{{Short description|American model and fashion designer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox model | name = Kelly Carrington | image = Kelly Carrington 2011.jpeg | image_size = | caption = | alt = | birth_name = Kelly Hemberger | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|6|24|mf=yes}} | birth_place = White Plains, New York, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = | yearsactive = | ethnicity = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}<ref name= pigs /> | hair_color = | eye_color = | measurements = | dress_size = | collar = | suit = | shoe_size = | agency = | spouse = <!-- {{marriage|name|start|end}} --> | children = | relatives = | website = <!-- http://www.kellycarrington.com --> | module = {{Infobox Playboy Playmate | embed=yes | issue = October 2008 | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}<ref name= pigs /> | preceded = Valerie Mason | succeeded = Grace Kim }} }} '''Kelly Carrington''' (née '''Hemberger''';<ref>[http://www.tcpalm.com/news/martin-county-grad-playboys-miss-october Martin County grad is Playboy's Miss October]{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218191046/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/martin-county-grad-playboys-miss-october |date=December 18, 2014}}</ref> born June 24, 1986) is an American model and clothing designer. She is the founder and creative director of the luxury swimwear line, Éclairée.<ref name="Éclairée">{{cite web|url=http://eclairee.com/|title= Éclairée: French Inspired Beachwear|date=January 1, 2012}}</ref> She was ''Playboy's'' October 2008 Playmate of the Month.<ref name="pigs">{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=carrington%2C+kelly&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=February 7, 2010}}</ref> She was also featured on the cover of the same issue.<ref name="playboy oct 2008">{{Cite news | publication-date = October 2008 |title=Playmate Kelly Carrington, University of Florida| date = October 2008 | periodical = Playboy | volume = 55 | issue = 10 | pages = Cover (cr | issn = 0032-1478 }}</ref> Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda.<ref name=pigs />
At the time of her ''Playboy'' pictorial, she was attending the University of Florida.<ref name="tcpalm">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/sep/09/martin-county-grad-playboys-miss-october/|title=Martin County grad is Playboy's Miss October|publisher=TCPalm.com|date=September 9, 2008|accessdate=2008-09-12}}</ref><ref name=pboct08>{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|publisher=Playboy Inc.|date=October 2008|title=Gator Maid|volume=55|pages=72–82}}</ref> The magazine issue with her as a cover model had a headline advertising a pictorial of girls of the Big Ten Conference, which doesn't include the University of Florida. In a previous interview,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080909/NEWS/809090158?p=1&tc=pg|title=UF student on cover of Playboy|work=The Gainesville Sun|date=September 9, 2008|accessdate=February 7, 2010|archive-date=June 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615004754/http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080909/NEWS/809090158?p=1&tc=pg|url-status=dead}}</ref> she was misquoted as saying that she was on the cover because she was more attractive than any of the Big Ten women.<ref name=si>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/sioncampus/09/17/carrington/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921003707/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/sioncampus/09/17/carrington/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 21, 2008|title=Meet Miss October|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=September 17, 2008|accessdate=February 7, 2010}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category|Kelly Carrington}} *{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165222/http://www.kellycarrington.net/|title=Official website|date=March 3, 2016}} *{{playmate|kelly-carrington|Kelly Carrington}}
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