__NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1980. ''

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'' magazine names its

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each month throughout the year.

January

Geraldine "Gig" Gangel (born October 17, 1958, in

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) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1980 issue. Her

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was photographed by

Ken Marcus Ken Marcus (born October 2, 1946) is a famous American photographer, best known for his work in glamour and erotic photography with ''Penthouse'' and ''Playboy'' magazines and for his own website. For over 50 years he has produced hundreds of ...

. Before becoming a Playmate, Gangel appeared on the October 1979 cover of ''Playboy''. In ''The Playmate Book'', Gangel commented on her photo shoot with

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that, "I didn't think Burt was my type, until I met him."

February

Sandra Joyce Cagle (born February 2, 1957, in

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) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1980 issue. Her

was photographed by

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. Cagle had a brief stint as a

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at the Playboy Resort in

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, before her Playmate selection. She appeared on four covers of the Japanese edition in one year before she became a Playmate.

March

Henriette Allais (born July 22, 1954, in

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) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1980 issue. Her

was photographed by

Arny Freytag Arny Freytag (born April 12, 1950) is an American photographer who specializes in glamour photography. He began working for ''Playboy'' magazine in 1976 and at one time was one of only two photographers who produced the ''Playboy'' centerfold pho ...

and

Richard Fegley Leon Richard Fegley (November 29, 1936 – September 15, 2001) was an American photographer who worked for ''Playboy'' magazine for 30 years. Fegley started taking photos during a stint in the United States Air Force and eventually attended the ...

. In 1980, she posed for

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's "Big Nudes" series. Her portrait "Big Nude III" became the poster for the first exhibition of the series at Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris in 1981. A numbered print of "Big Nude III" was sold at an auction at

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in November 2005 for £176,000 ($311,344).

April

Liz Glazowski (born December 19, 1957, in Zakopane, Poland) is a

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model. She is best known for being ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1980 issue. Her

was photographed by

May

Martha Elizabeth Thomsen (born January 25, 1957, in

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) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1980 issue.

June

Ola Ray (born August 26, 1960) is an American model and actress who starred in the short film "

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" in 1983. She modeled for ''

'' and was the

Playmate A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playm ...

of the Month for the June 1980 issue.

July

Teri Peterson (born November 6, 1959, in

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) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1980 issue.

August

Victoria Cooke (born July 31, 1957, in Hollywood, California) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1980 issue. Her

was photographed by

Mario Casilli Mario Anthony Casilli (January 22, 1931 – April 25, 2002) was an American photographer. Among other assignments, he worked for Playboy magazine between 1957 and 1996 and his first photoshoot there was of Jacquelyn Prescott, as Playmate of t ...

September

Lisa Welch Semler (born on November 11, 1960, in

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) is an American model, actress and artist. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1980 issue. Semler played Suzy, a

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, in ''

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''. Semler is married and lives in

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, and is a painter and photographer. She sells her paintings to

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companies. Semler and her husband also maintain their own

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and make their own wine.

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October

Mardi Jacquet (born November 2, 1960, in

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, France) is a French-American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1980 issue.

November

Jeana Tomasino was born on September 18, 1955, in

. Tomasino graduated from Whitnall High School located in

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, in 1972. When she was younger, she worked as a model and actress. Tomasino was also a ''

'' magazine

in November 1980. Currently known as Jeana Ellen Keough, Tomasino is a real estate salesperson in Aliso Viejo, California, and a cast member of the reality show ''

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.''

December

Terri Welles (born Terri Knepper November 21, 1956, in

) is an American actress and model. Welles first appeared on the cover of the May 1980 issue of ''

''. She was the

in the December 1980 issue and named

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for 1981. Her original Playmate pictorial was photographed by

. Playboy Enterprises sued Welles in 1998 over her online use of its trademark terms ''"Playboy"'' and "Playmate of the Year" for commercial purposes. In ''

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'', the courts ruled that virtually all of Welles' uses of the terms were allowed.

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