PMOY Missed Picks

[bubba420]

Sandy Johnson ( June 1974) had the great misfortune of being PMOM the month after Marilyn Lange, who I believe is G.O.A.T. The bunny mag also diminished this beautiful natural beauty by putting her CF pose in a baseball hat, socks, and cleats. Why? As they frequently did, they just got too clever for their own good.

[Barry Shitpeas]

1998: Carrie Stevens
2002: Miriam Gonzalez

[howdy2]

Following up my earlier post and having way too much free time, here's my full list.

My choice/actual winner

1959: Cindy Fuller/Ellen Stratton
1960: Delores Wells/Linda Gamble (Tough year! I would have been fine with any of four and Gamble was hardly a "bad" pick.)
1961: Barbara Ann Lawford/Christa Speck
1962: Laura Young or June Cochran/June Cochran (Amazing year top to bottom)
1963: Carrie Enright or Toni Ann Thomas/Donna Michelle
1964: Rosemarie Hillcrest/Jo Collins (Jesus, another incredible year)
1965: Maria McBane or Gay Collier/Allison Parks
1966: Melinda Windsor/Lisa Baker
1967: Fran Gerard or Reagan Wilson/Angela Dorian
1968: Michelle Hamilton/Connie Kreskie
1969: Jean Bell or Helen Antonaccio/Claudia Jennings
1970: Barbara Hillary or Carol Imhof/Sharon Clark
1971: Karen Christy or Cynthia Hall/Liv Lindeland (Great, I pick one of Hef's main squeezes and he didn't give it to her)
1972: Linda Summers/Marilyn Cole (Weakest year so far)
1973: Miki Garcia/Cyndi Wood
1974: Sandy Johnson/Marilyn Lange
1975: Azizi Johari/Lilian Muller
1976: Daina House/Patti McGuire
1977: Nicki Thomas or Julia Lyndon/Debra Jo Fondren
1978: Karen Morton/Monique St. Pierre
1979: Candy Loving or Vicki McCarty/Dorothy Stratten
1980: Gig Gangel or Liz Glazowski/Terri Welles
1981: Lorraine Michaels or Patti Farinelli or Cathy Larmouth/Shannon Tweed
1982: Linda Vaughn or Karen Witter/Marianne Gravatte
1983: Alana Soares or Carina Persson/Barbara Edwards
1984: Penny Baker or Patty Duffek/Karen Velez
1985: Joan Bennett or Devin Devasquez/Kathy Shower
1986: Lynne Austin or Sherry Arnett/Donna Edmondson
1987: Sharry Konopski or Carmen Berg or Anna Clark/India Allen
1988: Shannon Long/Kimberly Conrad
1989: Karin & Mirjam van Breeschooten/Renee Tenison (Really weak year)
1990: Lorraine Olivia/Lisa Matthews (Another weak year)
1991: Saskia Linssen/Corinna Harney
1992: Angela Melini/Anna Nicole Smith
1993: Nicole Wood or Echo Johnson/Jenny McCarthy
1994: Kelly Gallagher or Becky Delosantos/Julie Cialini
1995: Cindy Brown/Stacy Sanches
1996: Karin Taylor or Angel Boris/Victoria Silsvedt
1997: Jennifer Miriam/Karen McDougal
1998: Marliece Andrada or Julia Schultz/Heather Kozar
1999: Stacy Fuson/Jodi Ann Peterson
2000: Brooke Berry or Nefertiti Shepherd/Brande Nicole Broderick
2001: Miriam Gonzalez or Lindsay Vuolo/Dalene Kurtis
2002: Christina Santiago/Christina Santiago (Woot, second time in the history of the magazine that I agreed with them.)
2003: Marketa Janska/Carmella DeCesare
2004: Pilar Lastra/Tiffany Fallon
2005: Qiana Chase/Kara Monaco
2006: Athena Lundberg/Sara Jean Underwood
2007: Patrice Hollis/Jayde Nicole
2008: Juliette Frette/Ida Ljungqvist
2009: Jennifer Pershing or Dasha Astafieva/Hope Dworaczyk
2010: Claire Sinclair/Claire Sinclair (Yay, number three!)
2011: Mei-Ling Lam/Jaclyn Swedberg
2012: Pamela Horton/Raquel Pomplun
2013: Ashley Doris/Kennedy Summers
2014: Shanice Jordyn or Jessica Ashley/Dani Mathers
2015: Kaylia Cassandra/Eugenia Washington (she was a close third)
2016: Camille Rowe/Brook Power
2017: Lada Kravchenko or Liza Key or Jessica Wall/Nina Danielle

Observations that are probably interesting only to me-

So, 61 PotY and I've agreed with three. If I randomly picked each year, I'd expect to get more hits.

I don't deny liking big boobs but looking at my picks for the first twenty years or so, you'd think I was Russ Myer or something.

I quit Playboy around 2000 due largely to the plastic-looking robo-blonds with fake boobs that had taken over the magazine. Going through the last ten years or so, it appears there was a definite turn away from that look.

In addition to moving away from fake boobs, they also seemed to have moved away from big boobs altogether, real or fake.

Speaking of fake boobs, you might have noticed that they are an automatic dis-qualifier for me. It's possible that a few with extraordinarily natural looking fakes got through, but I've got a pretty good eye for it.

The trend of thinner and thinner playmates that began in the late 80s or so kept going. The last ten years or so have had a lot of very thin, more fashion-model looking women. Patti Farinelli wouldn't get in the front door now, and that sucks. Hell, most of the playmates from the late 70s and back would be considered "fat" by many today.

