A Playmate is a female

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Playboy ''Playboy'' (stylized in all caps) is an American men's Lifestyle journalism, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $ ...

'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a

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 (on a short-term lease) 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 (vol 1, #1). They were also termed "Playboy Bunny". ''Playboy'' encourages potential Playmates to send photos with "

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" 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 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. Hefner extended the ''Playboy ...

, 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

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, 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 __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1954. ''Playboy'' magazine named 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 __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1954. ''Playboy'' magazine named its Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. Prior to September 1959, Playmates were not asked to complete data sheets. Jan ...

(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 (born 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 actr ...

(May 1955, February 1956) are the only other women to appear more than once as Playmates.

Underage nudity

Several playmates including Nancy Crawford (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 (October 1966),

Patti Reynolds Patti Reynolds (born May 28, 1948) is an American model and actress who was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month for its September 1965 issue (at the age of 17). Her centerfold was photographed by Stan Malinowski. She al ...

(September 1965) and

Teddi Smith __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1960. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Stella Stevens (born Estelle Caro Eggleston; October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023) w ...

(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 Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month for its October 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Weissbrich. Buchfellner also was 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 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 (August 1957) is the oldest Playmate to date, appearing in her shoot at the age of 36.

Playmate firsts

* First Playmate:

(Miss January 1954) in the second issue of ''Playboy''.

, 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:

(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 Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month for the March 1956 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ruth Sondak, and was the ...

(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 Marilyn Joan Long ( Watts; January 3, 1930 – February 9, 2025), known professionally as Mara Corday, was an American actress, showgirl, model and ''Playboy'' Playmate who was a 1950s cult figure during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Early li ...

(Misses October 1958) * First Playmate to become Playmate of the Year (1960):

Ellen Stratton __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1959, the 5th anniversary year of the publication. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Virginia Gordon (born October 28, 1936, in ...

(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. A ...

(Miss August 1964) * First African-American Playmate: Jennifer Jackson (Miss March 1965) * First twin Playmates Mary Collinson 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 Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month in October 1970, together with her twin sister Mary Collinson. They ...

(Miss October 1970) * First Playmate to show clearly visible

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Liv Lindeland Liv Lindeland (born 7 December 1945) is a Norwegian former model and actress. 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 photographed by A ...

(Miss January 1971) Glimpse of visible

Melodye Prentiss __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1968. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Connie Kreski (September 19, 1946 – March 21, 1995), an American model and actress, ...

(Miss July 1968); * First Playmate to pose for a full frontal

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centerfold:

Marilyn Cole Marilyn Cole (born 7 May 1949) was ''Playboy'' magazine's January 1972 Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month. She was the magazine's first full-frontal nude centerfold. She also became 1973's Playmate of the Year, becoming the only Briton to h ...

(Miss January 1972) * First Playmate to pose for a full frontal

centerfold with clearly visible entire pubic hair:

Bonnie Large __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1973. ''Playboy'' magazine names their Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Miki Garcia (born February 17, 1947, in Kingman, Arizona) is an Ame ...

(Miss March 1973) * First

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Playmate: Ester Cordet (Miss October 1974) was from

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. * First cousins to be Playmates:

Elaine Morton __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1970. ''Playboy'' magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Jill Taylor (born October 14, 1951, in Van Nuys, California) is an American model. She ...

(Miss June 1970) and Karen Elaine Morton (Miss July 1978) * First

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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 older ...

(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 __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 2001. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Irina Voronina (Russian: Ирина Воронина, born December 19, 1977, in Dzerz ...

(Miss September 2001) * First

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Playmate of the Year: Raquel Pomplun (2013 and Miss April 2012) * First openly transgender Playmate:

Ines Rau Ines-Loan Rau (born March, 1990) is a French actress, model, and writer. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 2017 and the first openly transgender Playmate. Ines-Loan Rau made history as the first transgender woman ...

(Miss November 2017) * First amputee Playmate: Marsha Elle (Miss April 2020) * First digital-only Playmate: Priscilla Huggins (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

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, 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,

. The 2009 PMOY,

Ida Ljungqvist Ida Ljungqvist (born September 27, 1981) is a Tanzanian-Swedish model and the first African-born person to be selected as a Playboy Playmate of the Month and the 50th Playmate of the Year. Career She was discovered by 2007 Playmate of the Y ...

, was the 50th PMOTY and the second model of African descent to win the title, the first being

. 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 (person), model, television host and actress who was chosen as the Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month for the July 2006 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine. and later became List of ...

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'' magazi ...

, did appear on the cover, and was the first model to be the subject of a

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''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,

became the youngest PMOY ever.

Jo Collins Janet Canoy (born August 5, 1945 in Lebanon, Oregon), known professionally as Jo Collins, is ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1964 and Playmate of the Year for 1965. Her original pictorial was photographed by Mario Casil ...

(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 Sharon Clark (born October 15, 1943, in Seminole, Oklahoma) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for August 1970. She was selected as the Playmate of the Year for 1971. Her centerfold was photographed by ...

(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 in 1998, and for her alleged 10-month to year-lo ...

(1998) and

(2009) became PMOTY at the age of 27. Only three women became PMOTY in their 30s:

Tiffany Fallon Tiffany Nicole Fallon (born May 1, 1974) is an American model. In 2004, she was photographed by Stephen Wayda for ''Playboy'' and was named Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month for December. She was also named List of Playmates of the Year, P ...

