# Playboy Playmate

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Playboy magazine female centerfold model (1954–2021)

"Playmate" redirects here. For other uses, see [Playmate (disambiguation)](/source/Playmate_(disambiguation)).

"Playmates Of The Month" redirects here. For an episode of *The Real Housewives of Cheshire*, see [List of The Real Housewives of Cheshire episodes § ep103](/source/List_of_The_Real_Housewives_of_Cheshire_episodes#ep103).

2004 Playmate of the Year [Carmella DeCesare](/source/Carmella_DeCesare) (April 2006)

A **Playmate** is a female [model](/source/Model_(person)) featured in the [centerfold](/source/Centerfold)/gatefold of *[Playboy](/source/Playboy)* magazine as **Playmate of the Month** (**PMOTM**). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a [centerfold](/source/Centerfold) poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs. At the end of the year, one of the 12 Playmates of the Month is named **Playmate of the Year** (**PMOTY**). Every Playmate of the Month is awarded a prize of US$25,000 and each Playmate of the Year receives an additional prize of US$100,000 plus a car (on a short-term lease)[1] and other discretionary gifts. In addition, Anniversary Playmates are usually chosen to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine. The use of the word "Playmate" in a sexual sense did not originate with *Playboy*, and was seen at least as early as 1950 in [*Vue* magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vue_(magazine)&action=edit&redlink=1) (vol 1, #1).

*Playboy* encourages potential Playmates to send photos with "[girl next door](/source/Girl_next_door)" appeal for consideration; others may submit photos of Playmate candidates, and may be eligible for a finder's fee if their model is selected. In addition, "casting calls" are held regularly in major US cities to offer opportunities for women to test for *Playboy*. Until just prior to the death of [Hugh Hefner](/source/Hugh_Hefner), he personally selected each Playmate of the Month and every Playmate of the Year, taking into account an annual readers' poll.

The final Playmate of the Month was published digitally in December 2020. *Playboy* also ended the Playmate of the Year title in 2020, instead awarding all 2019 Playmates the shared title of Playmates of the Year. All 2020 Playmates were given yearbook superlatives rather than a PMOTY title.

In 2021, *Playboy* digitally published two quarterly Playmates.

According to *Playboy*, there is no such thing as a *former* Playmate because "Once a Playmate, always a Playmate".[2]

## History

[Marilyn Monroe](/source/Marilyn_Monroe), who was [featured in the first issue](/source/Playboy#1950s), was the only one to appear as "Sweetheart of the Month". The first model called a Playmate of the Month was [Margie Harrison](/source/Margie_Harrison), Miss January 1954, in the second issue of *Playboy*. Generally a woman may appear only once as a Playmate, but in the early years of the magazine, some models were featured multiple times. [Marilyn Waltz](/source/Marilyn_Waltz) (February 1954, April 1954, April 1955 – her first appearance was as Margaret Scott) and [Janet Pilgrim](/source/Janet_Pilgrim_(model)) (July 1955, December 1955, and October 1956) are tied for the most appearances. Margie Harrison (January 1954, June 1954) and [Marguerite Empey](/source/Diane_Webber) (May 1955, February 1956) are the only other women to appear more than once as Playmates.

### Underage nudity

Several playmates – including [Nancy Crawford](/source/Nancy_Crawford) (April 1959), [Donna Michelle](/source/Donna_Michelle) (December 1963), [Linda Moon](/source/Linda_Moon) (October 1966), [Patti Reynolds](/source/Patti_Reynolds) (September 1965) and [Teddi Smith](/source/Teddi_Smith) (July 1960) – posed when they were 17. [Elizabeth Ann Roberts](/source/Elizabeth_Ann_Roberts) (January 1958) – whose pictorial was called "Schoolmate Playmate" – posed when she was 16. 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 18 before the photo shoot.[3] In 1977, [Ursula Buchfellner](/source/Ursula_Buchfellner) posed for the German edition of *Playboy* when she was 16 and subsequently posed for the American edition (October 1979) when she was 18. Dutch Playmate twins [Karin and Mirjam van Breeschooten](/source/Karin_and_Mirjam_van_Breeschooten) appeared at age 17 in their country's edition of *Playboy* in June 1988; at 18, they were Misses September 1989 in the US version.

