Playboy Playmates: 45 most famous models who appeared in the magazine

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Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine famous for publishing provocative content for decades. The magazine is also credited with discovering some of the world's most captivating models who later diversified their careers in the entertainment sector. As a result, numerous iconic singers and Hollywood films began their careers as Playboy Playmates.

Playboy magazine has been controversial since Hugh Hefner and his associates established it in 1953. For instance, the American religious community has vocally opposed the publication since 1974, claiming it encourages men to view women as objects and playthings. Playboy has also been banned partially and wholly in several countries, including China, Singapore, Malaysia, and other Asian countries.

Playboy Playmates and other celebrities who appeared in the magazine

Playboy magazine has featured numerous iconic models and played a significant role in launching and furthering their careers. Here is a list of list of Playboy Playmates featured in this article:

Ranking	Playboy model's name
1.	Marilyn Monroe
2.	Pamela Anderson
3.	Anna Nicole Smith
4.	Carmen Electra
5.	Jenny McCarthy
6.	Shannon Tweed
7.	Cindy Crawford
8.	Dita Von Teese
9.	Jayne Mansfield
10.	Barbi Benton
11.	Victoria Silvstedt
12.	Tiffany Fallon
13.	Teri Weigel
14.	Sara Jean Underwood
15.	Hope Dworaczyk Smith

Most celebrities who posed for Playboy continued being household names in their own right even after they stopped working for the magazine. Below are famous women who posed for Playboy:

1. Marilyn Monroe — American

Full name: Marilyn Monroe
Birthdate: 1 June 1926
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 4 August 1962
Place of demise: Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Age: 36 years (at time of death)

Marilyn Monroe was the first ever and one of the classic Playboy Playmates. She appeared on the cover of the debut issue in 1953. Decades after her death, actress Monroe is still recognized as one of the most iconic blonde bombshells in the global entertainment scene.

Although her personal life was troubled, Marilyn Monroe paved the way for other models to bloom by working with the publication.

2. Pamela Anderson — Canadian

Full name: Pamela Denise Anderson
Birthdate: 1 July 1967
Age: 57 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Ladysmith, Canada

Canadian-American model Pamela Anderson rose to fame as the featured Playboy Playmate in February 1990 and for portraying "C.J." Parker on Baywatch.

3. Anna Nicole Smith — American

Full name: Vickie Lynn Marshall
Birthdate: 28 November 1967
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States
Died: 8 February 2007
Place of demise: Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, Florida, United States
Age: 39 years (at time of death)

Vickie Marshall (née Hogan), known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith, is among the famous Playboy centerfolds. She started her career as a magazine's centerfold in May 1992 and gained fame when she won the 1993 Playmate of the Year title. Having entered the spotlight with this feature, she modeled for multiple fashion companies, including H&M and Guess.

4. Carmen Electra — American

Full name: Tara Leigh Patrick
Birthdate: 20 April 1972
Age: 52 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Sharonville, Ohio, United States

Carmen Electra, whose real name is Tara Leigh Patrick, is an American actress. She began her career as a singer after moving to Minneapolis, where she met Prince. He produced her self-titled debut studio album, which was released in 1993.

Singer Carmen Electra first featured on Playboy in 1996 and had four more features before relocating to Los Angeles. She revealed in a Fox News interview that she was honored to be considered a Playboy temptress.

5. Jenny McCarthy — American

Full name: Jennifer Ann McCarthy-Wahlberg
Birthdate: 1 November 1972
Age: 51 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States

Model Jennifer McCarthy was one of the best Playboy Playmates. She began her career in 1993 as the magazine's unclothed model for the October issue, which cost $20,000. The model later became a film star with extensive credits, including John Tucker Must Die and Scream 3.

McCarthy was later named Playmate of the Year and paid $100,000. The model-turned-actress is also an author with multiple books about parenting. She has been criticized and was labeled an "anti-vaxxer" for opposing vaccines.

6. Shannon Tweed — Canadian

Full name: Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons
Birthdate: 10 March 1957
Age: 67 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: St. John's, Canada

Canadian model Shannon Tweed was the Playmate of the Year in 1982. She has established a robust career in adult thriller films. She was the partner of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner sometime around 1982, leading to her living in the mansion for fourteen months.