The pictorials also seem to have become more naturalistic (relatively speaking) and moved away from the "softer," more overtly erotic style that was the norm for so long.

[jhi6900]

I hated 1988 my opion is Kimberly Conrad was picked because she was married to hef I would have went with Shannon Long or Teri Lynn Doss

[jhi6900]

1984 Penny Baker beat out Karen Valez for anniversary playmate but lost to her for PMOY it doesn't make sense to me. I would have picked Penny but she is my favorite playmate

[CandyMoFan]

He said: I don't deny liking big boobs but looking at my picks for the first twenty years or so, you'd think I was Russ Myer or something.

I quit Playboy around 2000 due largely to the plastic-looking robo-blonds with fake boobs that had taken over the magazine. Going through the last ten years or so, it appears there was a definite turn away from that look.

In addition to moving away from fake boobs, they also seemed to have moved away from big boobs altogether, real or fake.
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I said: Yes, i agree, many of us quit Playboy over the years as they relied more and more on barbie-doll looking models with smaller and smaller boobs!

Loved the models from early Playboy era who filled out a sweater, iE, Elaine Reynolds, Patti Farinelli, Pamela Ann Gordon, Cynthia Myers, Melinda Windsor and even Christa Speck. Just don't make 'em like that anymore. Or it should be said, that Playboy won't even let them in the door nowadays! Shame, such a waste.

[jetpacksam]

Year/Winner/Mine

60/Ellen Stratton/Cindy Fuller
61/Linda Gamble/Ginger Young
62/Christa Speck/Tonya Crews
63/June Cochran/Avis Kimble
64/Donna Michelle/Victoria Valentino {and it isn't really close}
65/Jo Collins/Ashlyn Martin
66/Allison Parks/Pat Russo
67/Lisa Baker/Karla Conway
68/Angela Dorian/Angela Dorian
69/Connie Kreski/Cynthia Myers
70/Claudia Jennings/Jean Bell
71/Sharon Clark/Carol Imhoff
72/Liv Lindeland/Karen Christy
73/Marilyn Cole/Linda Summers
74/Cyndi Wood/Valerie Lane
75/Marilyn Lange/Ester Cordet
76/Lillian Müller/Laura Misch
77/Patti McGuire/Patti McGuire
78/Debra Jo Fondren/Debra Jo Fondren
79/Monique St. Pierre/Karen Morton
80/Dorothy Stratten/Dorothy Stratten
81/Terri Welles/Lisa Welch
82/ Shannon Tweed/Shannon Tweed
83/Marianne Gravatte/Lourdes Ann Estores
84/Barbara Edwards/Jolanda Egger
85/Karen Velez/Roberta Vasquez
86/Kathy Shower/Cynthia Brimhall {and it isn't really close}
87/Donna Edmondson/Rebecca Ferratti
88/India Allen/Brandi Brandt
89/Kimberley Conrad/Kimberley Conrad
90/Reneé Tenison/The Breeschooten Twins
91/Lisa Matthews/Bonnie Marino
92/Corinna Harney/Christina Marie Leardini
93/Anna Nicole Smith/Angela Melini
94/Jenny McCarthy/Echo Leta Johnson
95/Julie Lynn Cialini/ Kelly Gallagher {and it isn't really close}
96/Stacy Sanches/Cynthia Gwyn Brown
97/Victoria Silvstedt/Angel Boris
98/Karen McDougal/Jami Ferrell {and it isn't really close}
99/Heather Kozar/Angela Little
00/Jodi Ann Paterson/Stacy Marie Fuson
01/Brande Roderick/Neferteri Shepherd {and it isn't really close}
02/Dalene Kurtis/Miriam Gonzalez

2002 is when I checked out. The air brushing was getting really bad.
Pl@yb@y willingly walked away from their girl next door Pl@ym@ates and the supermodel silicone era began. However, the real deal breaker? A Bald Pl@m@ate is bad enough. A Bald PMOY must not be tolerated. Ever.

[Lurk_D]

When Dalene Curtis was PMOM, being shaved bald was a novelty still. As the first completely bald PM, I'm not surprised that she was also PMOY. But less that five years later she was no longer a novelty, and that's what soured me.

[sixdogs]

Basically a list of personal faves. The PMOY was chosen for various reasons. Often it was who was banging Hef at the time. It was also who was able to best represent Playboy at promotional events that year. There were individual quirks. Terri Welles only agreed to become a Playmate period if she were chosen as PMOY. Crista Nicole was offered but turned it down, I'm sure there are lots of others.

My personal faves


1956 Marquerite Empey

1959 Elaine Reynolds


1968 Michelle Hamilton


1974 Marilyn Lange


1978 Vicki Witt


1979 Candy Loving


1980 Gig Gangel (runner up Lisa Welch)


1981 Tie, Karen Price and Patti Farinelli


1982 Kimberly McArthur


1984 Roberta Vasquez


1987 Sharry Konopski


1988 Shannon Long


1989 Tawnni Cable


1991 Cheryl Bachman


1997 Karen McDougal


2000 Shannon Stewart (#1 of all time)

2001 Crista Nicole

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by KissArmy

I recall reading that Terri Weigel complained that she was the popular choice for PMOY 86, but Hefner wanted to taunt all the religious right/evangelical Christians that hated him. So he gave PMOY 86 to Donna Edmondson, who said she was a good Christian girl. So said Terri.

Yes, Mansion West was just chock full of good Christian girls in the 80s'