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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 2009, the 55th anniversary year of the publication. ''Playboy'' magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

January

Dasha Astafieva (; born 4 August 1985) is a Ukrainian model, singer and actress. She is a former member of the Ukrainian pop group NikitA and has a solo career. She is ''Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for January 2009. She is the 55th Anniversary Playmate. In 2011, she became the spokeswoman for AnastasiaDate, an online dating website.

Discography

# 2012 – "Avocado" (ft. NikitA)

February

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Jessica Burciaga (born 11 April 1983) is an American model and former fitness trainer. Her father is Mexican and her mother is French and Irish. She is ''Playboy's'' February 2009 Playmate of the Month. She was also a Playboy Bunny and blackjack dealer at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Burciaga filed a lawsuit, along with models Leilani Dowding and Eva Pepaja, against a strip club in Tampa, Florida, for using photographs of them without their permission. In 2019, she was featured in Cassper Nyovest's music video for ''Move For Me''.

Jessica Burciaga has two brothers.

March

Jennifer Pershing (born 19 June 1980) is an American model. Pershing graduated from Mainland Regional High School in 1998. She moved to Los Angeles with her husband, filmmaker Steven Pershing. Pershing was discovered by ''Playboy'' when she was at the Key Club in Hollywood seeing an '80s cover band, Steel Panther, perform. She is ''Playboy's'' March 2009 Playmate of the Month. Pershing's pictorial and centerfold were photographed by ''Playboy'' photographer Arny Freytag.

April

Hope Dworaczyk (born 21 November 1984) is an American model who is the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for April 2009. She tested for the 55th Anniversary Playmate search. She is the 2010 Playmate of the Year.

She was a contestant in the Spring 2011 edition of ''Celebrity Apprentice''.

May

Crystal McCahill (born 18 December 1983) is an American model who is the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for May 2009. Her mother Gale Olson, is Playmate of the Month for August 1968. McCahill is the second daughter to become a second-generation Playmate, following Simone Eden in 1989. In 2010, McCahill co-starred on '' The Girls Next Door: The Bunny House''.

McCahill was born in River Forest, Illinois, grew up in Illinois, and was homeschooled. She started participating in beauty pageants when she was nine. She was discovered by Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt while eating at a Hooters. In March 2009, McCahill was arrested under suspicion of a DUI. At that time, she was working at a nightclub in Chicago. She was released of the charges. In 2013, McCahill had a minor role in '' Sin City: A Dame to Kill For''.

June

Candice Cassidy (born 23 October 1985) is the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for June 2009 after being a Cyber Girl in 2006. Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner designed the photoshoot, the first he had designed in over 10 years. Holly Madison directed the photoshoot and the photography was provided by Arny Freytag. Her stage last name, Cassidy, is the name of a cousin.

Weekly was born in Portsmouth, Ohio and graduated from Portsmouth West High School in 2004. She has a degree in psychology from Shawnee State University. As of 2009, she owned a dance studio in Portsmouth, Ohio.

July and August

Kristina and Karissa Shannon (born 2 October 1989) are American models and twin sisters. Hugh Hefner of ''Playboy'' chose them as his next set of girlfriends, replacing Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson. They appeared as Misses July and August in the 2009 double "Summer Issue" of ''Playboy''.

They were born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

September

Kimberly Phillips (born January 9, 1987) is the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for September 2009. Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. She later appeared on the cover of Playboy's October 2010 issue.

Phillips graduated from Corona High School in Corona, California. Prior to becoming a Playmate, Phillips was attending college and working as a preschool teacher and waitress. She was discovered after a friend submitted amateur portraits of Phillips to ''Playboy''. In a 2009 interview with the ''Las Vegas Sun'', Phillips shared that she has had breast augmentation surgery, which was paid for by a customer at a restaurant she used to work at prior to becoming a Playmate. Phillips lives in Los Angeles.

October

Lindsey Gayle Evans (born 9 December 1989) is an American model and beauty queen who is the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for October 2009. Her pictorial was photographed by Stephen Wayda. She won the Miss Louisiana Teen USA title in 2007, but was replaced eleven months later following her arrest over an incident in a restaurant, where marijuana was found in her purse, and she and three friends were accused of not paying their bill.

November

Kelley Thompson (born 8 December 1987) is an American model. She is the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for November 2009.

Thompson grew up in Gilmer, Texas. She attended Harmony Junior High School, where she was a cheerleader. Thompson bartended in Texas prior to becoming a Playmate. She was discovered at a ''Playboy'' open call in Dallas, Texas. A fitness model, in 2015, Thompson won two gold medals at the NPC Better Bodies Championship. Thompson is married to Lance Thompson.

December

Crystal Harris (born 29 April 1986) is a British-American model and singer who is the ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for December 2009. She also appeared as "Coed of the Week" for the week of 30 October 2008, at Playboy's Cyber Club under the name Crystal Carter.

See also

* List of people in Playboy 2000–2009

References

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