The relationship coincided with her appearances as a Playmate and with her being named 1982 Playmate of the Year. Tweed first met her future husband, musician Gene Simmons, at Hefner's mansion.

7. Cindy Crawford — American

Full name: Cynthia Ann Crawford
Birthdate: 20 February 1966
Age: 58 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: DeKalb, Illinois, United States

American model Cynthia Ann Crawford was in numerous fashion campaigns, runways, and magazine covers in the 1980s and 1990s, including Playboy. She had two pictorials in the magazine, in 1988 and 1998. Crawford is featured in the docuseries The Super Models alongside Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Linda Evangelista.

8. Dita Von Teese — American

Full name: Heather Renée Sweet
Birthdate: 28 September 1972
Age: 52 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Rochester, Michigan, United States

Heather Renée Sweet adopted the stage name Dita after German actress Dita Parlo. While looking for a stage nickname, she picked Von Treese from the phonebook.

Renée was on the cover of Playboy in December 2002, and the editors misspelled her surname as Von Teese, which she later adopted and became known as Dita Von Teese. She is recognized as one of the hottest Playboy Playmates and was featured thrice before she made it to the cover.

9. Jayne Mansfield — American

Full name: Jayne Mansfield
Birthdate: 19 April 1933
Birthplace: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 29 June 1967
Place of demise: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Age: 34 years (at time of death)

Mansfield was an American nightclub entertainer, singer, and actress. Playboy became a success partly because of early appearances from her, Marilyn Monroe, Bettie Page, and Anita Ekberg. In February 1955, Jayne Mansfield was the Playmate of the Month and appeared in the magazine several times.

10. Barbi Benton — American

Full name: Barbara Lynn Klein
Birthdate: 28 January 1950
Age: 74 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Barbi Benton, born Barbara Lynn Klein, was one of the top Playboy Playmates. At 18, she was on Playboy’s entertainment show, Playboy After Dark. Benton was in a relationship with Hugh Hefner from 1969 to 1976 and appeared in the magazine six times. Barbi has since retired and settled with her husband, George Gradow, but she defends Hefner’s legacy as a man who empowered women.

11. Victoria Silvstedt — Swedish

Full name: Karin Victoria Silvstedt
Birthdate: 19 September 1974
Age: 50 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Skelleftehamn, Sweden

Victoria Silvstedt, a Swedish runway and fashion model, was crowned Miss World Sweden in 1993 and represented Sweden in the 1993 Miss World Pageant, finishing in the top ten.

Shortly after, Victoria Silvstedt worked with fashion brands, including Valentino and Armani. Hugh Hefner invited her to do a photoshoot for Playboy in Los Angeles. She became the December 1996 Playmate of the Month and was chosen as the 1997 Playmate of the Year.

12. Tiffany Fallon — American

Full name: Tiffany Fallon
Birthdate: 1 May 1974
Age: 50 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

The Irish-American model was photographed by Stephen Wayda for Playboy in 2004 and was named Playmate of the Month for December. Tiffany Fallon was also named Playmate of the Year for 2005. The model was crowned Miss Georgia in 2001 and came in third for Miss USA in 2001. She retired from modeling and lived in Brentwood, Tennessee.

13. Teri Weigel — American

Full name: Teri Weigel
Birthdate: 24 February 1962
Age: 62 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Actress Teri Weigel started modeling on the cover of the November 1985 issue and was the Playboy Playmate for April 1986. She also appeared in several Playboy videos.

Weigel transitioned into minor roles in mainstream movies before becoming an adult film star in 1991. Her transition into adult cinema resulted in Playboy terminating their engagement with her.

14. Sara Jean Underwood — American

Full name: Sara Jean Underwood
Birthdate: 26 March 1984
Age: 40 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States

Sara Jean is an actress, adult model, and television host known for hosting Attack of the Show! She started modeling with her October 2005 Playboy feature. Sara Jean was chosen as the Playmate of the Month for the July 2006 issue and later became Playmate of the Year in 2007. Underwood appeared in several episodes of The Girl Next Door on E!.