Some women have become Playmates in their 30s. [Dolores Donlon](/source/Dolores_Donlon) (August 1957) is the oldest Playmate to date, appearing in her shoot at the age of 36.[4]

### Playmate firsts

[Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm](/source/Nicole%2C_Erica_and_Jaclyn_Dahm), the first triplet playmates

[Raquel Pomplun](/source/Raquel_Pomplun), the first Mexican-American playmate

[Inés Rau](/source/In%C3%A9s_Rau), the first openly transgender playmate

- First Playmate: [Margie Harrison](/source/Margie_Harrison) (Miss January 1954) in the second issue of *Playboy*. [Marilyn Monroe](/source/Marilyn_Monroe), who was featured in the first issue, was the only one to appear as "Sweetheart of the Month".[5][6]

- First Playmate to be chosen three times: [Marilyn Waltz](/source/Marilyn_Waltz) (Miss February 1954, April 1954, and April 1955 – her first appearance was as Margaret Scott)

- First and only month between 1954 and 2020 to not have a Playmate – March 1955 (no issue published)

- First centerfold (two-page): [Janet Pilgrim](/source/Janet_Pilgrim_(model)) (Miss July 1955)

- First fold-out centerfold (three-page): [Marian Stafford](/source/Marian_Stafford) (Miss March 1956)[6]

- First foreign-born Playmate: [Marion Scott](/source/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_1956) (Miss May 1956) was born in Germany.

- Youngest Playmate ever featured: [Elizabeth Ann Roberts](/source/Elizabeth_Ann_Roberts) (Miss January 1958) appeared at age 16.[7]

- First issue to feature two Playmates (two in the same month, in separate photos): [Pat Sheehan](/source/Pat_Sheehan_(model)) and [Mara Corday](/source/Mara_Corday) (Misses October 1958)

- First Playmate to become Playmate of the Year (1960): [Ellen Stratton](/source/Ellen_Stratton) (Miss December 1959)[8]

- First [Asian-American Playmate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_Playboy_Playmates_of_Asian_descent): [China Lee](/source/China_Lee) (Miss August 1964)[9]

- First [African-American Playmate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:African-American_Playboy_Playmates): [Jennifer Jackson](/source/Jennifer_Jackson_(model)) (Miss March 1965)[10]

- First twin Playmates [Mary Collinson](/source/Mary_Collinson) and [Madeleine Collinson](/source/Madeleine_Collinson) (Miss October 1970)[11]

- First Playmate to show clearly visible [pubic hair](/source/Pubic_hair): [Liv Lindeland](/source/Liv_Lindeland) (Miss January 1971)[12] Glimpse of visible [pubic hair](/source/Pubic_hair): [Melodye Prentiss](/source/Melodye_Prentiss) (Miss July 1968);

- First Playmate to pose for a full frontal [nude](/source/Nudity) centerfold: [Marilyn Cole](/source/Marilyn_Cole) (Miss January 1972)[13]

- First Playmate to pose for a full frontal [nude](/source/Nudity) centerfold with clearly visible entire pubic hair: [Bonnie Large](/source/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_1973#March) (Miss March 1973)

- First [Hispanic-American](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Hispanic_and_Latino_American_Playboy_Playmates) Playmate: [Ester Cordet](/source/Ester_Cordet) (Miss October 1974) was from [Panama](/source/Panama).[14]

- First cousins to be Playmates: [Elaine Morton](/source/Elaine_Morton) (Miss June 1970) and [Karen Elaine Morton](/source/Karen_Elaine_Morton) (Miss July 1978)

- First [video](/source/List_of_Playboy_videos) Playmate (1982): [Lonny Chin](/source/Lonny_Chin) was also the magazine centerfold in the January 1983 issue.[15]

- First mother and daughter to be Playmates: Carol Eden (Miss December 1960) and her daughter [Simone Eden](/source/Simone_Eden) (Miss February 1989)

