Playmates of the Year

A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (or PMOM). The PMOM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, as well as a short 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 twelve Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOY). Playmates of the Month are paid $25,000 USD and the Playmate of the Year receives an additional $100,000 USD plus a car and a motorcycle. In addition, Anniversary Playmates are usually chosen to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine. As of September 2006, 635 women have been Playmates of the Month.

List of Playmates of the Year
2007: Sara Jean Underwood
2006: Kara Monaco
2005: Tiffany Fallon
2004: Carmella DeCesare
2003: Christina Santiago
2002: Dalene Kurtis
2001: Brande Roderick
2000: Jodi Ann Paterson
1999: Heather Kozar
1998: Karen McDougal
1997: Victoria Silvstedt
1996: Stacy Sanches
1995: Julie Lynn Cialini
1994: Jenny McCarthy
1993: Anna Nicole Smith
1992: Corinna Harney
1991: Lisa Matthews
1990: Reneé Tenison
1989: Kimberley Conrad
1988: India Allen
1987: Donna Edmondson
1986: Kathy Shower
1985: Karen Velez
1984: Barbara Edwards
1983: Marianne Gravatte
1982: Shannon Tweed
1981: Terri Welles
1980: Dorothy Stratten
1979: Monique St. Pierre
1978: Debra Jo Fondren
1977: Patti McGuire
1976: Lillian Müller
1975: Marilyn Lange
1974: Cyndi Wood
1973: Marilyn Cole
1972: Liv Lindeland
1971: Sharon Clark
1970: Claudia Jennings
1969: Connie Kreski
1968: Angela Dorian
1967: Lisa Baker
1966: Allison Parks
1965: Jo Collins
1964: Donna Michelle
1963: June Cochran
1962: Christa Speck
1961: Linda Gamble
1960: Ellen Stratton


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