List of Playboy Playmates of 1988

The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1988. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

January

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
Moulton, Alabama
Measurements Bust: 36"
Waist: 24"
Hips: 36"
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 122 lb (55 kg; 8.7 st)
Main article: Kimberley Conrad

Kimberley Conrad (born August 6, 1962) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in January, 1988 and became Playmate of the Year 1989. Conrad was born in Alabama and raised in Nevada and British Columbia. She is most known for marrying Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in 1989, an event which sparked worldwide media attention. The comic strip Doonesbury 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, 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 the Playboy Mansion. After an 11-year separation, Hefner filed for divorce stating irreconcilable differences in September 2009 after his youngest child turned 18.[1]

Conrad is a vegetarian and has worked with PETA.[2]

February

Kari Kennell
Personal details
Born Kari Kennell Whitman
(1964-06-21) June 21, 1964
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Measurements Bust: 34"
Waist: 22"
Hips: 33"
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight 101 lb (46 kg; 7.2 st)
Main article: Kari Kennell

Kari Kennell Whitman (born June 21, 1964) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in February, 1988. She also did mainstream acting as Kari Whitman. In March 2007, Whitman starred in a reality television series, "Designer To The Stars: Kari Whitman".[3]

March

Susie Owens
Personal details
Born (1956-05-28) May 28, 1956
Arkansas City, Kansas
Measurements Bust: 35"
Waist: 25"
Hips: 35"
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 117 lb (53 kg; 8.4 st)
Main article: Susie Owens

Susie Diane Owens (born May 28, 1956) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate 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.

April

Eloise Broady
Personal details
Born (1957-05-13) May 13, 1957
Houston, Texas
Measurements Bust: 36 in (91 cm)
Waist: 25 in (64 cm)
Hips: 35 in (89 cm)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st)

Eloise Broady (born May 13, 1957) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate for April 1988. She is sometimes credited as: Eloise Dejoria, Eloise Schmitt, Elois DeJoria or Eloise DeJoria. She is married to John Paul DeJoria.

May

Diana Lee
Personal details
Born (1961-05-11) May 11, 1961
Seattle, Washington[4]
Measurements Bust: 36"[4]
Waist: 24"
Hips: 35"
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[4]
Weight 118 lb (54 kg; 8.4 st)
Main article: Diana Lee

Diana Lee or Diana Lee-Hsu (born May 11, 1961) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for May 1988.[4] Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda and Richard Fegley.[4]

As an actress, she performed in several Playboy videos and had an appearance in the 1989 James Bond movie Licence to Kill. In the film, Lee played Loti, a Hong Kong narcotic agent. She also is prominently featured in the film's title sequence.[5]

June

Emily Arth
Personal details
Born (1960-10-18) October 18, 1960
Evanston, Illinois
Measurements Bust: 35"
Waist: 24"
Hips: 35"
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)

Emily Arth (born October 18, 1960 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for June, 1988. Afterwards, under her married name of Emily Feinberg, she worked for the World Wrestling Federation as Vince McMahon's executive assistant.[6][7] She left the company in 1991 and later testified against McMahon in his steroid distribution trial in 1994.[8]

July

Terri Lynn Doss
Personal details
Born (1965-09-04) September 4, 1965
Chicago, Illinois[9]
Measurements Bust: 36"[9]
Waist: 22"
Hips: 32"
Height 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m)[9]
Weight 109 lb (49 kg; 7.8 st)

Terri Lynn Doss (born September 4, 1965) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for its July 1988 issue.[9][10]

August

Helle Michaelsen
Personal details
Born (1968-11-02) 2 November 1968[11]
Aalborg, Denmark[11]
Measurements Bust: 35"[11]
Waist: 24"[11]
Hips: 33.5"[11]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[11]

Helle Michaelsen (born 2 November 1968 in Aalborg, Denmark)[11] is a Danish model and actress. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August 1988 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos.

September

Laura Richmond
Personal details
Born (1966-08-23) August 23, 1966
Fort Dix, New Jersey
Measurements Bust: 36"
Waist: 24.5"
Hips: 34"
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st)

Laura Richmond (born August 23, 1966 in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for September, 1988 and has appeared in some Playboy videos. She also portrayed Jessica Rabbit on the cover of the November 1988 issue.

October

Shannon Long
Personal details
Born (1969-02-11) 11 February 1969
Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Measurements Bust: 36"
Waist: 21"
Hips: 32"
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight 94 lb (43 kg; 6.7 st)

Shannon Long (born 11 February 1969 in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1988 issue.[12]

Soon after her 16th birthday she moved to Sydney, took up modeling and became Playmate in the Australian edition of Playboy 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 USA in the early 1990s promoting Australian beer.

November

Pia Reyes
Personal details
Born (1964-07-03) July 3, 1964
Manila, Philippines[13]
Measurements Bust: 35.5"[13]
Waist: 24"
Hips: 35"
Height 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)[13]
Weight 123 lb (56 kg; 8.8 st)
Main article: Pia Reyes

Maria Pia Agravante Reyes (born July 3, 1964 in Manila, Philippines)[13] is a Filipino American model and actress. She was the November 1988 Playboy Playmate of the Month.

Reyes earned a Bachelor of Arts in advertising from Penn State University in 1984, where she also played on the women's lacrosse team.[14] 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 in Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada, on charges of defrauding an elderly couple.[15][16]

December

Katariina Souri

Kata Kärkkäinen, August 2008
Personal details
Born (1968-10-27) 27 October 1968
Helsinki, Finland
Measurements Bust: 35"
Waist: 24"
Hips: 35"
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st)
Main article: Katariina Souri

Katariina Souri (born 27 October 1968 as Minna Katariina "Kata" Kärkkäinen) is a Finnish author, artist and columnist, who first gained fame as a glamour model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for December, 1988. After her modelling career, she worked as a writer in her native country, first as a television script writer and then as an author.

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