The following is a list ofPlayboy Playmates of 1988.Playboy magazine names itsPlaymate of the Month each month throughout the year.
| Kimberley Conrad | |
|---|---|
| Playboy Playmate of the Year | |
| 1989 | |
| Preceded by | India Allen |
| Succeeded by | Renee Tenison |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-08-06)August 6, 1962 (age 63) Moulton, Alabama, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Kimberley Conrad (born August 6, 1962) is an Americanmodel and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month in January, 1988 and becamePlaymate of the Year 1989. Conrad was born in Alabama and raised in Nevada and British Columbia. She is most known for marryingPlayboy founderHugh Hefner in 1989, an event which sparked worldwide media attention. The comic stripDoonesbury referred to the event as the belated end of the 1970s. The Hefners had two sons together: Marston Glenn Hefner (shares birthday with his father: April 9, 1990) and Cooper Bradford Hefner (September 4, 1991). After nine years of marriage,in 1998, Conrad and Hefner separated although remained married. Hugh Hefner was quoted, "I would've been happy to divorce her when we separated, but she wanted to remain married for our boys."[1] Conrad then moved into a house next door to thePlayboy Mansion. After an 11-year separation, Hefner filed for divorce stating irreconcilable differences in September 2009 after his youngest child turned 18.[1]
Nearly three decades later in May 2017, at the age of 54, she duplicated her Playmate of the Year cover along withRenee Tenison,Candace Collins,Lisa Matthews,Cathy St. George,Charlotte Kemp, andMonique St. Pierre.[2]
Conrad is avegetarian and has worked withPETA.[3]
| Kari Kennell | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Kari Kennell Whitman (1964-06-21)June 21, 1964 (age 61) |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Kari Kennell Whitman (born June 21, 1964) is an Americanmodel and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month in February, 1988. She also did mainstream acting as Kari Whitman. In March 2007, Whitman starred in areality television series, "Designer To The Stars: Kari Whitman".[4]
| Susie Owens | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1956-05-28)May 28, 1956 (age 69) Arkansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Susie Diane Owens (born May 28, 1956) is an Americanmodel and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month for March 1988. In the May 1993 issue, she was used as the model for the comic book heroine "Flaxen", and also made public appearances in costume, but the character failed to find an audience.
| Eloise Broady | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1957-05-13)May 13, 1957 (age 68) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Eloise Broady (born May 13, 1957) is an Americanmodel and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate for April 1988. She is sometimes credited as:Eloise Dejoria, Eloise Schmitt, Elois DeJoria orEloise DeJoria. She is married toJohn Paul DeJoria. Eloise appeared in the music video for Kiss' "Reason to Live".
| Diana Lee | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1961-05-11)May 11, 1961 (age 64) Seattle, Washington, U.S.[5] |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[5] |
Diana Lee orDiana Lee-Hsu (born May 11, 1961) is an Americanmodel and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month for May 1988.[5] Hercenterfold was photographed byStephen Wayda andRichard Fegley.[5]
As an actress, she performed in several Playboy videos and had an appearance in the 1989James Bond movieLicence to Kill. In the film, Lee played Loti, a Hong Kongnarcotic agent. She also is prominently featured in the film's title sequence.[6]
| Emily Arth | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-10-18)October 18, 1960 (age 65) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Emily Arth (born October 18, 1960, inEvanston, Illinois) is an Americanmodel and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month for June, 1988. Afterwards, under her married name of Emily Feinberg, she worked for theWorld Wrestling Federation asVince McMahon's executive assistant.[7][8] She left the company in 1991 and later testified against McMahon in his steroid distribution trial in 1994.[9]
| Terri Lynn Doss | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1965-09-04)September 4, 1965 (age 60) |
| Height | 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m)[10] |
Terri Lynn Doss (born September 4, 1965) is an Americanmodel and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month for its July 1988 issue.[10][11]
| Helle Michaelsen | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1968-11-02)2 November 1968 (age 57)[12] |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[12] |
Helle Michaelsen (born 2 November 1968 inAalborg, Denmark)[12] is aDanishmodel and actress. She wasPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month for August 1988 and has appeared in numerousPlayboy videos.
| Laura Richmond | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1966-08-23)August 23, 1966 (age 59) Fort Dix, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
Laura Richmond (born August 23, 1966, inFort Dix, New Jersey) is an Americanmodel and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month for September, 1988 and has appeared in somePlayboy videos. She also portrayedJessica Rabbit on the cover of the November 1988 issue.
| Shannon Long | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1969-02-11)11 February 1969 (age 57) Gladstone, Queensland, Australia |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
Shannon Long (born 11 February 1969 inGladstone, Queensland, Australia) is an Australianmodel and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy magazine'sPlaymate of the Month for its October 1988 issue.[13]
Soon after her 16th birthday she moved toSydney, took up modeling and became Playmate in the Australian edition ofPlayboy in September 1985. Long did an encore pictorial in 1986, and represented Australia in the Playboy International Pageant in 1988.
She was the first Australian to appear as a Playmate in the U.S. edition. Her American success led to a second centerfold in the Australian edition in December 1988; she became the local "Playmate of the Year" in 1989 and appeared in another pictorial in 1992. She toured the US in the early 1990s promoting Australian beer.
| Pia Reyes | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-07-03)July 3, 1964 (age 61) |
| Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)[14] |
Maria Pia Agravante Reyes (born July 3, 1964, inManila, Philippines)[14] is aFilipino Americanmodel and actress. She was the November 1988PlayboyPlaymate of the Month.
Reyes earned aBachelor of Arts in advertising fromPenn State University in 1984, where she also played on thewomen's lacrosse team.[15] Reyes was once married to convicted con artist,Christophe Rocancourt, with whom she has a son, Zeus. On April 27, 2001, she and Rocancourt were arrested inOak Bay,British Columbia, Canada, on charges of defrauding an elderly couple.[16][17]
| Katariina Souri | |
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 Kata Kärkkäinen, August 2008 | |
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| Born | (1968-10-27)27 October 1968 (age 57) |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Katariina Souri (born 27 October 1968 as Minna Katariina "Kata" Kärkkäinen) is aFinnish author, artist and columnist, who first gained fame as aglamour model and actress. She was chosen asPlayboy'sPlaymate of the Month for December, 1988. After her modelling career, she worked as a writer in her native country, first as a televisionscript writer and then as an author.