Karin Taylor

Karin Katherine Taylor
Playboy centerfold appearance
June 1996
Preceded by Shauna Sand
Succeeded by Angel Boris
Personal details
Born Karin Katherine Taylor
November 28, 1971
Kingston, Jamaica[1]
Measurements Bust: 34"[1]
Waist: 23.5"
Hips: 34"
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Weight 123 lb (56 kg; 8.8 st)

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Karin Katherine Taylor (born November 28, 1971 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former international fashion model,[2] chosen by Playboy as their Playmate of the Month June 1996.[1]

Career

Taylor began her modeling career at age 17,[3] when she was discovered by the Ford Modeling agency in Miami. During her ten-year modeling career, she was represented around the world by such agencies as Wilhelmina Models NYC, Agence Unique (Greece), ICE Model Management (South Africa) and David and Lee Models Chicago. She first appeared on television in 1992 as a Spokesmodel Contestant on Ed McMahon's Star Search, which began filming in Orlando that year.[4]

In 1996, Taylor was selected as the Miss June Playmate of the Month in Playboy magazine. As other Playmates have done, she went on to appear in various Playboy videos from 1996 until 2001. After her appearance in Playboy, Taylor moved to Los Angeles and began an acting career that included a guest-starring appearance on Baywatch as Taylor Johnson,[5] as well as roles and appearances on: Malcolm and Eddie, Weird Al Show, Keenen Ivory Wayans Show,[6] Horace Brown's music video,[7] "Things We Do for Love" (Brett Ratner, director) and guest hosting on E!.

In 1994, Snap-on tools discontinued their popular calendar, making Taylor the last official Snap-on calendar girl (November/December 1994)[8] as reported by the Wall Street Journal.[9]

Taylor briefly returned to her modeling roots and walked the runway one last time, for New York fashion designer Betsey Johnson, in her Spring 2001 collection,[10] which was later made into a documentary.[11]

Personal life

Karin Katherine Taylor was born on November 28, 1971 in Kingston, Jamaica. She's of Jamaican descent. Taylor and her family moved to Orlando, Florida when she was a child.[12] Growing up in Orlando, Taylor was the quintessential "girl next door" who attended a Catholic school and was "an altar server the first year the Pope declared girls could serve".[13] She worked as a lifeguard at the Wet n Wild Water park before entering the entertainment industry as a dancer for Walt Disney World in the Main Street Electrical Parade (1989–1990).[14]

Taylor is a mother of five, and is living in Florida with her husband Bill Weisberg[15] (married in 2001). Taylor writes a blog called the Trophy Mom Diaries where she posts about her life and various issues as the mother of young children and "the 2nd wife to a man 15 years older than me".[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Playmate data". Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ Chicago Defender, April 28, 1999
  3. ↑ XXL magazine issue 5 1998
  4. ↑ Star Search 1992
  5. ↑ Baywatch Lifeguardian episode 7022
  6. ↑ episode #105 on 9/5/1997
  7. ↑ NY Daily News May 26, 1996 by A.J. Benza
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Wall Street Journal December 21, 1994 article by Robert L. Rose
  10. ↑ http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/S2001RTW-BJOHNSON?page=1
  11. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352719/fullcredits#cast
  12. ↑ Staff. "Karin Taylor". Amazon via IMDb.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  13. ↑ Howard Stern June 19, 1999
  14. ↑ Playboy Magazine June 1996
  15. ↑ http://articles.philly.com/2000-05-28/food/25619237_1_taylor-first-party-planning-new-career
  16. ↑ Taylor, Karen. "Trophy Wife Diaries: About Me". Trophywifediaries.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

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