List of Playboy Playmates of 2008

{{Short description|none}} __NOTOC__ The following is a list of '''Playboy Playmates of 2008'''. ''Playboy'' magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

==January== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Sandra Nilsson | image = SandraNilsson.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Nilsson in 2008 | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Ystad, Sweden<ref>Playmate Data Sheet, Playboy, January 2008</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|2|17}} | height = {{convert|5|ft|9|in}} }} {{commons category|Sandra Nilsson}} '''Sandra Nilsson''' (born 17 February 1986 in Ystad, Sweden) is a Swedish model who is the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for January 2008.<ref>[http://www.playboyenterprises.com/pbtv_schedule/index.cfm?mode=details&day=29&month=12&year=2007&timezone=eastern&detail_id=387938&channel=PBEN&channel_ind=0 Playboy Enterprises]</ref> {{clear}}

==February== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Michelle McLaughlin | image = Michelle-McLaughlin Bielawski 080823.jpg | imagesize = | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Redwood City, California, U.S. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1986|6|19}}<ref>Playmate Data Sheet, Playboy February 2008</ref> | height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in}} {{convert|115|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} }} {{commons category|Michelle McLaughlin}} '''Michelle McLaughlin''' (born June 19, 1986) is ''Playboy''{{'}}s Playmate of the Month for February 2008. She was married to sports reporter and former baseball player (2010–2013) F. P. Santangelo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/2009/08/11/2098897/hometown-report-fp-lands-on-his.html|title=Hometown report: F.P. lands on his feet at SportsNet|access-date=April 26, 2010}}{{dead link|date=October 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> {{clear}}

==March== {{main|Ida Ljungqvist}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Ida Ljungqvist | image = Ida_Ljungqvist_2_2010.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Ljungqvist in 2010 | birth_name = | birth_place = Tanzania<ref name=wkp /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|9|27}} | height = {{convert|5|ft|4|in}}<ref name=wkp /> | pmoy-year = 2009 | pmoy-preceded = Jayde Nicole | pmoy-succeeded = Hope Dworaczyk }}

'''Ida Ljungqvist''' (born September 27, 1981) is a Tanzanian-Swedish model. She is ''Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for March 2008 and the 2009 Playmate of the Year.<ref name=wkp>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=2008&limit=0|title=Playmate listing|access-date=March 31, 2009}}</ref> She is the first African-born and second Swedish model to be named a Playmate of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vegasdeluxe.com/blogs/luxe-life/2009/may/02/ida-ljungqvist-chosen-emplayboyems-playmate-year/ |title=Ida Ljungqyist is chosen Playmate of the Year |access-date=2009-05-03 |publisher=Vegas Deluxe |date=2009-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006034727/http://www.vegasdeluxe.com/blogs/luxe-life/2009/may/02/ida-ljungqvist-chosen-emplayboyems-playmate-year/ |archive-date=2011-10-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==April== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Regina Deutinger | image = | imagesize = 150px | caption = Deutinger in 2006 | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Munich, West Germany | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|9|17}} | height = {{convert|5|ft|9|in}} }} '''Regina Deutinger''' (born 17 September 1982) is a German model and is the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for April 2008. She was also Playmate of the Month for the German edition of Playboy in October 2006,<ref name="bild1">{{cite news | url= http://www.bild.de/BTO/news/aktuell/2006/09/14/playmate-regina-deutinger-oktoberfest/playmate-regina-deutnger-oktoberfest.html | title= Regina, das Wiesn-Playmate | publisher=Bild (in German) | date= September 14, 2006 | access-date= April 21, 2010}}</ref> known as the "Oktoberfest" (or "Wiesn") playmate.<ref name="bild2">{{cite news | url= http://www.bild.de/BILD/regional/muenchen/leute/2009/07/21/wiesn-playmate-2009/aktion-verlaengert.html | title= Werde das neue Wiesn-Playmate | publisher=Bild (in German) | date= July 21, 2009 | access-date= April 21, 2010}}(reporting that being named a Wiesn playmate has been a major career springboard)</ref> She was born in Munich, West Germany. {{clear}}