(2005) at 31,

Kathy Shower Kathleen Ann Shower (born March 8, 1953) 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 3rd oldest( after Dolores Donlo ...

(1986) at 33, and

Eugena Washington Eugena Washington is an American model and actress. She came third on season 7 of ''America's Next Top Model''. She was a ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Year, and was the last one to be announced by Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. Early life 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, model and media personality. She rose to prominence after being selected as the February 1990 ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month. She went on to make regular appearan ...

(February 1990), actress * Marina Baker (March 1987), journalist,

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, East Sussex, England *

Bebe Buell Beverle Lorence "Bebe" Buell ( ; born July 14, 1953) is an American singer and former model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's November 1974 Playmate of the Month. Buell moved to New York in 1972 after signing a modeling contract with Eileen Ford, ...

(November 1974), author and mother of

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(July 1998), spokesmodel for St. Pauli Girl and

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correspondent *

Daphnée Duplaix Daphnée Lynn Duplaix (born August 18, 1976) is an American actress and model. After beginning her career as an actress in 1996, Duplaix appeared as the July 1997 centerfold as ''Playboy''s Playmate of the Month. In addition to appearing in sev ...

(July 1997), actress *

(April 2009), television host and contestant on ''

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'' *

Erika Eleniak Erika Eleniak (born September 29, 1969) is an American-Canadian 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 fil ...

(July 1989), actress * Lindsey Gayle Evans (October 2009),

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(December 2004),

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2001, model, actress and ''

'' 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

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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, later becoming Playmate of ...

(November 1969), actress * Scarlett Keegan (September 2004), former child model, international print model, actress minor roles include: '' Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story'', HBO's ''

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'', and

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's "

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" 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 w ...

(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, ''Playboy'' Playmate, and sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was known for her numerous publicity stunts and open personal life. He ...

(February 1955), singer and actress * Shae Marks (May 1994), actress *

Jenny McCarthy Jennifer Ann McCarthy-Wahlberg (' McCarthy; born November 1, 1972) is an American actress, model, television personality, and anti-vaccine activist. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for ''Playboy'' magazine and was later named thei ...

(October 1993), actress, author, comedian; MTV's ''

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'' * Julie McCullough (February 1986), actress played nanny "Julie Costello" on several episodes of ''

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'' until she was fired for having posed nude in ''Playboy''. *

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(December 2001),

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, and co-star of reality TV show ''

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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 Born in Toledo, Ohio and attending Woodward High School, Mye ...

(December 1968), actress *

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model *

Janice Pennington Janice Maurine Pennington (born July 8, 1942) is an American former model and one of the original "Barker's Beauties" on ''The Price Is Right''. As its longest-serving model, Pennington was with the show from its premiere in 1972 until 2000. She ...

(May 1971), model on ''

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'' *

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 ''

'' contestant *

Shauna Sand Shauna Sand (born September 2, 1971) is an American actress, model and ''Playboy'' Magazine's Centerfold 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 Sc ...

(May 1996), actress * Nikki Schieler (September 1997), actress *

Anna Nicole Smith Vickie Lynn Marshall (née Hogan; November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model, actress, and television personality. Smith started her career as a ''Playboy'' magazine centerfold in M ...

(May 1992),

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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 actress, singer, Playboy Playmate, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder. She participated in Miss World 1993, then branching into modelling ...

(December 1996), Swedish supermodel, actress, radio and TV hostess, published singer, and a former national-level skier in Sweden *

Martha Smith Martha Anne Smith (born October 16, 1952) is an American actress, television personality, real estate broker, and former model. Career Modeling In July 1973, Smith was selected as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month. Her centerfold fea ...

(July 1973), actress * Stella Stevens (January 1960), actress * Dorothy Stratten (August 1979), actress whose life and murder were portrayed in ''Star 80'' (1983) and in ''Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story'' (1981) * Jeana Keough, Jeana Tomasino ("Jeana Keough") (November 1980), actress, model, original cast member of ''The Real Housewives of Orange County'', and client on ''Jackie Warner#Thintervention show, Thintervention with Jackie Warner'' * Shannon Tweed (November 1981), actress co-star of reality-TV show ''Gene Simmons Family Jewels'' *

(December 2015), fashion model, America's Next Top Model (cycle 7), ''America's Next Top Model'' (cycle 7) contestant * Kelly Wearstler ("Kelly Gallagher") (September 1994), designer * Teri Weigel (April 1986), adult movie performer * Victoria Zdrok (October 1994), attorney, clinical psychologist, sex therapist; second model to appear as centerfold for both ''Playboy'' and ''Penthouse (magazine), Penthouse''

Photographers

Arny Freytag holds the record as the photographer who has captured the highest number of Playmates in ''Playboy'''s history, while Ana Dias (photographer), Ana Dias is the female photographer recognized for photographing the most Playmates of the Month.

References

Other sources * *

External links

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Playmate Directory

All playmates centerfolds
{{PMOYs Playboy Playmates, Playboy

History

Underage nudity

Playmate firsts

Playmate of the Year

Notable Playmates

Photographers

See also

References

External links