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2004 Playmate of the Year Carmella DeCesare meets with fans
2004 Playmate of the Year Carmella DeCesare meets with fans

A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (or PMOM). A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy The PMOM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, as well as a short biography and the "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs. The centerfold of a Magazine refers to a Picture printed on a single sheet of paper and inserted in the middle of the publication At the end of the year, one of the twelve Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOY). Playmates of the Month are paid $25,000 USD and the Playmate of the Year receives an additional $100,000 USD plus a car and a motorcycle. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been In addition, Anniversary Playmates are usually chosen to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine. As of May 2008, 655 women have been Playmates of the Month. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Playboy encourages potential Playmates to send photos with "girl next door" appeal for consideration; others may submit photos of Playmate candidates, and are eligible for a $2,500 USD finder's fee if their model is selected. For other uses see Girl Next Door. The cultural and sexual stereotype of the girl next door is invoked in American contexts In addition, "casting calls" are held regularly in major U. S. cities to offer opportunities for women to test for Playboy. The Playboy photographers and Hugh Hefner then select which models become Playmates. Glamour photography is the photographing of a model with the emphasis on the subject Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9 1926 is an American Magazine Publisher, and best known as the editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine The Playmate of the Year is chosen personally by Hugh Hefner, taking into account an annual readers' poll.

According to Playboy,[1] there is no such thing as a former Playmate, “Once a Playmate, always a Playmate”.

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History

See also: #Playmate firsts

Marilyn Monroe, who was featured in the first issue, was the only one to appear as "Sweetheart of the Month". Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma The first model called a Playmate of the Month was Margie Harrison, Miss January 1954, in the second issue of Playboy. Margie Harrison is an American Actress and model. Strictly speaking Margie Harrison was both Playboy's first Centerfold as well as Generally a woman may only appear once as a Playmate, but in the early years of the magazine some models were featured multiple times. Marilyn Waltz (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. Marilyn Ardith Waltz (born November 5 1931 in Waukesha Wisconsin, died December 23 2006 in Medford Oregon) was an American Actress and Marilyn Ardith Waltz (born November 5 1931 in Waukesha Wisconsin, died December 23 2006 in Medford Oregon) was an American Actress and Janet Pilgrim (born Charlaine Edith Karalus on June 13 1934 in Wheaton Illinois) is an American model and actress. Margie Harrison (January 1954, June 1954) and Marguerite Empey (May 1955, February 1956) are the only other women to appear more than once as Playmates. Marguerite Diane Empey (July 27 1932—August 19 2008 was an American model and actress

Under current law in most U. S. jurisdictions, publishing nude pictures of a model younger than 18 would be a felony. While the phrase age of consent typically does not appear in legal Statutes when used with in relation to sexual activity, the age of consent is the minimum age at However, in the early years of the magazine, laws regarding corruption of a minor were less well established. Several playmates - including Nancy Crawford (April 1959), Donna Michelle (December 1963), Linda Moon (October 1966), Patti Reynolds (September 1965) and Teddi Smith (July 1960) - posed when they were seventeen. Nancy Crawford (born April 16 1941 in Valhalla New York) is an American model. Donna Michelle (December 8 1945 Los Angeles Calif – April 9 2004 Ukiah Calif Linda Moon (born 24 September 1948 in Michigan) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1966 Patti Reynolds (born 28 May 1948 in Chicago Illinois) is an American model and actress who was Playboy Teddi Smith (born Delilah Henry on September 21 1942 in Hastings Nebraska) is an American model. Gina Goldberg (May 1981) after emigrating from Finland lied about her age and said she was 21 when she was really still seventeen when she posed. Gina Goldberg (born Tina Virenius June 30, 1963 in Turku) is a Finnish model, actress and Singer Elizabeth Ann Roberts (January 1958) - whose pictorial was called "Schoolmate Playmate" - posed when she was sixteen. Elizabeth Ann Roberts (born August 4 1941 is an American model. 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 eighteen before the photoshoot. [2] In more recent years, Ursula Buchfellner posed for the German edition of Playboy when she was sixteen and subsequently posed for the American edition (October 1979) when she was eighteen. Ursula Buchfellner (born June 8, 1961 in Munich Germany) is a German model and Actress. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Dutch Playmate twins Karin and Mirjam van Breeschooten appeared at age seventeen in their country's edition of Playboy in June 1988, at eighteen they were Misses September 1989 in the US version. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Karen and Mirjam van Breeschooten (born 15 November 1970 in Rotterdam Netherlands) are twin sisters who were Playboy magazine's Playmates The youngest - i. e. last born - Playmate, as of October 2007 is Spencer Scott, born April 4, 1989. Spencer Scott (born April 4 1989 is an American model who was the Playboy Playmate for October 2007 Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

