[CBS] Who is Rhoda Swansen?

[effCup]

Rhoda Swansen from Australian Penthouse, 1991-05, photog. Andre Felix, thanks to sweeet.

Originally Posted by sweeet

Does anyone know the above model by another name, or have additional information about her?

I do have an unlikely hypothesis: could the above model be Nina Lee (aka Rhoda Swanson) from PHUS 1984-01, who was also an Andre Felix model? The similarity of names could just be chance, as there's nothing in common in terms of the photog. settings, etc., and it's a big time-lag. I'd say Nina perhaps had more boobage than mystery, while in one pic. her areolae look quite differently sized but much less-so in others. Mystery's mostly hiding hers, so difficult to tell.

[funkjunkie]

It is actress Rochelle Swanson.

Check out her Facebook page. She lost her Miss San Diego crown as a result of this spread and is now campaigning for an apology.

[effCup]

Interesting account, funkjunkie. I've been unable to find any evidence for it. Are you able to provide a (publicly accessible) link, or post a screen grab to support it?

There's a thread for Rochelle Swanson here, & a few more pics. here.
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The pics. of Rochelle seem rather bustier than mystery?

[funkjunkie]

Hopefully this works: https://m.facebook.com/rochelle.swanson.71?fref=nf

That's her account. I can't see the message about her campaign today, but maybe the mobile view I am using has hidden it and I'm awful at Facebook.

She mentioned though that she changed her name from Rhoda after the uproar of losing her crown. 'Rochelle' clearly has implants, explaining the differences we see. Her face though is unmistakable.

EDITED TO ADD:

Here is the comment from her Facebook timeline. I hope this is allowed, please delete from my post if not.






Please comment as I could use all the support I can get. Its always weighed heavily on my mind since that time...
Wow! 32 years ago. I entered the Miss San Diego Pageant in order to go back and finish my college credits with the scholarship that I won in order to make my father and mother proud. I've lost my dad now and my mom and one of my brothers all in the course of 4 months. Wish they could be here to see a public apology to their daughter/sister as it was an extremely tumultuous and stressful situation for my entire family with what the media and the public put us through.
Since that time unbeknownst to most until my public post today, I changed my name from Rhoda to Rochelle, became a movie and television actress starring in upwards of 25 movies and appearing as a star of numerous television series, sitcoms, and soap operas. You can check it out at rochelleswanson.net if you wish. It is a beautiful site that a generous and devoted fan in Germany designed and dedicated to me as an actress. Or just search "Rochelle Swanson"(I'm the brunette) Lol . I also played the role of David Hasselhoff's girlfriend Shelby on Baywatch, starred in the Showtime series Sherman Oaks as Sheila Shane, and was Cynthia in the 160 episodes of Fox Soap Opera called "FOREVER".
I believe I have represented this country with pride and dignity as an All American Girl being a member of La Jolla Presbyterian Church, involving myself in numerous charitable organizations including Meals on Wheels, Reading for the Blind, the Alzheimer's Association, numerous Navy affiliated groups (my dad was a fighter pilot), and volunteering as a domestic violence lecturer and etiquette specialist for young women requiring life coaching and direction from an authentic source (I speak from personal experience). I am still playing classical piano as I did for the Miss San Diego competition and continue to educate myself about all current social/political/international issues. I promote fitness, health, and well being. I am the guardian of an endangered California desert tortoise I named Allie Oop Tortellini and am an animal rescue enthusiast. I stepped away from my career as a movie/TV actress devoting the last seven years to caring for my aging parents and my ill brother all of whom have subsequently passed away with specific attention to helping find a cure for Alzheimer's Disease which my Dad suffered from.
I don't think I'm an embarrassment to this fine country of ours the United States of America, and I feel I should be reinstated as Miss San Diego of 1984 and that pageant officials owe my parents and I an official apology as the one they offered Vanessa Williams, Miss America 1983.
Rochelle (Rhoda) Swanson, Miss San Diego 1984

[effCup]

Thanks to funkjunkie for supplying the extra info. of the year in which Rhoda Swanson was in the Miss San Diego competition.

Here (#2) it says that Rhoda Swanson, briefly Miss San Diego 1984, featured in Penthouse under the name Nina Lee - thread here.

The question then becomes: is Rhoda Swansen (above) the same model as Nina Lee (aka Rhoda Swanson)?

NB, a lot of sweeet's scans from the above AUPH, 1991-05 set seem to have died so I've re-upped them here for consideration:

[effCup]

A follow-up (but semi-unrelated--i.e. to the mystery above) question: should we ask relevant mods to combine the threads for Rochelle Swanson and Nina Lee?

[Pepper II]

Let's not be in too big a hurry; we would want to be 100% certain before making such a move. I'll notify the section Mods about this thread.

[haVEFun here]

in this newer post by Fleabag (images published in 1986, photography by Suze Randall):

Originally Posted by Fleabag

credit to original poster Fleabag! (please push the thanks - button in his originating post!)

regards, hfh.