15. Hope Dworaczyk Smith — American

Full name: Hope Dworaczyk Smith
Birthdate: 21 November 1984
Age: 39 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Port Lavaca, Texas, United States

American model Hope Smith was among the best Playboy centerfolds. She began modeling at age 16 when she competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA competition. Dworaczyk was Playboy Playmate of the Month for April 2009 and later became the 2010 Playmate of the Year. Stephen Wayda photographed her 2009 centerfold pictorial.

16. Brande Roderick — American

Full name: Brande Nicole Roderick
Birthdate: 13 June 1974
Age: 50 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Novato, California, United States

American model Brande Roderick is known for appearing in the Baywatch TV series and Playboy magazine. In April 2000, she was selected as Playmate of the Month and became Playmate of the Year in 2001.

17. Madonna — American

Full name: Madonna Louise Ciccone
Birthdate: 16 August 1958
Age: 66 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Bay City, Michigan, United States

The entire persona of singer Madonna has revolved around embracing her sexuality. So, in July 1985, it was no surprise when Penthouse and Playboy magazines published photos of her unclothed.

The images were taken when Madonna Ciccone moonlighted as an art model in 1978. She was paid as little as $25 a session, but the photographs were sold for up to $100,000.

18. Drew Barrymore — American

Full name: Drew Blythe Barrymore
Birthdate: 22 February 1975
Age: 49 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Culver City, California, United States

American actress Drew Barrymore chose to show off some skin on the 1995 Playboy cover. Soon after, her godfather, Steven Spielberg, gave her a quilt for her 20th birthday with a note that read, "Cover yourself up."

Enclosed in the quilt were copies of her Playboy pictures, which Spielberg's art department had altered so that she appeared fully clothed. The actress turned her life around and resolved never to let her own child make the same choice.

19. Lindsay Lohan — American

Full name: Lindsay Dee Lohan
Birthdate: 2 July 1986
Age: 38 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, United States

Actress Lindsay Lohan has always managed to snag headlines despite a waning film career. One of her most memorable moments was in the January-February 2012 issue of Playboy magazine, in an editorial mirroring Marilyn Monroe's unclothed photo session from the magazine's first issue.

20. Chelsea Handler — American

Full name: Chelsea Joy Handler
Birthdate: 25 February 1975
Age: 49 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Livingston, New Jersey, United States

The American stand-up comedian has never shied away from showing off some skin. In 2009, she posed unclothed for the May issue of Allure magazine. That same year, Chelsea Handler appeared on one of the two covers for the December edition of Playboy. Inside the magazine, Handler posed for an unclothed pictorial.

21. Brooke Shields — American

Full name: Brooke Christa Shields
Birthdate: 31 May 1965
Age: 59 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States

Actress Brooke Shields already had years of modeling experience when she made the cover of Playboy at age 21 in 1986. Brooke began her career as a child model starting at the age of 11 months. She gained widespread notoriety at age 12 for her leading role in the Pretty Baby film, in which she appeared in nude scenes shot when she was 11.

22. Geri Halliwell — English

Full name: Geraldine Estelle Halliwell-Horner
Birthdate: 6 August 1972
Age: 52 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Watford, United Kingdom

Geri Halliwell, alias Ginger Spice, was yet another celebrity to end up in Playboy without knowing about it. At 19, she appeared as a Page 3 girl in The Sun. Following her rise to fame, nude photos of Ginger Spice were republished in several magazines, such as Playboy and Penthouse, in 1998, shortly before leaving the pop group.

23. Kate Moss — English

Full name: Katherine Ann Moss
Birthdate: 16 January 1974
Age: 50 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Croydon, United Kingdom

Actress Kate Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the chic fashion trend. Her collaborations with Calvin Klein brought her to fashion icon status. Kate graced the 60th-anniversary issue of Playboy in December 2013, wearing the iconic bunny outfit for a mammoth 18-page spread.

24. Shannen Doherty — American

Full name: Shannen Maria Doherty
Birthdate: 12 April 1971
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: 13 July 2024
Place of demise: Malibu, California, United States
Age: 53 years (at time of death)

Shannen Doherty was a good girl on camera and an entirely different person off-camera. Before leaving Beverly Hills, Shannen Doherty posed unclothed for Playboy in December 1993, followed by a spread in March 1994. She posed for the magazine again in December 2003 and was featured in a 10-page pictorial.

