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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1992. ''
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'' magazine names its
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each month throughout the year.


January

Suzi Athena Simpson (born Suzi Singstock on November 16, 1968) is an American
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, and actress. Born to a Naval officer and flight attendant in
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, Greece, Suzi is the eldest of four children. She has two brothers and a sister. In 1984, she won the title
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. She appeared in a
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, and films such as '' St. Elmo's Fire'' and ''
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''. She was chosen as ''
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''s
Playmate of the Month 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 ...
for January, 1992 and has appeared in
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.


February

Tanya Michelle Beyer (born June 4, 1971, in
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) is an American
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and actress. She was chosen as ''
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''s
Playmate of the Month 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 ...
for February 1992 and has appeared in numerous ''Playboy'' videos.


March

Tylyn John (born July 31, 1966, in
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) is an
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and actress. She was chosen as ''
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's''
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for March 1992. A
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patient, she has retired from modeling and now works with various non-profit organizations to promote animal rights and prevent animal cruelty.


April

Cady Cantrell (born September 12, 1972, in
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) is an American
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. She was chosen as
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's ''
Playmate of the Month 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 ...
'' in April 1992 and has appeared in
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.


May

Vickie Lynn Marshall (November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), better known under the
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of Anna Nicole Smith, was an American
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,
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, actress and
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. She first gained popularity in ''
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'' as the May 1992 Playmate of the Month and then as the 1993
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. She modeled for clothing companies, including
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jeans and
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. She also starred in her own
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show, ''
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''. Born and raised in
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, Smith dropped out of high school and was married at the age of 17. Her highly publicized second marriage to
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and business tycoon J. Howard Marshall, 63 years her senior, resulted in speculation that she married the
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for his money, which she denied. Following his death, she began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate; her case, ''
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'', reached the
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on a question of federal jurisdiction. She died at age 39, as a result of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. In the months before her death, she was the focus of renewed press coverage surrounding the death of her son, Daniel Smith, and the paternity and custody battle over her daughter Dannielynn.


June

Angela Jane Melini (born July 25, 1969, in
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,
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) is an American
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and actress. Melini was selected as
Playmate of the Month 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 ...
for the June, 1992 issue of ''
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'' magazine, and her
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was photographed by
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. Over the next decade, Melini appeared in
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and as a
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and feature
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for the
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.


July

Amanda Hope (born Amanda Hope Crouch, August 23, 1969) is an American
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and actress. She was chosen as ''
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'' magazine's
Playmate of the Month 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 ...
for July, 1992 and has appeared in some ''Playboy'' videos. Prior to her appearance in ''Playboy'', she served two tours in the
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as a
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player. She was stationed at
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, Texas, with the 2d Armored Division and in
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, Germany, with the 8th Infantry Division.


August

Ashley Allen (born February 7, 1968, in
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) is an American
model A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , . Models can be divided in ...
and actress. She was chosen as ''
Playboy ''Playboy'' (stylized in all caps) is an American men's Lifestyle journalism, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $ ...
'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for August 1992 and has appeared in numerous ''Playboy'' videos. In 1996 she made appearances for the entertainment company
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.


September

Morena Corwin (born October 24, 1969) is a
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adult model. She was chosen as ''
Playboy ''Playboy'' (stylized in all caps) is an American men's Lifestyle journalism, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $ ...
''s
Playmate of the Month 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 ...
in September, 1992 and has appeared in numerous ''Playboy'' videos. Corwin was also the main spokesmodel for
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and a former
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waitress. She has appeared in calendars and trading cards for the restaurant franchise.


October

Tiffany Marie Sloan (May 29, 1973 – November 1, 2008) was an American
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and actress. She was chosen as ''
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''s
Playmate of the Month 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 ...
in October 1992. Sloan was one of only a handful of ''Playboy'' Playmates to have her video centerfold (1992) mass-marketed on VHS separately by Playboy, rather than as part of a compilation of Playmate of the Month video centerfolds. Her Playmate debut led to her appearance in an episode of '' Married... with Children''.


November

Stephanie Adams (July 24, 1970 – May 17, 2018) was an American
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and author. She was chosen as ''
Playboy ''Playboy'' (stylized in all caps) is an American men's Lifestyle journalism, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $ ...
''s
Playmate of the Month 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 ...
for November 1992 and appeared in numerous ''Playboy'' videos.


December

Barbara Moore (born August 21, 1968, in
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) is an American
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, television and feature film actress and professional
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and instructor. She was chosen as ''
Playboy ''Playboy'' (stylized in all caps) is an American men's Lifestyle journalism, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $ ...
''s
Playmate of the Month 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 ...
for December 1992 and has appeared in ''Playboy'' videos. Moore went on to serve as a ''Playboy'' ambassador for several years. Among her television credits, she had a role as a lifeguard in the widely popular
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hit
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, which is now in syndication. Her film credits include a role as a
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in an installment of the blockbuster hit and feature film franchise '' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery''. As a professional dancer, she was twice named as a U.S. National Pro-Am
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Champion. In February 2018, she was recruited to serve as chief branding officer for Playmates for a Peaceable Planet.


See also

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List of people in Playboy 1990–1999 The following women have appeared in the American or international edition of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month. Those who were also named Playmate of the Year are highlighted in green. A common misconception is that Marilyn Monroe ...


References

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