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.

Playmate Firsts

• First African-American Playmate: Jennifer Jackson, Miss March 1965
• First Asian-American Playmate: China Lee, Miss August 1964
• First Jewish-American Playmate: Cindy Fuller, Miss May 1959 was probably the first Jewish Playmate, although Playboy does not record Playmates' religions.
• First sisters to be Playmates: Janice Pennington, Miss May 1971, and Ann Pennington, Miss March 1976
• First twins to be Playmates: Mary and Madeleine Collinson, Misses October 1970
• First triplets to be Playmates: Erica, Nicole and Jaclyn Dahm, Misses December 1998
• First mother and daughter to be Playmates: Carol Eden, Miss December 1960, and her daughter Simone Eden, Miss February 1989
• First unrelated Playmates to appear in the same month: Pat Sheehan and Mara Corday, Misses October 1958
• First Playmate to be younger than Playboy: Monica Tidwell, Miss November 1973 (she was born in January 1954, when Playboy's second issue was on the newsstand)