25. Sharon Stone — American

Full name: Sharon Vonne Stone
Birthdate: 10 March 1958
Age: 66 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States

Actress Sharon Stone first appeared on Playboy in July 1990 to promote Total Recall, two years before baring it all again for the Christmas issue in 1992. She also graced the June/July 1986 cover of French Vogue to coincide with the release of Total Recall.

26. Mariah Carey — American

Full name: Mariah Carey
Birthdate: 27 March 1969
Age: 55 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Huntington, New York, United States

Singer Mariah Carey appeared on Playboy in March 2007. While she didn't go completely unclothed, the singer showed off plenty of skin. The American singer is known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register.

27. Charlize Theron — South African

Full name: Charlize Theron
Birthdate: 7 August 1975
Age: 49 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Benoni, South Africa

Actress Charlize Theron appeared on the cover of a Playboy issue in 1999, prior to her Oscar-winning career and blockbuster headliner days. The photos were taken several years earlier when she was an unknown model. Charlize Theron unsuccessfully sued the magazine for publishing them without her consent.

28. Denise Richards — American

Full name: Denise Lee Richards
Birthdate: 17 February 1971
Age: 53 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Downers Grove, Illinois, United States

American actress Denise Richards rose to prominence with roles in the science fiction film Starship Troopers (1997), the thriller film Wild Things (1998), and the spy film The World Is Not Enough (1999).

She made waves in December 2004 when she posed for Playboy unclothed, five months after giving birth. The actress also posed semi-unclothed for the July 2006 issue of Jane magazine to raise money for the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation.

29. Anna Faris — American

Full name: Anna Kay Faris
Birthdate: 29 November 1976
Age: 47 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

American actress Anna Faris rose to prominence with the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie (2000-2006) film series. She posed for the magazine in 2008 to promote The House Bunny film in which she played a Playboy Bunny.

30. Olivia Munn — American

Full name: Lisa Olivia Munn
Birthdate: 3 July 1980
Age: 44 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Actress Olivia Munn appeared on the September 2006 cover of Foam magazine, in the August issue of Men's Edge magazine, and in the November issue of Complex before Playboy decided to have her grace their cover in February 2007.

She also worked her way up as a television host and was the desire of gamers worldwide when she was featured as the cover girl for Playboy's July/August 2009 issue.

31. Jessica Alba — American

Full name: Jessica Marie Alba
Birthdate: 28 April 1981
Age: 43 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Pomona, California, United States

Playboy published a photo of Jessica Alba on its cover in 2006 without her knowledge after the actress refused to do a photo shoot for the magazine. Hugh Hefner himself wrote her a personal apology, which she accepted.

32. Paris Hilton — American

Full name: Paris Whitney Hilton
Birthdate: 17 February 1981
Age: 43 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

American media personality Paris Hilton found herself on the Playboy cover in 2005 without her approval. Her friendship with Hefner was enough to let the matter slide.

33. Azealia Banks — American

Full name: Azealia Amanda Banks
Birthdate: 31 May 1991
Age: 33 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States

Azealia Banks' 2015 photo shoot with Playboy was appropriately revealing. The controversial Harlem rapper began to release music through Myspace in 2008 before signing to XL Recordings at age 18. Azealia Banks subsequently signed with Interscope and Polydor Records before separating in 2013.

34. Kim Kardashian — American

Full name: Kimberly Noel Kardashian
Birthdate: 21 October 1980
Age: 43 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Kim is one of the most famous Playboy models. She was featured unclothed in the December 2007 issue of the magazine. She was later on the cover of the magazine's Romanian issue. Kim Kardashian tried acting and dancing and was a Dancing With the Stars contestant in 2008. However, she found success as a socialite, businesswoman, and reality TV personality.

35. Denise Matthews — Canadian

Full name: Denise Katherine Matthews
Birthdate: 12 April 1971
Birthplace: Niagara Falls, Canada
Died: 15 February 2016
Place of demise: Fremont, California, United States
Age: 57 years (at time of death)

Denise Matthews, known professionally as Vanity, was the lead singer of the female trio Vanity 6, created by the musician Prince. She also appeared nude in the April 1988 issue of Playboy magazine and played diverse roles on numerous TV programs.