Although most Playmates appear around an average age of 22,[3] there are some women who became Playmates in their 30's. Dolores Donlon (August 1957), Janis Schmitt (February 1978), Eloise Broady (April 1988), Gillian Bonner (April 1996) and Tiffany Fallon (December 2004 and PMOY 2005) had turned 30 just before their Playmatehood. Dolores Donlon is the pseudonym of Patricia Vaniver (born September 19 1926 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) who is an American model and Janis Schmitt (born March 14, 1947 in St Louis Missouri) is an American model and actress. Eloise Broady (born May 13, 1957) is an American model and actress. Gillian Bonner (born February 3 1966 in Athens Georgia) was Playboy 's Miss April 1996 Tiffany Fallon (born May 1, 1974 in Ft Lauderdale Florida) is Playboy 's Playmate of the Year 2005 Bettie Page (January 1955), Susie Owens (March 1988) and Arlene Baxter (December 1993) were 31. Bettie Mae Page (born Betty Mae Page April 22 1923 in Nashville Tennessee) is a former American model who became famous in the 1950s for Susie Diane Owens is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy 's Playmate of the Month for March Arlene Baxter (born November 27 1962 in Oceanside California) is an American model and actress Miss May 1985 Kathy Shower was a Playmate at 32, and at 33 became the oldest PMOY so far. Kathleen Ann Shower (born March 8 1953 is an American model and actress Cindy Brooks (April 1985) and Julianna Young (November 1993) were aged 33. Cindy Brooks is an American model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy'' 's Playmate of the month in April 1985 Julianna Young is an American Nude model. She was chosen as Playboy 's Playmate of the Month for November 1993 Since January 2003 Rebecca Ramos is the oldest Playmate to date, appearing at the age of 35. Rebecca Anne Ramos (born August 26 1967 is an American model and actress. Unfortunately some Playmates never even got to that age. Jayne Mansfield (34 - car accident), Linné Ahlstrand (30 - cancer), Paige Young (30 - overdose sleeping pills), Claudia Jennings (29 - car accident), Tonya Crews (28 - car accident), Elisa Bridges (28 - intoxication), Sue Williams (23 - suicide) and Willy Rey (23 - overdose sleeping pills) all died young. Jayne Mansfield (April 19 1933 – June 29 1967 was an American actress working both on Broadway and in Hollywood. Linné Nanette Ahlstrand (born July 1 1936 in Chicago &mdash died January 18 1967 (aged 30 in Pasadena California) was an American model and Paige Young (born 16 March 1944 in Los Angeles &mdash died 13 July 1974 in Los Angeles) was Playboy Claudia Jennings (born Mary Eileen Chesterton, December 20 1949 Saint Paul Minnesota &mdash died October 3 1979 Malibu California) was an Tonya Crews (born Alice Crews on February 2 1938 in Oklahoma, died August 7 1966 was an American model. Elisa Rebeca Bridges ( May 24, 1973 - February 7, 2002) was a Houston -raised American model and Actress Sue Williams ( November 14, 1945 - September 2, 1969) was an Actress and Playboy magazine's Playmate Willy Rey (born Wilhelmina Rietveld on August 29 1949 in Rotterdam Holland, died August 13 1973 in Vancouver But Carol Willis (car accident) and Dorothy Stratten (murdered by her husband), who both died within a year and a half after their Playmate appearance, were only 20 years old. Carol Willis is the name of Carol Willis - architectural historian founding director of the Skyscraper Museum, and professor of urban studies and planning at Dorothy Stratten (28 February 1960 – 14 August 1980 was a Canadian model and actress