==May== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = AJ Alexander | image = | imagesize = 150px | caption = | issue = | birth_name = Amanda Jane Herrmann | birth_place = Evansville, Indiana, U.S.<ref name="PB"/> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|9|16|mf=yes}} | height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in}}<ref name="PB"/> }} '''Amanda Jane Herrmann'''<ref name=Courier>{{cite web|url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/apr/02/harrison-grad-is-miss-may|title=Harrison grad is Miss May|access-date=2008-04-04|last=Davis|first=Rich|date=2008-04-02|work=Evansville Courier & Press}}</ref>(born September 16, 1980) is an American model and actress, better known by her stage name, '''AJ Alexander'''. She is the Playmate of the Month for the May 2008 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine.<ref name = "PB">Freytag, Arny (Photographer) "All American AJ", ''Playboy'',|volume=55|issue=5| pg. 74-85, May 2008</ref> She made her film debut in the comedy ''The Pool Boys'', in which she played a deaf DJ.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://savvy.com/savvy_girls/featured/aj_alexander|title=Savvy.com|access-date=2008-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312101236/http://savvy.com/savvy_girls/featured/aj_alexander|archive-date=2008-03-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==June== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate | name = Juliette Fretté | image = | imagesize = 150px | caption = | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Santa Clara, California, U.S.<ref name=Data>{{cite magazine|title=Playmate Data Sheet|date=June 2008|magazine=Playboy}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|12|25}} |signature = Signature of Juliette Fretté (2).png |module = | height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in}}<ref name=Data/> }} {{main|Juliette Fretté}} '''Juliette Rose Fretté''' (born December 25, 1983)<ref name=junkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=2008&limit=0|title=Playboy Playmates listing|access-date=2008-05-03}}</ref> is an American artist, writer, and model. Fretté is the Playmate of the Month for the June 2008 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine, and wrote the article text that accompanied her pictures.<ref>{{cite magazine|title =Playboy|date=June 2008|magazine =Playboy}}</ref><ref>[http://www.juliettefrette.com/writer.html Unedited version of Juliette Fretté's Playboy article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501211516/http://www.juliettefrette.com/writer.html |date=2009-05-01 }}</ref> She first posed for ''Playboy''{{'}}s October 2005 pictorial, "Girls of the Pac-10". In 2006 she was featured in the Playboy Cyber Club as a Coed of the Week (January) and Coed of the Month (March) under the name "Juliette Rose". She has written commentary for ''Music and Literature Review'', ''Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art'', ''Playboy'', and the ''Huffington Post''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Juliette Fretté | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliette-frette | work = Huffington Post }}</ref>

==July== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Laura Croft | image = | imagesize = 150px | caption = | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.<ref name=Playboy>{{cite journal|title=Playboy|date=July 2008|author=Pitzulo, C|volume=17|issue=2|pages=259–89|issn=1043-4070|pmid=19263603|journal=Journal of the History of Sexuality}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|1|30}}<ref name=Playboy/> | height = {{convert|5|ft|5|in}}<ref name=Playboy/> }} {{main|Laura Croft}} {{distinguish|text=Lara Croft, the protagonist of the Tomb Raider series}} '''Laura Croft''' (born January 30, 1983) is an American model. She is the Playmate of the Month for the July 2008 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine.<ref name="Playmates">{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=2008&limit=0|title=Playmates listing|access-date=2008-05-03}}</ref>

==August== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Kayla Collins | image = | imagesize = | caption = | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.<ref name=wekingly /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|4|1}} | height = {{convert|5|ft|2|in}}<ref name= wekingly /> }} '''Kayla Collins''' (born April 1, 1987<ref name= wekingly >{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=2008&limit=0|title=Playmate Listing|access-date=2009-02-18}}</ref>) is a model. She is the Playmate of the Month for the August 2008 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine. She has appeared on several reality television programs, including a regular stint on the ITV reality show 10th Series of the UK version of ''I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s100/im-a-celebrity-uk/news/a287081/confirmed-official-im-a-celeb-lineup.html|title=Confirmed: Official 'I'm A Celeb' lineup|website=Digital Spy|access-date=2010-11-14|date=2010-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebrity.itv.com/2010/TheCelebrities/kayla-collins-1194|title=Kayla Collins IACGMOOH|access-date=2010-11-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113023215/http://celebrity.itv.com/2010/TheCelebrities/kayla-collins-1194|archive-date=2010-11-13}}</ref> She was born in Reading, Pennsylvania