Later, Denise Matthews became an evangelist and renounced her career as Vanity in the 1990s. She dedicated the rest of her life full-time to Christ, speaking at churches worldwide.

36. Barbara Carrera — American

Full name: Barbara Carrera
Birthdate: 31 December 1945
Age: 78 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: San Carlos, Nicaragua

Amanda moved to the United States to live with her father at 15 and began a career as a model at the Eileen Ford agency at 17. Amanda Beard has appeared on the pages and covers of magazines such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and has twice posed for Playboy (July 1977 and March 1982).

37. Farrah Fawcett — American

Full name: Farrah Leni Fawcett
Birthdate: 2 February 1947
Birthplace: Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Died: 25 June 2009
Place of demise: Santa Monica, California, United States
Age: 62 years (at time of death)

American actress Farrah Fawcett was a four-time Primetime Emmy Award and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee. She caused a major stir by posing semi-nude in the December 1995 issue. At age 50, she appeared in a pictorial for the July 1997 issue, which also became a top seller.

38. Diora Baird — American

Full name: Diora Lynn Baird
Birthdate: 6 April 1983
Age: 41 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States

Diora Baird, famous for being stunningly beautiful and enthusiastic, posed naked for the cover of the August 2005 issue. She turned to Playboy, one of the era's best pictorials, hoping she would be a star. After Diora Baird modeled for Playboys, she was signed to Elite Model Management in Miami and earned acting roles.

39. Tricia Helfer — Canadian

Full name: Tricia Janine Helfer
Birthdate: 11 April 1974
Age: 50 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Donalda, Canada

Actress Tricia Helfer is known for portraying Number Six in the science fiction series Battlestar Galactica. She was also featured as the cover model for the February 2007 issue of Playboy. Geeks everywhere rejoiced in 2007 when they spotted their favorite Battlestar Galactica humanoid cylon on the cover.

40. Kiana Tom — American

Full name: Kiana Tom
Birthdate: 14 March 1965
Age: 59 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Hawaii, United States

Fitness expert Kiana Tom hosted a popular exercise program called Kiana Tom's Flex Appeal on ESPN in the mid- and late-'90s, and many people who watched it were mesmerized by her beauty. Her edition was published in May 2002 and is one of the least subtle the magazine has ever run.

41. Charisma Carpenter — American

Full name: Charisma Carpenter
Birthdate: 23 July 1970
Age: 54 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Actress Charisma Carpenter gained fans after playing Cordelia Chase in the supernatural series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel. Playboy didn't know her run on Angel was wrapping up when they published her photos on the cover and in a ten-page nude pictorial of the June 2004 issue.

42. Aubrey O'Day — American

Full name: Aubrey Morgan O'Day
Birthdate: 11 February 1984
Age: 40 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Actress Aubrey O'Day was a member of the girl group Danity Kane. At the height of the drama surrounding her firing from the group in 2008, Aubrey posed unclothed for Playboy's March 2009 issue, making people forget about Danity Kane and focus on her. The group reunited in 2013 before a second disbandment.

43. Garcelle Beauvais — Haitian

Full name: Garcelle Beauvais
Birthdate: 26 November 1966
Age: 57 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Saint-Marc, Haiti

Beauvais was a successful model for several years before landing the role of Fancy Monroe on The Jamie Foxx Show, which made her famous. Her role ran from 1996 to 2001. She went on to be a regular on NYPD Blue, and at the age of 40, Garcelle Beauvais appeared in Playboy.

44. Nicole "Coco" Austin — American

Full name: Nicole Natalie Marrow
Birthdate: 17 March 1979
Age: 45 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States

Nicole Marrow is commonly known as Coco Austin, Coco, Coco Marie Austin, Coco Marie, and Coco-T. Her star was rising when she began working for events and parties at the Playboy Mansion in 2001. Eventually, Nicole Marrow was featured in a layout in the March 2008 issue of Playboy magazine.

