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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 2005. ''
Playboy
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'' magazine names its
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 ...
each month throughout the year.
January
Destiny Davis is an American businesswoman and current executive of a real estate investment group in California. She received undergraduate degrees in
economics
Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services.
Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
and
business law
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at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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as well as an
MBA
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in Finance from
Pepperdine University
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. While selling residential real estate, Davis appeared on
Million Dollar Listing
''Million Dollar Listing'' is an American reality television series franchise on the Bravo network. Each show chronicles the professional and personal lives of real estate agents based in a major American city as they sell high-end properties, g ...
. In her late teens and early twenties, she was a model, and appeared in several episodes of the
E! reality television
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series ''
The Girls Next Door
''The Girls Next Door'' (also known as ''The Girls of the Playboy Mansion'') is a reality television series which focused on the lives of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends who lived with him at the Playboy Mansion. The series was created by executive ...
''.
February
Amber Campisi is an American model. She is ''Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for February 2005. Campisi tried out for ''Playboy'' scouts when they were searching for models for The 50th Anniversary Playmate Hunt.
She appeared in the accompanying pictorial in the December 2003.
March
Jillian Grace (born Jillian Grace Harper December 20, 1985, in
Conway, Arkansas
Conway is a city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas, Faulkner County, located in the state's most populous Metropolitan Statistical Area, Central Arkansas. The city also serves as a regional shopping, ...
) is an American model and actress. She is ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for March 2005.
On August 26, 2008, Grace gave birth to a daughter; the father is actor
David Spade
David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster. His comedic style, in both his stand-up material and acting roles, relies heavily on sarcasm and self-deprecation. For his roles on television, Spade h ...
. As of 2019, Grace and her daughter live outside
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Miss ...
.
April
Courtney Rachel Culkin is an American model. She is ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 2005. Culkin tried out for ''Playboy'' scouts when they were searching for models for The 50th Anniversary Playmate Hunt.
She appeared in the accompanying pictorial in the December 2003 issue.
Her
centerfold
The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle Folio, sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a Nudity, nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched maga ...
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 ...
.
May
Jamie Westenhiser is an American model from
Florida
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. She was the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for May 2005. Prior to becoming a Playmate, she was a member of the National Bikini Team (NBT) and a
Hawaiian Tropic
Hawaiian Tropic is an American brand of suntan lotion that was founded by Ron Rice in 1969. Hawaiian Tropic became the largest private manufacturer of sun care products in the United States. The company was acquired by Playtex Products, Inc. in ...
model.
June
Kara Monaco (born February 26, 1983, in
Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Located along Interstate 4, I-4 east of Tampa and southwest of Orlando, Florida, Orlando, it is the List of municipalities in Florida, most populous city in Polk County. As of the 2020 ...
)
is an American model. She is ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for June, 2005. She appeared on the cover of the June 2006 issue of ''Playboy'' as the 2006
Playmate of the Year
This is a list of models who were chosen as a Playboy Playmate of the Year for the American edition of ''Playboy'' magazine.
List of Playmates of the Year
*1953: Marilyn Monroe
*1954:
*1955:
*1956:
*1957: Lisa Winters
*1958:
*1959:
*1960: ...
.
July
Qiana Chase is an American model. She is ''Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for July 2005. Chase tried out for ''Playboy'' scouts during The 50th Anniversary Playmate Hunt.
She appeared in the accompanying pictorial in the December 2003 issue.
August
Tamara Witmer is an American model, actress and
reality television
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star. She is best known as ''Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month, Miss August 2005, and was also the
cover girl
A cover girl is a woman whose photograph is used for the front cover of magazines. She may be a model, celebrity or entertainer. The term would generally not be used to describe a person making a single, casual appearance on the cover of a magaz ...
for the October 2006 issue.
September
Vanessa Hoelsher is ''Playboys'' Playmate of the Month for September 2005.
October
Amanda Paige (born Amanda Paige Blair October 28, 1984)
also known as Amanda Paige Gellar and Paige Gellar, is an American attorney and former model. She was ''Playboy''s Playmate of the Month for October 2005, and was the cover model for the September 2007 issue. She received a B.A. in sociology from the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...
in 2006 and received a
J.D. from the
University of Richmond School of Law
The University of Richmond School of Law (abbreviated as Richmond Law) is the law school of the University of Richmond, a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Law is ranked tied for 66th in the US by ''U.S. News & World ...
in 2012. She is admitted to practice law in Virginia.
November
Raquel Gibson is an American model and actress of Filipino and Italian descent. Gibson is ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 2005. Gibson has a culinary school degree from
Chef Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre Bréhier (born 1952) is a French chef, television personality, cookbook author and YouTuber. As of September 23, 2024, his YouTube channel Chef Jean-Pierre has over 2 million subscribers and 180 million views. His cooking tips have be ...
Cooking School in Florida and speaks Tagalog and Japanese. Her older sister,
CJ Gibson, is also a model.
December
Christine Smith is ''Playboys'' Playmate of the Month for December, 2005. In October 2008, Smith appeared in a presidential election spoof video for
Funny or Die.com. In 2011, she played a minor role in the movie ''
Bad Teacher
''Bad Teacher'' is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins, and Jason Segel, and follows a cynic ...
''.
See also
*
List of people in ''Playboy'' 2000–2009
References
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