In the 1950s it was generally agreed that nude photographs were not pornographic unless they showed pubic hair. Pubic hair is Hair in the frontal Genital area the crotch, and sometimes at the top of the inside of the legs these areas form the pubic region Respectable photography was careful to come close to, but not cross over the "line of decency. " With Playmates it was usually the case that the pubic area would be obscured by an item of clothing, a leg, or a piece of furniture. Eventually, after Playboy's rival magazine Penthouse had appeared (in 1965 in the UK), both magazines strove to show just a little bit more than the other, the so-called Pubic Wars. Penthouse, a Men 's Magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and Soft-core pornographic pictorials The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Pubic Wars, a Pun on the Punic Wars, is the name given to the rivalry between the Pornographic magazines Playboy and Penthouse The first Playmate to show pubic hair on her centerfold, from a side angle, was Melodye Prentiss, Miss July 1968, some 15 years after the magazine's introduction. Melodye Prentiss (nee Panchesin born 14 December 1944 in Chicago Illinois) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month A few more glimpses of pubic hair appeared in some pictorials and centerfolds, but it wasn't until January 1971 when Liv Lindeland, after 18 years and 216 issues, showed clearly visible pubic hair in her pictorial, it generated a tremendous amount of media and popular attention. Liv Lindeland (born 7 December 1945 Norway) is a Norwegian model and actress. The first Playmate to clearly have the first full frontal nude centerfold was Miss January 1972, Marilyn Cole. Marilyn Cole (born 7 May 1949 Portsmouth, England) was Playboy magazine's January 1972 Playmate of the Month, as well as 1973's They both went on to become Playmate of the Year.

As the trend of playmates showing pubic hair continued through the following decades, it gradually brought along a styling of the pubic hair. The mid 1970s still saw a lot of "1970's playboy" - natural and unstyled looks. During the latter half of the decade and the early 1980s it evolved into a more attended "bermuda triangle" and "brazilian" style, which remained well into the 1990s. First seen in the mid '80s and common in the next decade, was the "landing strip," a small vertical patch, which even today can often be seen. Numerous stylings came to show at the end of the 1990s and into the 21st century. Eventually, in September 2001, Dalene Kurtis became the first Playmate to appear without any pubic hair. Dalene Kurtis (born November 12, 1977 in Apple Valley California Other trends, started in the 1990s and more common today, are the appearances of body piercing, such as navel piercing, and tattoos. Body piercing is the practice of puncturing or cutting a part of the Human body, creating an opening in which jewelry may be worn Navel Piercing (also referred to as belly button piercing is a type of Body piercing. A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of Skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons

Playmate of the Year

In the early days of Playboy magazine there was no official prize for the most popular playmate at the end of each year. Although February 1954 Playmate Marilyn Waltz gained much popularity, as she received more fan mail than any other Playmate that year, she wasn't crowned PMOY. Marilyn Ardith Waltz (born November 5 1931 in Waukesha Wisconsin, died December 23 2006 in Medford Oregon) was an American Actress and Neither was Joyce Nizzari, Miss December 1958, who in 1959 was named the "most popular" Playmate of 1958. Joyce Nizzari (born May 20 1940 in The Bronx New York) is an American model, dancer and actress. [4] Although December 1956 Playmate Lisa Winters was named Playmate of the Year,[5] the PMOY competition was first won in 1960 by Miss December 1959, Ellen Stratton. Lisa Winters (born March 6 1937 in Florida) is an American model. Ellen Stratton (born June 9 1939 in Marietta Mississippi) is an American model. Since 1960 there have been 49 Playmates of the Year, with 2008's PMOY Jayde Nicole being number 49 it means that one of the Playmates of 2008 will be PMOY number 50. Jayde Nicole (born February 19 1986 in Scarborough Ontario) is a Canadian model.