45. Sherilyn Fenn — American

Full name: Sherilyn Fenn
Birthdate: 1 February 1965
Age: 59 years (as of 2024)
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States

American actress Sherilyn Fenn was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy for playing Audrey Horne on Twin Peaks. Playboy did a shoot with her in December 1990 in the middle of Twin Peaks' run. At the time, she was the femme fatale on TV's hottest show.

List of Playmates of the Year

Here is a list of models who were chosen as Playboy Playmate of the Year for the American edition of Playboy magazine:

Year	Playboy Playmate of the Year
1953	Marilyn Monroe
1960	Ellen Stratton
1961	Linda Gamble
1962	Christa Speck
1963	June Cochran
1964	Donna Michelle
1965	Jo Collins
1966	Allison Parks
1967	Lisa Baker
1968	Angela Dorian
1969	Connie Kreski
1970	Claudia Jennings
19781	Sharon Clark
1972	Liv Lindeland
1973	Marilyn Cole
1974	Cyndi Wood
1975	Marilyn Lange
1976	Lillian Müller
1977	Patti McGuire
1978	Debra Jo Fondren

Year	Playboy Playmate of the Year
1979	Monique St. Pierre
1980	Dorothy Stratten
1981	Terri Welles
1982	Shannon Tweed
1983	Marianne Gravatte
1984	Barbara Edwards
1985	Karen Velez
1986	Kathy Shower
1987	Donna Edmondson
1988	India Allen
1989	Kimberley Conrad
1990	Reneé Tenison
1991	Lisa Matthews
1992	Corinna Harney
1993	Anna Nicole Smith
1994	Jenny McCarthy
1995	Julie Lynn Cialini
1996	Stacy Sanches
1997	Victoria Silvstedt
1998	Karen McDougal

Year	Playboy Playmate of the Year
1999	Heather Kozar
2000	Jodi Ann Paterson
2001	Brande Roderick
2002	Dalene Kurtis
2003	Christina Santiago
2004	Carmella DeCesare
2005	Tiffany Fallon
2006	Kara Monaco
2007	Sara Jean Underwood
2008	Jayde Nicole
2009	Ida Ljungqvist
2010	Hope Dworaczyk
2011	Claire Sinclair
2012	Jaclyn Swedberg
2013	Raquel Pomplun
2014	Kennedy Summers
2015	Dani Mathers
2016	Eugena Washington
2017	Brook Power
2018	Nina Daniele
2019	Jordan Emanuel
2020	Vendela, Megan Moore, Miki Hamano, Fo Porter, Abigail O'Neill, Yoli Lara
2020	Teela LaRoux, Geena Rocero, Sophie O'Neil, Hilda Dias Pimentel, Gillian Chan, Jordy Murray

Playboy did not have a Playmate of the Year between 1954 and 1959. Meanwhile, the twelve models who won the title in 2020 were Vendela, Megan Moore, Miki Hamano, Fo Porter, Abigail O'Neill, Yoli Lara, Teela LaRoux, Geena Rocero, Sophie O'Neil, Hilda Dias Pimentel, Gillian Chan, and Jordy Murray.

Who was the first celebrity to pose for Playboy?

When Playboy was first published in 1953, the inaugural issue featured nude photos of Marilyn Monroe. It was notably left undated because the magazine's founder, Hugh Hefner, didn't know if there would be a second issue.

Who was the last celebrity to pose for Playboy?

Pamela Anderson, the 2015 Playboy cover model, was the last person to pose nude for the magazine, closing a more than 60-year tradition that had seen women ranging from Madonna to Kim Kardashian and Cindy Crawford strip off for the glossy men's publication.

Who was the last Playboy Playmate of the Year winner?

Jordan Emanuel was the last Playmate of the Year in 2019. The magazine stopped crowning its models the Playmate of the Year title afterward. All the twelve Playboy models of the year 2020 were honored with the Playmate of the Year title. None else has been given this crown since then.

How much do celebrities get paid to pose for Playboy?

The magazine typically pays its models more than the standard $25,000, and celebrities in Playboy who pose nude are paid hundreds of thousands up to millions of US Dollars.

Beautiful women have graced Playboy magazine's pages since its first issue in 1953, with some winning the Playboy Playmate of the Month or Year titles. The models became symbols of beauty, sensuality, and empowerment as their photos inspired generations of women to embrace their forms of self-expression.

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