Tamara Witmer

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Tamara Witmer
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Playboy centerfold appearance
August 2005
Preceded by Qiana Chase
Succeeded by Vanessa Hoelsher
Personal details
BornTamara Lynn Witmer
(1984-03-21) March 21, 1984 (age 40)
Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, United States [1]
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Tamara Witmer (born March 21, 1984) [1] is an American model, actress, and reality television star. She is best known for her appearance as Playboy's Playmate of the Month, Miss August 2005, the cover girl for the October 2006 issue and appeared as Miss May in the Playboy Playmate Video Calendar of 2007.

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Modeling career

Prior to becoming a Playmate, she has appeared on magazine covers (such as Muscle and Fitness , FHM , and Glamour ) as well as inside the issues of Maxim , Stuff , Vanity Fair and Sports Illustrated . Witmer has also appeared in advertising campaigns, calendars, lingerie and swimwear catalogs. She also appeared in Lingerie Bowl 2005 in February 2005 during half-time of Super Bowl XXXIX, as a lingerie-wearing tackle football player of the Los Angeles Temptation team.

In addition, she was the cover model for the March 2010 digital issue of Fast Lane magazine. [2]

Filmography

Reality television

In 2007, Witmer was a contestant on first season of VH1's reality dating show Rock of Love . [3] Although she made it into the house, she exited after the second episode along with three other contestants. [4] She later returned for both the special Clip and Reunion episodes after the completion of the first season.

In 2009, Witmer was a contestant on the second season of the VH1 competition show I Love Money . She appeared in only the first episode, after losing an arm wrestling match. [5] [6]

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010LA's The Place MagazineHostWeb Series
2009Baby OTheresaDirect-to-DVD
2009 I Love Money 2 Herself1 Episode
2007 Rock of Love with Bret Michaels Herself4 Episodes
2007 Supergator GigiSyFy Channel
2007Playboy Playmate Video Calendar 2007Miss MayDirect-to-DVD
2006 Deal or No Deal Model8 Episodes
2005 Lingerie Bowl Los Angeles Temptation Team Captain

Music video appearances

According to her now-defunct website, Witmer has made guest appearances in two music videos:

YearVideoMusician
2003 The Eminem Show Eminem
2008"Rock N Roll Jesus" Kid Rock

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