- First African-American Playmate of the Year: [Renee Tenison](/source/Renee_Tenison) (1990 and Miss November 1989)[16]

- First triplets to be Playmates: [Erica, Nicole and Jaclyn Dahm](/source/Nicole%2C_Erica_and_Jaclyn_Dahm) (Misses December 1998)

- First Playmate to pose with shaved pubic area: [Dalene Kurtis](/source/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_2001#September) (Miss September 2001)

- First [Mexican-American](/source/Mexican-American) Playmate of the Year: [Raquel Pomplun](/source/Raquel_Pomplun) (2013 and Miss April 2012)[17]

- First openly transgender Playmate: [Ines Rau](/source/Ines_Rau) (Miss November 2017)[18][19][20]

- First amputee Playmate: [Marsha Elle](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marsha_Elle&action=edit&redlink=1) (Miss April 2020)[21]

Priscilla Huggins at [New York Fashion Week](/source/New_York_Fashion_Week) 2018

- First digital-only Playmate: [Priscilla Huggins](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Priscilla_Huggins&action=edit&redlink=1) (Miss July 2020)[22][23]

- First quarterly Playmate: Isabela Guedes (Miss Winter 2021)[24]

## Playmate of the Year

In the early days of *Playboy*, there was no official prize for the most popular Playmate at the end of each year. Although February 1954 Playmate [Marilyn Waltz](/source/Marilyn_Waltz) gained much popularity, receiving more fan mail than any other Playmate that year, she was not crowned PMOTY. Neither was December 1956 Playmate [Lisa Winters](/source/Lisa_Winters), who was *named* Playmate of the Year but not technically crowned as such (causing some controversy regarding semantics);[25] and, although [Joyce Nizzari](/source/Joyce_Nizzari), Miss December 1958, was named the "most popular" Playmate of 1958,[26] the PMOTY competition was first *officially* won in 1960 by Miss December 1959, [Ellen Stratton](/source/Ellen_Stratton). The 2009 PMOY, [Ida Ljungqvist](/source/Ida_Ljungqvist), was the 50th PMOTY and the second model of African descent to win the title, the first being [Renee Tenison](/source/Renee_Tenison).

A PMOTY makes her appearance the year following her first appearance as PMOTM. This feature is usually published in the June issue, although sometimes it has been published in the May or July issue. Until 2003, each year's Playmate of the Year would routinely appear on the cover of her PMOTY issue, in which her PMOTY pictorial is featured. However, from 2003 to 2005, PMOTYs did not appear on the covers of their PMOTY issues, and 2007 PMOTY [Sara Jean Underwood](/source/Sara_Jean_Underwood) did not either. Instead, celebrities appearing in celebrity pictorials in the PMOTY issues appeared on the covers. The 2010 PMOTY, [Hope Dworaczyk](/source/Hope_Dworaczyk), did appear on the cover, and was the first model to be the subject of a [three-dimensional](/source/Anaglyph_image) *Playboy* centerfold photograph.

The average age of a Playmate of the Year, 23.5 years, is slightly higher than that of a Playmate of the Month, 22.4 years.[25][27] In 1964, at the age of 18, [Donna Michelle](/source/Donna_Michelle) became the youngest PMOY ever. [Jo Collins](/source/Jo_Collins) (1965) and [Christa Speck](/source/Christa_Speck) (1962) both were 19. [Sharon Clark](/source/Sharon_Clark) (1971), [Karen McDougal](/source/Karen_McDougal) (1998) and [Ida Ljungqvist](/source/Ida_Ljungqvist) (2009) became PMOTY at the age of 27. Only three women became PMOTY in their 30s: [Tiffany Fallon](/source/Tiffany_Fallon) (2005) at 31, [Kathy Shower](/source/Kathy_Shower) (1986) at 33, and [Eugena Washington](/source/Eugena_Washington) (2016) at 31.