Traditionally, PMOYs are announced in May of each year at a media luncheon at the Playboy Mansion. The Playboy Mansion (also known as the Playboy Mansion West out of reference to the original Playboy Mansion that was located in Chicago at 1340 N Each year's Playmate of the Year appears on the cover of her PMOY issue - in which her PMOY pictorial is featured, usually the June, sometimes the May or July issue of the next year after her first appearance in the magazine. However, from 2003 to 2005, PMOYs did not appear on the covers of their PMOY issues, and 2007 PMOY Sara Jean Underwood did not either. Sara Jean Underwood (born March 26, 1984) is an American model and Student. Instead, celebrities appearing in celebrity pictorials in the PMOY issues have appeared on the covers.

The average age of a Playmate of the Year - 23 - is slightly higher than that of a Playmate of the Month. [6][7] In 1964, at the age of 18, Donna Michelle became the youngest PMOY ever. Donna Michelle (December 8 1945 Los Angeles Calif – April 9 2004 Ukiah Calif Jo Collins (1965) and Christa Speck (1962) both were 19. Jo Collins (birthname Janet Canoy, born August 5 1945 in Lebanon Oregon) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for December Christa Speck (born August 1 1942 in Danzig Germany (now Gdańsk, Poland) is a German model and actress. Sharon Clark (1971) and Karen McDougal (1998) became PMOY at the age of 27. Sharon Clark (born Sharon Olivia Weber on October 15 1943 in Seminole Oklahoma) is an American model and actress Karen McDougal (born March 23 1971 is an American model and actor Only two women became PMOY in their 30s: Tiffany Fallon (2005) at 31, and Kathy Shower (1986) at 33. Tiffany Fallon (born May 1, 1974 in Ft Lauderdale Florida) is Playboy 's Playmate of the Year 2005 Kathleen Ann Shower (born March 8 1953 is an American model and actress

Notable Playmates

Playmates who became known for more than their Playboy appearance(s) include (with the date of their appearance):

Anniversary Playmates

Playmate firsts

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Playboy.com: Playmate Milestones
  2. ^ a b Acocella, Joan. The Miss USA Beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant Shanna Lynn Moakler (born March 28 1975 is an American model actor and reality television star This list of people in Playboy 1953&ndash1959 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in Playboy Magazine during the years This list of people in Playboy 1960&ndash1969 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in Playboy Magazine during the years This list of people in Playboy 1970&ndash1979 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in Playboy Magazine during the years This list of people in Playboy 1980&ndash1989 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in Playboy Magazine during the years This list of people in Playboy 1990&ndash1999 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in Playboy Magazine during the This list of people in Playboy 2000 &ndash present is a catalog of women and men who appeared in Playboy Magazine during or after This is a listing of Playboy Playmates by the place of birth given in the playmate's profile Playboy Videos are a series of videos released by Playboy Enterprises Inc Pubic Wars, a Pun on the Punic Wars, is the name given to the rivalry between the Pornographic magazines Playboy and Penthouse "The Girls Next Door", The New Yorker, 2006-03-20, p. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.  144. Retrieved on 2006-06-06. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year  
  3. ^ Information and Questions Regarding Playboy Magazine and Naked Playboy Models.
  4. ^ Caskets On Parade ... Cumulative Database ... Still Alive: "N". Retrieved on 2007-02-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne
  5. ^ Information and Questions Regarding Playboy Magazine and Naked Playboy Models.
  6. ^ Playmates over the Years - Age at Playmate of the Year.
  7. ^ Information and Questions Regarding Playboy Magazine and Naked Playboy Models.

References


External links

Dictionary

playmate

-noun

  1. A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.
  2. A female who has appeared in Playboy magazine.
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