List of Playboy Playmates of 2008
The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 2008. Playboy magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
January
Sandra Nilsson | |
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Born | Ystad, Sweden[1] | 17 February 1986
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Sandra Nilsson (born 17 February 1986 in Ystad, Sweden) is a Swedish model who is the Playboy Playmate of the Month for January 2008.[2]
February
Michelle McLaughlin | |
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Born | [3] Redwood City, California | June 19, 1986
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st) |
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.[4]
March
Ida Ljungqvist | |
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Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
2009 | |
Preceded by | Jayde Nicole |
Succeeded by | Hope Dworaczyk |
Personal details | |
Born | Tanzania[5] | 27 September 1981
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[5] |
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.[5] She is the first African-born and second Swedish model to be named a Playmate of the Year.[6]
April
Regina Deutinger | |
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Born | Munich, West Germany | 17 September 1982
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
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,[7] known as the "Oktoberfest" (or "Wiesn") playmate.[8] She was born in Munich, West Germany.
May
AJ Alexander | |
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Born | Evansville, Indiana[9] | September 16, 1980
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[9] |
Amanda Jane Herrmann[10](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.[9] She made her film debut in the comedy The Pool Boys, in which she played a deaf DJ.[11]
June
Juliette Fretté | |
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Born | Santa Clara, California, United States[12] | December 25, 1983
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[12] |
Juliette Rose Fretté (born December 25, 1983)[13] 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.[14][15] 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.[16]
July
Laura Croft | |
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Born | [17] Jacksonville, Florida[17] | January 30, 1983
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[17] |
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.[18]
August
Kayla Collins | |
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Born | Reading, Pennsylvania[19] | April 1, 1987
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[19] |
Kayla Collins (born April 1, 1987][19]) 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.[20][21] She was born in Reading, Pennsylvania
Kayla Collins is an entrepreneur who plans on[when?] 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."[22]
September
Valerie Mason | |
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Born | 34 in (86 cm) D[23] 25 in (64 cm) 36 in (91 cm)Monroe, Louisiana, US[23] | January 29, 1988
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[23] |
Valerie Denise Mason (born January 29, 1988) is an American model. She is Playboy's September 2008 Playmate of the Month.[23] She was born in Monroe, Louisiana.
October
Kelly Carrington | |
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Born | White Plains, New York[24] | June 24, 1986
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[24] |
Kelly Carrington (born June 24, 1986) is a model. She is Playboy's October 2008 Playmate of the Month.[24] She was also featured on the cover of the same issue.[25] Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda.[24]
November
Grace Kim | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California[26] | August 20, 1979
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[26] |
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.[27] She got her bachelor's in English from University of California, Los Angeles and her master's in education from Cal State.
December
Jennifer and Natalie Jo Campbell | |
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Born | Greeley, Colorado[28] | August 8, 1986
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[28] |
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[28][29] and the fifth set of Playmate twins.
See also
References
- ^ Playmate Data Sheet, Playboy, January 2008
- ^ Playboy Enterprises
- ^ Playmate Data Sheet, Playboy February 2008
- ^ "Hometown report: F.P. lands on his feet at SportsNet". Retrieved April 26, 2010. [dead link ]
- ^ a b c "Playmate listing". Retrieved March 31, 2009.
- ^ "Ida Ljungqyist is chosen Playmate of the Year". Vegas Deluxe. 2009-05-02. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ "Regina, das Wiesn-Playmate". Bild (in German). September 14, 2006. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ^ "Werde das neue Wiesn-Playmate". Bild (in German). July 21, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2010.(reporting that being named a Wiesn playmate has been a major career springboard)
- ^ a b c Freytag, Arny (Photographer) "All American AJ", Playboy,|volume=55|issue=5| pg. 74-85, May 2008
- ^ Davis, Rich (2008-04-02). "Harrison grad is Miss May". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Savvy.com". Archived from the original on 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ^ a b "Playmate Data Sheet". Playboy. June 2008.
- ^ "Playboy Playmates listing". Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ "Playboy". Playboy. June 2008.
- ^ Unedited version of Juliette Fretté's Playboy article Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Juliette Fretté". Huffington Post.
- ^ a b c Pitzulo, C (July 2008). "Playboy". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 17 (2): 259–89. ISSN 1043-4070. PMID 19263603.
- ^ "Playmates listing". Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ a b c "Playmate Listing". Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ "Confirmed: Official 'I'm A Celeb' lineup". Digital Spy. 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ "Kayla Collins IACGMOOH". Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ "Playmate Redux". playmates.com.
- ^ a b c d "Playboy Playmates listing". Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ "(Untitled)". Playboy. Vol. 55, no. 10. October 2008. ISSN 0032-1478.
- ^ a b "Amazing Grace", Playboy, vol. 55, no. 11, Playboy, pp. 90–100, November 2008
- ^ "Activison's Ex is Now Playboy's Miss November (And She Prefers Rock Band!)". Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ a b c "Playboy Playmates listing". Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ "Playboy TV". Retrieved 2008-10-11.