## Notable Playmates

[Pamela Anderson](/source/Pamela_Anderson), Miss February 1990

[Jayne Mansfield](/source/Jayne_Mansfield), Miss February 1955

Playmates who attained fame for reasons in addition to their *Playboy* appearance(s) include (with the date of their appearance):

- [Pamela Anderson](/source/Pamela_Anderson) (February 1990), actress

- [Marina Baker](/source/Marina_Baker) (March 1987), journalist, [children's book](/source/Children's_book) author, mayor of [Telscombe](/source/Telscombe), East Sussex, England

- [Bebe Buell](/source/Bebe_Buell) (November 1974), author and mother of [Liv Tyler](/source/Liv_Tyler)

- [Lisa Dergan](/source/Lisa_Dergan) (July 1998), spokesmodel for [St. Pauli Girl](/source/St._Pauli_Girl) and [Guess?](/source/Guess%3F) Jeans; also [Fox Sports](/source/Fox_Sports) correspondent

- [Daphnée Duplaix](/source/Daphn%C3%A9e_Duplaix) (July 1997), actress

- [Hope Dworaczyk](/source/Hope_Dworaczyk) (April 2009), television host and contestant on *[Celebrity Apprentice](/source/The_Apprentice_(U.S._season_11))*

- [Erika Eleniak](/source/Erika_Eleniak) (July 1989), actress

- [Lindsey Gayle Evans](/source/Lindsey_Evans) (October 2009), [Miss Louisiana Teen USA](/source/Miss_Louisiana_Teen_USA) 2008

- [Tiffany Fallon](/source/Tiffany_Fallon) (December 2004), [Miss Georgia USA](/source/Miss_Georgia_USA) 2001, model, actress and *[Celebrity Apprentice](/source/The_Apprentice_(U.S._season_7))* contestant.

- [Lena Forsén](/source/Lena_Fors%C3%A9n) (November 1972), her image would later become a ubiquitous [standard test image](/source/Standard_test_image) in the field of [digital image processing](/source/Digital_image_processing), where the image is known as [Lenna](/source/Lenna)

- [Claudia Jennings](/source/Claudia_Jennings) (November 1969), actress

- [Scarlett Keegan](/source/Scarlett_Keegan) (September 2004), former child model, international print model, actress – minor roles include: *[Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story](/source/Walk_Hard%3A_The_Dewey_Cox_Story)*, HBO's *[Entourage](/source/Entourage_(U.S._TV_series))*, and [Weezer](/source/Weezer)'s "[Beverly Hills](/source/Beverly_Hills_(Weezer_song))" music video.

- [Connie Kreski](/source/Connie_Kreski) (January 1968), actress

- [Angela Little](/source/Angela_Little_(actress)) (August 1998), actress

- [Jayne Mansfield](/source/Jayne_Mansfield) (February 1955), singer and actress

- [Shae Marks](/source/Shae_Marks) (May 1994), actress

- [Jenny McCarthy](/source/Jenny_McCarthy) (October 1993), actress, author, comedian; MTV's *[Singled Out](/source/Singled_Out)*

- [Julie McCullough](/source/Julie_McCullough) (February 1986), actress – played nanny "Julie Costello" on several episodes of *[Growing Pains](/source/Growing_Pains)* until she was fired for having posed nude in *Playboy*.

- [Shanna Moakler](/source/Shanna_Moakler) (December 2001), [Miss USA](/source/Miss_USA) 1995, ex-wife of [Travis Barker](/source/Travis_Barker), and co-star of reality TV show *[Meet the Barkers](/source/Meet_the_Barkers)*

- [Kelly Monaco](/source/Kelly_Monaco) (April 1997), [Emmy](/source/Emmy_Award)-nominated actress, winner of *[Dancing with the Stars](/source/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(USA))* reality show in 2005, long-running actress of *[General Hospital](/source/General_Hospital)*

- [Cynthia Myers](/source/Cynthia_Myers) (December 1968), actress

- [Bettie Page](/source/Bettie_Page) (January 1955), fetish and [pin-up](/source/Pin-up_model) model

- [Janice Pennington](/source/Janice_Pennington) (May 1971), model on *[The Price Is Right](/source/The_Price_Is_Right_(U.S._game_show))*

- [Brande Roderick](/source/Brande_Roderick) (April 2000), actress and *[Celebrity Apprentice](/source/The_Apprentice_(U.S._season_8))* contestant

- [Shauna Sand](/source/Shauna_Sand) (May 1996), actress

- [Nikki Schieler](/source/Nikki_Schieler) (September 1997), actress

- [Anna Nicole Smith](/source/Anna_Nicole_Smith) (May 1992), [Guess](/source/Guess_(company)) jeans model, actress, wife, and later widow, of [J. Howard Marshall](/source/J._Howard_Marshall).

