of ''Playboys ''Wet & Wild'' home videos.


February

Simone Fleurice Eden (born Simone Howe on June 14, 1970, in
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) is an American
model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the Plan_(drawing), plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a mea ...
and actress. She 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 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 February 1989 issue. She is the first Playmate whose mother (Carol Eden) had also been a Playmate of the Month: as a result, the two appeared together on an episode of the 2006 revival of the TV series ''
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''.


March

Laurie Jo Wood (born June 23, 1967, in
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) is an American
model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the Plan_(drawing), plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a mea ...
and actress. She 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 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 March 1989 issue.


April

Jennifer Lyn Jackson (March 21, 1969 – January 22, 2010) of
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,
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, was ''
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'' 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 April 1989. She was also one of three finalists for the magazine's 35th Anniversary pictorial. Outtakes from her Playmate pictorial, which was shot by
Arny Freytag Arny Freytag (born April 12, 1950) is an American photographer who specializes in glamour photography. He began working for ''Playboy'' magazine in 1976 and at one time was one of only two photographers who produced the ''Playboy'' centerfold pho ...
, appeared in ''
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'' several times following her centerfold appearance. Jackson graduated from
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in 1986 and went on to study business and finance at
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. A long time drug addict, on January 22, 2010, Jackson was found dead from a heroin overdose by her husband, James Thompson, in their trailer park home in
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.


May

Monique Noel (born April 28, 1967, in
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) is a
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and actress. She 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 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 May 1989. Her
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was photographed by
Richard Fegley Leon Richard Fegley (November 29, 1936 – September 15, 2001) was a professional photographer who worked for ''Playboy'' magazine for 30 years. Fegley started taking photos during a stint in the United States Air Force and eventually attended th ...
.


June

Tawnni Cable (born 1 May 1967 in
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) is an American
model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the Plan_(drawing), plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a mea ...
and actress. She 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 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 June, 1989 and has appeared in numerous ''Playboy'' videos. She played a small role in an episode of ''
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'' and appeared with four other Playmates on an all-star episode of ''
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''.


July

Erika Eleniak (born September 29, 1969) is an American ''
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''
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 ...
and actress, perhaps best known for her role in ''
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'' as
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. Eleniak had several roles in television before her Playmate selection. ''Playboy'' featured her on two covers and later as the centerfold in the July 1989 issue.


August

Gianna Amore (born April 5, 1968, in
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) is an American
model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the Plan_(drawing), plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a mea ...
and actress. She 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 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 August, 1989 and has appeared in ''Playboy'' videos. She is of Italian descent.


September

Karin and Mirjam van Breeschooten (born 15 November 1970 in
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) are twin sisters who were ''
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'' magazine's Playmates of the Month for September 1989.''Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds ''(Chronicle Books 2008) ()


October

Karen Foster (born April 21, 1965, in
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) is an American
model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the Plan_(drawing), plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a mea ...
and actress. She 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 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 October, 1989.


November

Reneé Tenison (born December 2, 1968, in
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) is an American model and actress. Reneé has three older brothers and an identical twin sister, Rosie, who also works as a model. Rosie and Renee posed in the August 2002 issue of ''
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'' together. Tenison appeared as the
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 ...
in the November 1989 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year for 1990, the first PMOY of
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descent. In 2001, she was selected as one of the ten sexiest women of the year by the readers of ''Black Men'' magazine.


December

Petra Charlotte Verkaik (pronounced PAYT-rah ver-KIKE; born November 4, 1966, in Los Angeles) is a
model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the Plan_(drawing), plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a mea ...
. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she attended acting classes. She needed a
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and did a trade with a photographer to get free headshots in exchange for modeling for him. The modeling photographs were clothed. The photographer sent her photographs to ''Playboy'' who called her to work with them. In an interview with the ''
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'', Verkaik expressed that she never wanted to do nude modeling and that she thought "all those girls were whores and sluts." Three months later, she was
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 December 1989 after first appearing in the ''Great Playmate Hunt Special Edition'' in February 1989. Verkaik started her own
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in 1995, called Pin-Up Girls, making her the first ''Playboy'' model to start her own production company instead of producing videos strictly through ''Playboy''. Pin-Up Girls produced videos and calendars. Starting the company left her $60,000 in debt. In 1997, she was named Playboy Model of the Year. In 2001, the readers of Playboy voted her "the sexiest Playmate of the 1980s." Verkaik made numerous minor movie and television appearances. In the early 1990s, Verkaik had minor roles in ''
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'' and '' Love Potion No. 9''. In 1996, Verkaik starred in an episode of '' Married... with Children''. In 1999, Verkaik starred in the science fiction comedy ''
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'', but her role was ultimately cut from the theatrical release. In January 2002, Verkaik attended the Foothill High School
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in
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, with a 17-year-old high school student named Toby Hocking. Hocking wrote a college essay, and Verkaik was given it by a friend who told her that he couldn't get a prom date. Verkaik read the college essay and offered to be Hocking's date, which garnered publicity. The headmaster of Foothill High School had no issue with Verkaik being Hocking's date, provided she did not wear anything "strapless or sheer".


See also

*
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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