Kayla Collins is an entrepreneur who plans on{{when|date=September 2021}} developing a business dedicated to highlighting the mental and physical benefits of yoga. "I basically want to introduce more people to yoga and have more people understand how amazing it is", she once explained. "I guess I have a few different things in mind, but I’m very entrepreneurial. I have that kind of spirit. I went to school for business marketing."<ref>{{cite web|title=Playmate Redux|url=http://www.playmates.com/photo/dont-call-it-a-come-back-kayla-collins|website=playmates.com}}</ref>

==September== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Valerie Mason | image = | imagesize = | caption = | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Monroe, Louisiana, US<ref name="playmate listing" /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|1|29|mf=yes}} | height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in}}<ref name="playmate listing" /> }} '''Valerie Denise Mason''' (born January 29, 1988) is an American model. She is ''Playboy''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s September 2008 Playmate of the Month.<ref name="playmate listing">{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=2008&limit=0|title=Playboy Playmates listing|access-date=2008-05-19}}</ref> She was born in Monroe, Louisiana.

==October== {{main|Kelly Carrington}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Kelly Carrington | image = Kelly Carrington 2011.jpeg | imagesize = | caption = | issue = | birth_place = White Plains, New York, U.S.<ref name= pigs /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|6|24|mf=yes}} | height = {{convert|5|ft|5|in}}<ref name= pigs /> | website = }}

'''Kelly Carrington''' (born June 24, 1986) is a model. She is ''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|access-date=February 7, 2010}}</ref> She was also featured on the cover of the same issue.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=(Untitled)|date = October 2008|periodical = Playboy|volume = 55|issue = 10|issn = 0032-1478}}</ref> Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda.<ref name=pigs/>

==November== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Grace Kim | image = | imagesize = 150px | caption = | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.<ref name="playboy nov 2008">{{Citation | publication-date = November 2008 | date = November 2008 | title = Amazing Grace | periodical = Playboy | publisher = Playboy | volume = 55 | issue = 11 | pages = 90–100 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|8|20|mf=yes}} | height = {{convert|5|ft|6|in}}<ref name="playboy nov 2008"/> }}

'''Grace Kim''' (born August 20, 1979) is an Asian-American model. She is ''Playboy's'' November 2008 Playmate of the Month. She was born in Los Angeles. Prior to becoming a Playmate, she wrote promotional copy for the ''Guitar Hero'' video game series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5067776/activisons-ex-is-now-playboys-miss-november-and-she-prefers-rock-band|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024142521/http://kotaku.com/5067776/activisons-ex-is-now-playboys-miss-november-and-she-prefers-rock-band|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2008|title=Activison's Ex is Now Playboy's Miss November (And She Prefers Rock Band!)|access-date=2008-08-24}}</ref> She got her bachelor's in English from University of California, Los Angeles and her master's in education from Cal State.

==December== {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | name = Jennifer and Natalie Jo Campbell | image = | imagesize = | caption = | issue = | birth_name = | birth_place = Greeley, Colorado, U.S.<ref name= decwekinglypigs /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|8|8|mf=yes}} | height ={{convert|5|ft|8|in}}<ref name= decwekinglypigs /> }} '''Jennifer and Natalie Jo Campbell'''  (born August 8, 1986) are identical twin sisters and American models. They are ''Playboy's'' December 2008 Playmates of the Month<ref name=decwekinglypigs>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=2008&limit=0|title=Playboy Playmates listing|access-date=2008-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playboytv.com/schedule/2008/11/0/show/World-Of-Playboy-125%3A-Campbell-Twins/search/World-Of-Playboy|title=Playboy TV|access-date=2008-10-11}}{{Dead link|date=May 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> and the fifth set of Playmate twins. {{clear}}

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