Reneé Tenison (born December 2, 1968) is an American model, actress, and the first

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selected to be the ''

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(1990).

Personal life and career

Tenison was born in

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. She has three older brothers and an identical twin sister, Rosie, who also works as a model. Rosie and Renee posed in the August 2002 issue of ''

'' together. Tenison appeared as the

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in the November 1989 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year for 1990, the first PMOY of

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descent. In 2001, she was selected as one of the ten sexiest women of the year by the readers of ''Black Men'' magazine. In May 2017, at the age of 48, Tenison duplicated her Playmate of the Year cover along with her cohorts

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, Charlotte Kemp, and Monique St. Pierre nearly three decades on.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

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