PMOY Missed Picks

[XavierBehavior]

1980: Definitely Lisa Welch.

1983: Barbara Edwards was a good pick but the timeless beauty of the year was Tracy Vaccaro.

1987: Sharry Konopski or Marina Baker over India Allen.

1988 wasn't really a contest with the Mrs. in the mix, but I have my own bias toward my all time favorite playmate, Laura Richmond. Shannon Long and Kata Kärkkäinen would also have been excellent choices.

[spazarino]

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.

At least Donna smiled once in a while...Terri never did.

[spazarino]

Here are my pics through the years...some I agreed with, some I didn't....some I refused to decide between 2 models....some years I didn't have a fave.

Basically this comes down to which potential PMOY I most want to bang silly.

76 Patti McGuire
78 Janis Scmitt
79 Denise McConnell/Candy Loving
81 Karen Price
82 Kim McArthur
83 Barbara Edwards
85 Venice Kong
86 Donna Edmondson
87 Brandi Brandt
88 Shannon Long
92 Stephanie Adams
96 Karin Taylor
97 Lynn Thomas/Karen McDougal
98 Vanessa Gleason
00 Neferteri Shepherd
01 Crista Nicole/Heather Spytek
02 Nicole Narain/Heather Carolin
04 Hiromi Oshima
06 Sara Jean Underwood
07 Spencer Scott
08 Ida Ljungvist

[glentjones]

Should have won (Won) IMHO
79 Candy Loving (Stratten)
80 Gig Gagnel (Wells)
81 Kelly Tough (Terri Wells)
82 Kimberly McArthur (Shannon Tweed)
83 no one in particular (Barbara Edwards)
84 Justine Greiner (Karen Velez)
85 Hope Marie Carlton (Kathy Shower)
86 Lynne Austin (Donna Edmondson)
87 Sharry Konopski (India Allen)
88 Kata Karkkainen (Kimberly Conrad)
89 Karen Foster (Rene Tenison)

[WMUHFan1]

While I've thought that many of the PMOY's were deserving, the only one I've ever agreed with over the years was Donna Edmondson in 1986. The people I thought really deserved it each year were:

1980 - Gig Gangel (although Terri Welles was a close second for me)
1981 - Karen Price
1982 - Kimberly McArthur (I rate Marianne Gravatte third behind Cathy St. George)
1983 - Alana Soares
1984 - Roberta Vasquez (although I think Karen Velez was second that year)
1985 - Pamela Saunders
1986 - Only year I agreed with the pick (see above)
1987 - Sharry Konopski
1988 - Shannon Long
1989 - Tawnni Cable (I put Renee Tenison 4th that year)
1990 - Kerri Kendall (I put Lisa Matthews 3rd that year)
1991 - Cheryl Bachman
1992 - Tylyn John
1993 - Julianna Young (I put Jenny McCarthy 3rd behind Kimberly Donley)
1994 - Shae Marks
1995 - Donna D'Errico (but I think Stacey Sanches is second that year)
1996 - Shauna Sand (I put Victoria Silvstedt 3rd behind Karin Taylor as well)
1997 - Kalin Olson (I put Karen McDougal 3rd behind Lynn Thomas)
1998 - Laura Cover
1999 - Brooke Richards
2000 - Buffy Tyler
2001 - Irina Voronina
2002 - Teri Harrison
2003 - Pennelope Jimenez
2004 - Hiromi Oshima
2005 - Christine Smith
2006 - Cassandra Lynn
2007 - Patrice Hollis
2008 - Regina Deutinger (I'd put Ida Ljungqvist 3rd that year behind Valerie Mason)
2009 - Dasha Astafieva (although I'd make Hope Dworzczyk a close second that year)
2010 - Olivia Paige (although Claire Sinclair was a very close second)
2011 - Sasha Bonilova (although I'd put Jaclyn Swedberg a solid second that year)
2012 - Leola Bell (although I'd put Raquel Pomplun as a solid second)

Stopped following them after 2012.

[snowshoes]

Cynthia Myers in '68
Janet Lupo in '75
Lynda Wiesmeier in '82

Shelby Chesnes in 2013 should have been chosen over Raquel Pomplun.

One egregiously bad choice was Dani Mathers. Thought so at the time and I still think that. Almost any other choice that year would have been a better one.

I realize that Carmella DeCesare wasn't a bad choice by any means in 2004, but I do believe that Pennelope Jimenez was more deserving.

Dalene Curtis was another bad choice in 2002 and it's made worse by the fact that she was selected over Lindsey Vuolo. Mind boggling.

[Lurk_D]

Dalene Curtis was chosen for the novelty of being the first to be completely shaved. Probably the same reason she was PMOM, for that matter. I didn't have a problem then. But then the novelty wore off in the worst way. As I understand it, these days she'll either be completely shaved, or she won't. Depends on her mood.

[Duece]

In my opinion Dani Mathers is easily the worst Playmate of the Year and probably one of the worst Playmates in Playboy's history and that includes both nude and non-nude Playmates. This was my opinion long before the whole body shaming fiasco, I never thought she was particularly facially attractive, her body is unimpressive and her breasts were overly fake looking. I remember seeing her in the 2011 Los Angeles Casting Call and thinking she was the weakest of them all. How did she rise to being a Playmate?

I don't consider the 2014 Playmate Calendar to be particularly strong but my three favorites from that year were Shanice Jordyn (a petite black girl) Jessica Ashley (a brunette girl next door type) Emily Agnes (a busty Brit) and Elizabeth Ostrander (a busty red head.).

While I thought Shanice was cute, I didn't think she did enough to be PMOY. In my mind it was a three way tie between Jessica Ashley, Emily Agnes and Elizabeth Ostrander.

Dani was easily 12th of 12 in that fair weak year.

[Krellborn]

1984 was a bad choice, so balls to democracy! I'd place Karen Velez in about 6th or 7th place in that year's line-up - she's very pretty, but so was the competition. Top? Either Liz Stewart or Kim Evenson.

1985 - Kathy Shower? Really? So many beauties to choose from, like Joan Bennett, Cherie Witter or Carol Ficatier, and the public vote goes to Robo-C.H.I.C.?