Playmate

A Playmate is a female model featured in Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (or PMOM). The Playmate'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, and likes and dislikes. At the end of the year, one of the twelve Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (or PMOY). Playmates are paid $25,000 USD and the Playmate of the Year receives an additional $100,000 USD plus a car. In addition, Anniversary Playmates are usually chosen to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine. As of August 2005, 622 women have been Playmates, the majority of whom were in their early twenties when their pictorial was taken.

Famous playmates

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

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• Summer Altice (August 2000)
• Pamela Anderson (February 1990) actress and pop personality
• Marliece Andrada (March 1998)
• Brandi Brandt (October 1987)
• Bebe Buell (November 1974) mother of Liv Tyler
• Kimberley Conrad (January 1988) became Mrs. Hugh Hefner
• Carmella DeCesare (April 2003) WWE RAW Diva Search 2004
• Lisa Dergan (July 1998)
• Donna D'Errico (September 1995) actress
• Erika Eleniak (July 1989) actress
• Lauren Michelle Hill (February 2001) winner of the Playmates edition of Fear Factor
• Claudia Jennings (November 1969) B-movie actress in the 1970s; died in auto accident
• Susan Kiger (January 1977) , actress, is the only Playmate to do porn before she became a Playmate.Later 3 times on the cover.
• Nicole Lenz (March 2000)
• DeDe Lind (August 1967) horse breeder
• Janet Lupo (November 1975) largest breast-sized Playmate
• Jayne Mansfield (February 1955) singer and actress; died in auto accident; bio TV movie starred Loni Anderson; daughter Mariska Hargitay is a current TV actress
• Jenny McCarthy (October 1993) actress, comedienne; MTV Singled Out
• Karen McDougal (December 1997) XFL Cheerleader commercials in 2000
• Kelly Marie Monaco (April 1997) actress; winner of Dancing with the Stars TV contest in 2005
• Marilyn Monroe (December 1953) considered a Playmate by the magazine though she was technically "Sweetheart of the Month"
• Susie Owens (March 1988)
• Bettie Page (January 1955) fetishist icon
• Alicia Rickter (October 1995)
• Nikki Schieler (September 1997) actress
• Anna Nicole Smith (June 1992) actress; married "up"
• Martha Smith (July 1973) actress in National Lampoon's Animal House
• Dorothy Stratten (August 1979) actress whose life and murder was protrayed in Star 80
• Lynn Thomas (May 1997)
• Shannon Tweed (November 1981) B-Movies actress; companion of Gene Simmons
• Teri Weigel (April 1986)
• Victoria Zdrok (October 1994)