- [Victoria Silvstedt](/source/Victoria_Silvstedt) (December 1996), Swedish supermodel, actress, radio and TV hostess, published singer, and a former national-level skier in Sweden

- [Martha Smith](/source/Martha_Smith) (July 1973), actress

- [Stella Stevens](/source/Stella_Stevens) (January 1960), actress

- [Dorothy Stratten](/source/Dorothy_Stratten) (August 1979), actress whose life and murder were portrayed in *[Star 80](/source/Star_80)* (1983) and in *[Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story](/source/Death_of_a_Centerfold%3A_The_Dorothy_Stratten_Story)* (1981)

- [Jeana Tomasino](/source/Jeana_Keough) ("Jeana Keough") (November 1980), actress, model, original cast member of *[The Real Housewives of Orange County](/source/The_Real_Housewives_of_Orange_County)*, and client on *[Thintervention with Jackie Warner](/source/Jackie_Warner#Thintervention_show)*

- [Shannon Tweed](/source/Shannon_Tweed) (November 1981), actress co-star of reality-TV show *[Gene Simmons Family Jewels](/source/Gene_Simmons_Family_Jewels)*

- [Eugena Washington](/source/Eugena_Washington) (December 2015), fashion model, [*America's Next Top Model* (cycle 7)](/source/America's_Next_Top_Model_(cycle_7)) contestant

- [Kelly Wearstler](/source/Kelly_Wearstler) ("Kelly Gallagher") (September 1994), designer

- [Teri Weigel](/source/Teri_Weigel) (April 1986), [adult movie](/source/Adult_movie) performer

- [Victoria Zdrok](/source/Victoria_Zdrok) (October 1994), attorney, [clinical psychologist](/source/Clinical_psychologist), [sex therapist](/source/Sex_therapist); second model to appear as centerfold for both *Playboy* and *[Penthouse](/source/Penthouse_(magazine))*

- [Kysre Gondrezick](/source/Kysre_Gondrezick) (June 2025), [WNBA](/source/Women's_National_Basketball_Association) basketball player

## Photographers

[Ana Dias](/source/Ana_Dias_(photographer)) shooting for Playboy

[Arny Freytag](/source/Arny_Freytag) holds the record as the photographer who has captured the highest number of Playmates in *Playboy*'s history,[28] while [Ana Dias](/source/Ana_Dias_(photographer)) is the female photographer recognized for photographing the most Playmates of the Month.[29]

## See also

- [List of people in Playboy 1953–1959](/source/List_of_people_in_Playboy_1953%E2%80%931959)

- [List of people in Playboy 1960–1969](/source/List_of_people_in_Playboy_1960%E2%80%931969)

- [List of people in Playboy 1970–1979](/source/List_of_people_in_Playboy_1970%E2%80%931979)

- [List of people in Playboy 1980–1989](/source/List_of_people_in_Playboy_1980%E2%80%931989)

- [List of people in Playboy 1990–1999](/source/List_of_people_in_Playboy_1990%E2%80%931999)

- [List of people in Playboy 2000–2009](/source/List_of_people_in_Playboy_2000%E2%80%932009)

- [List of people in Playboy 2010–2019](/source/List_of_people_in_Playboy_2010%E2%80%932019)

- [List of Playboy Playmates of the Month](/source/List_of_Playboy_Playmates_of_the_Month)

- [List of Playboy videos](/source/List_of_Playboy_videos)

- [List of Playmates of the Year](/source/List_of_Playmates_of_the_Year)

- [Playboy lists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Playboy_lists)

- [Playboy Bunny](/source/Playboy_Bunny)

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