List of Playboy Playmates of 1983

The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1983. Playboy magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

January

Lonny Chin
Personal details
Born 12 August 1960
Liverpool, England[1]
Measurements Bust: 36"[1]
Waist: 22"
Hips: 35"
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Weight 118 lb (54 kg)

Lonny Chin (born 12 August 1960 in Liverpool, England) is an English model and actress of Chinese, Jamaican, Welsh and Swedish descent. In addition to being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1983 issue,[1] Chin was the very first video Playmate featured by the magazine.[2][3]

Chin also appeared with her sister Gail in a pictorial of Playmates and their sisters in the April 1985 issue.


February

Melinda Mays
Personal details
Born February 23, 1962
Augusta, Georgia, U.S.[4]
Measurements Bust: 35"[4]
Waist: 23"
Hips: 34"
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4]
Weight 101 lb (46 kg)

Melinda Mays (born February 23, 1962 in Augusta, Georgia)[4] is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1983 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag.[4]


March

Alana Soares
Personal details
Born February 21, 1964
Redondo Beach, California
Measurements Bust: 34DD
Waist: 22
Hips: 32
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Weight 103 lb (47 kg; 7.4 st)

Alana Soares (born February 21, 1964) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in March 1983.


April

Christina Ferguson
Personal details
Born March 18, 1964
Phoenix, Arizona
Measurements Bust: 34"
Waist: 22"
Hips: 33"
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st)

Christina Ferguson (born March 18, 1964) is an American model. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in April, 1983.


May

For the February 1960 Playmate, see Susie Scott (model)
Susie Scott
Personal details
Born November 2, 1963
San Diego, California
Measurements Bust: 34"
Waist: 23"
Hips: 34"
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight 108 lb (49 kg)

Susie Scott Krabacher (born November 2, 1963) is an American model, actress, and philanthropist. Under her maiden name of Susie Scott, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1983 issue. Krabacher's autobiography, Angels of a Lower Flight, was released in October, 2007. She founded the Mercy and Sharing Foundation, a charitable organization focusing on Haiti and its children.[5]


June

Jolanda Egger
Personal details
Born 8 January 1960
Luzern, Switzerland
Measurements Bust: 37"
Waist: 24"
Hips: 37"
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)

Jolanda Egger (born 8 January 1960 in Luzern, Switzerland) is a model and actress, chosen by Playboy as Playmate of the Month for June 1983. Occasionally she was credited as Yolanda Egger Egger was the first Playmate of the Year for the Swiss edition of Playboy in 1984.[6] Egger married race car driver Marc Surer in 1986; they divorced after seven years. She married Patrick Tavoli in 1997. This marriage also lasted seven years and she had two children with Tavoli. On her 50th birthday in 2010, she married hotel owner Jacques Risi.[6]


July

Ruth Guerri
Personal details
Born February 12, 1958
St. Louis, Missouri
Measurements Bust: 35"
Waist: 22"
Hips: 34"
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight 108 lb (49 kg)

Ruth Guerri (born February 12, 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American model and actress of Italian descent. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1983 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag and Stephen Wayda. Guerri was working as a model in her home town, primarily for Anheuser-Busch, at the time she became a Playmate. According to the 1996 edition of The Playmate Book, she married and had two daughters; at that time the family was living in Missouri in a log cabin and owned an antique store.


August

Carina Persson
Personal details
Born 14 June 1958
Stockholm, Sweden
Measurements Bust: 34"
Waist: 24"
Hips: 34"
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight 100 lb (45 kg)

Carina Persson (born 14 June 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1983 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Kerry Morris and Ken Marcus. Carina was also an extra in the movie "Into the Night" with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jeff Goldblum.

September

Barbara Edwards
Playmate of the Year
1984
Preceded by Marianne Gravatte
Succeeded by Karen Velez
Personal details
Born June 26, 1960
Albuquerque, New Mexico[7]
Measurements Bust: 35"[7]
Waist: 23"
Hips: 34"
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[7]
Weight 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st)

Barbara L. Edwards (born June 26, 1960 in Albuquerque, New Mexico)[7] is an American model and actress. She was Playmate of the Month for September 1983 and Playmate of the Year for 1984.[7]


October

Tracy Vaccaro
Personal details
Born May 4, 1962
Glendale, California[8]
Measurements Bust: 35 in (89 cm)[8]
Waist: 24 in (61 cm)
Hips: 35 in (89 cm)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[8]
Weight 118 lb (54 kg)

Tracy Vaccaro (born May 4, 1962 in Glendale, California)[8] is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1983 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag.[8] Vaccaro was married to American football player and actor, Fred Dryer.[9]


November

Veronica Gamba
Personal details
Born 28 October 1963
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Measurements Bust: 34"
Waist: 22"
Hips: 34"
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 112 lb (51 kg)

Verónica Gamba (born 28 October 1963) is an Argentinian model and actress. Gamba was born in Buenos Aires.[10] She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1983 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag.


December

Terry Nihen
Personal details
Born September 17, 1960
Concord, Massachusetts
Measurements Bust: 35"
Waist: 23"
Hips: 33"
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight 100 lb (45 kg; 7.1 st)

Terry Nihen (born September 17, 1960) is an American model. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in December, 1983.[11][12] From Acton, Massachusetts,[13] her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley.[14]


See also

References

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  3. Lonny Chin - Biography
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  5. "Perspective: A Haitian success turns sour". Sptimes.com. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
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  12. "Extras". Boston Globe. 8 November 1983.
  13. "Extras". Boston Globe. 15 November 1983.
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