The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 2009, the 55th anniversary year of the publication. Playboy magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
Dasha Astafieva (Ukrainian: Дар'я Астаф'єва[2], romanized:Dasha Astafieva; born 4 August 1985) is a Ukrainian model, singer and actress. She is a former member of the Ukrainian pop group NikitA and has a solo career. She is Playboy'sPlaymate of the Month for January 2009.[3] She is the 55th Anniversary Playmate.[3] In 2011, she became the spokeswoman for AnastasiaDate,[4] an online dating website.
Jessica Burciaga (born 11 April 1983)[3] is an American model and former fitness trainer.[6] Her father is Mexican and her mother is French and Irish.[5] She is Playboy's February 2009 Playmate of the Month.[3] She was also a Playboy Bunny and blackjack dealer at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.[7] Burciaga filed a lawsuit, along with models Leilani Dowding and Eva Pepaja, against a strip club in Tampa, Florida, for using photographs of them without their permission.[8] In 2019, she was featured in Cassper Nyovest's music video for Move For Me.[5]
Jennifer Pershing (born 19 June 1980) is an American model. Pershing graduated from Mainland Regional High School in 1998.[10] She moved to Los Angeles with her husband, filmmaker Steven Pershing.[10] Pershing was discovered by Playboy when she was at the Key Club in Hollywood seeing an '80s cover band, Steel Panther, perform.[10] She is Playboy's March 2009 Playmate of the Month.[11][12] Pershing's pictorial and centerfold were photographed by Playboy photographer Arny Freytag.[11]
Hope Dworaczyk (born 21 November 1984) is an American model who is the PlayboyPlaymate of the Month for April 2009. She tested for the 55th Anniversary Playmate search.[13] She is the 2010 Playmate of the Year.
McCahill was born in River Forest, Illinois, grew up in Illinois, and was homeschooled. She started participating in beauty pageants when she was nine. She was discovered by Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt while eating at a Hooters.[18] In March 2009, McCahill was arrested under suspicion of a DUI. At that time, she was working at a nightclub in Chicago. She was released of the charges.[19][20] In 2013, McCahill had a minor role in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.[21]
Candice Cassidy (born 23 October 1985)[24][23] is the PlayboyPlaymate of the Month for June 2009 after being a Cyber Girl in 2006.[25] Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner designed the photoshoot, the first he had designed in over 10 years.[22]Holly Madison directed the photoshoot and the photography was provided by Arny Freytag.[23] Her stage last name, Cassidy, is the name of a cousin.[26]
Kristina and Karissa Shannon (born 2 October 1989)[27] are American models and twin sisters.[28]Hugh Hefner of Playboy chose them as his next set of girlfriends, replacing Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson. They appeared as Misses July and August in the 2009 double "Summer Issue" of Playboy.
Phillips graduated from Corona High School in Corona, California.[31] Prior to becoming a Playmate, Phillips was attending college and working as a preschool teacher and waitress. She was discovered after a friend submitted amateur portraits of Phillips to Playboy.[32] In a 2009 interview with the Las Vegas Sun, Phillips shared that she has had breast augmentation surgery, which was paid for by a customer at a restaurant she used to work at prior to becoming a Playmate.[33] Phillips lives in Los Angeles.[34]
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Lindsey Gayle Evans
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Lindsey Gayle Evans (1989-12-09) 9 December 1989 (age34) Paris, Texas[35]
Lindsey Gayle Evans (born 9 December 1989) is an American model and beauty queen who is the PlayboyPlaymate of the Month for October 2009.[35] Her pictorial was photographed by Stephen Wayda. She won the Miss Louisiana Teen USA title in 2007, but was replaced eleven months later following her arrest over an incident in a restaurant, where marijuana was found in her purse, and she and three friends were accused of not paying their bill.[36]
Thompson grew up in Gilmer, Texas. She attended Harmony Junior High School, where she was a cheerleader.[38] Thompson bartended in Texas prior to becoming a Playmate. She was discovered at a Playboy open call in Dallas, Texas.[39] A fitness model, in 2015, Thompson won two gold medals at the NPC Better Bodies Championship.[40] Thompson is married to Lance Thompson.[38]
Crystal Harris (born 29 April 1986)[41] is a British-American[41] model and singer who is the PlayboyPlaymate of the Month for December 2009.[42] She also appeared as "Coed of the Week" for the week of 30 October 2008, at Playboy's Cyber Club under the name Crystal Carter.[43]
A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a 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 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.
Tina Marie Jordan is an American glamour model and actress. Jordan is the Playmate of the Month for March 2002 and a former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner.
Daria Dasha" Viktorivna Astafieva is a Ukrainian model, singer, and actress. Formerly of the Ukrainian pop duo NikitA, Dasha Astafieva was the 2007 Playmate of the Year for Ukrainian Playboy and the 55th Anniversary Playmate for American Playboy.
Hope Dworaczyk Smith is an American entrepreneur, model, and reality television personality. She is the founder and CEO of MUTHA, a skincare company, and was the host of Inside Fashion. Smith was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 2009, and later became the 2010 Playmate of the Year.
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