June Cochran Englehart (February 20, 1943 – May 21, 2004) was an American model and
beauty queen
A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes so ...
.
Biography
Cochran was born in East Tennessee and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana after her sophomore year in high school. She won the
Miss Indiana USA
The Miss Indiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss USA pageant and the name of the title held by those representatives. This pageant is currently produced by Crown Moxie, headq ...
pageant in 1960, but was unplaced at the
national competition. She was also
Miss Indiana World 1962, but unplaced at
Miss USA World 1962.
She later was ''
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
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 its December 1962 issue, and
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: ...
for 1963. Her original pictorial was photographed by Don Bronstein.
She was also a
Playboy Bunny
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at the Chicago club.
Cochran died in Madison, Wisconsin, at the age of 61.
See also
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List of people in Playboy 1960–1969
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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Miss USA 1960s delegates
1960s Playboy Playmates
Playboy Playmates of the Year
1942 births
2004 deaths
People from Indianapolis
20th-century American people