List of Playboy Playmates of 1979

The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1979, the 25th anniversary year of the publication. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

January

Candy Loving
Personal details
Born	Candis Loving September 4, 1956 Oswego, Kansas, U.S.[1]
Measurements	Bust: 37"[1] Waist: 24" Hips: 34"
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Weight	110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)

Candis "Candy" Loving (born September 4, 1956)[1] is an American model. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for the January 1979 issue, which made her Playboy's 25th Anniversary Playmate.[1] Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.[1]

February

Lee Ann Michelle
Personal details
Born	17 March 1960 Surrey, England[2]
Measurements	Bust: 35[2] Waist: 23 Hips: 35
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2]
Weight	107 lb (49 kg; 7.6 st)

Lee Ann Michelle (born 17 March 1960)[2] is an English model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.[2]

March

Denise McConnell
Personal details
Born	December 23, 1958 Wiesbaden, Germany[3]
Measurements	Bust: 37"[3] Waist: 24" Hips: 33"
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[3]
Weight	104 lb (47 kg; 7.4 st)

Denise McConnell (born December 23, 1958)[3] is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Nicholas DeSciose and Pompeo Posar.[3]

April

Missy Cleveland
Personal details
Born	December 25, 1959 Jackson, Mississippi[4]
Died	August 14, 2001 (aged 41) (adverse reaction to prescription medication)
Measurements	Bust: 34"[4] Waist: 22" Hips: 32"
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4]
Weight	95 lb (43 kg; 6.8 st)

Amanda "Missy" Hodges Cleveland (December 25, 1959 – August 14, 2001)[4] was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.[4]

Cleveland was born in Jackson, Mississippi[4] and attended Provine High School and McClure Academy.[5] She came to the magazine's attention through its 25th Anniversary Great Playmate Hunt. At the time of her death, which resulted from side effects of a prescription drug and occurred the year she would have reached the age of 42. She was a property manager.[5]

May

Michele Drake
Personal details
Born	February 7, 1958 La Jolla, California, U.S.
Measurements	Bust: 34" Waist: 24" Hips: 34"
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight	108 lb (49 kg; 7.7 st)

Michele Drake (born February 7, 1958) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1979 issue.

June

Louann Fernald
Personal details
Born	October 23, 1957 San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Measurements	Bust: 35" Waist: 23" Hips: 34"
Height	5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m)
Weight	110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)

Louann Fernald (born October 23, 1957) is an American lawyer and former model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.

July

Dorothy Mays
Personal details
Born	July 24, 1957 Nuremberg, Germany
Measurements	Bust: 35.5" Waist: 24.5" Hips: 34"
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	118 lb (54 kg; 8.4 st)

Dorothy Mays (born July 24, 1957) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley.

August

Dorothy Stratten
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1980
Preceded by	Monique St. Pierre
Succeeded by	Terri Welles
Personal details
Born	February 28, 1960 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[6]
Died	August 14, 1980 (aged 20)
Measurements	Bust: 36"[6] Waist: 24" Hips: 36"
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[6]
Weight	123 lb (56 kg; 8.8 st)

Dorothy Stratten (February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980)[6] was a Canadian model and actress. Stratten found fame as the Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and subsequently Playmate of the Year for 1980.[6] Stratten is remembered for the circumstances of her murder at age 20 by her estranged husband,[7] an act that was the basis of two motion pictures.

September

Vicky McCarty
Personal details
Born	Vicki Ann McCarty January 13, 1954 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Measurements	Bust: 33½" Waist: 22" Hips: 34"
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st)

Vicki McCarty Iovine (born Vicki Ann McCarty; January 13, 1954) is an American model, writer, and lawyer. She is a former member of the board of directors of the Special Olympics, as well as a former television producer and radio talk show host. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1979 issue and was photographed by Arny Freytag. She is separated from her husband, record producer and founder of Interscope Records Jimmy Iovine. They have four children.[8] She has published several books pertaining to pregnancy and parenthood under the brand of Girlfriends' Guides, as well as Best Friends' Guides.

October

Ursula Buchfellner
Personal details
Born	8 June 1961 Munich, Germany
Measurements	Bust: 33" Waist: 23" Hips: 33"
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight	103 lb (47 kg; 7.4 st)

Ursula Buchfellner (born 8 June 1961) is a German model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Weissbrich. Buchfellner also was the Playmate for the December 1977 issue of Playboy's German edition.

In her later modeling and acting work, she was sometimes credited as Uschi Buchfellner, Ursula Fellner, Ulla Maris and Ursula Maris. Most of her movie roles were in European B-movies.

November

Sylvie Garant
Personal details
Born	September 23, 1957 Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Measurements	Bust: 34" Waist: 23" Hips: 34"
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)

Sylvie Garant (born September 23, 1957) is a Canadian model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. She served as hostess for one season of the late 1970s game show The $128,000 Question and later served as hostess on another Canadian-based game show, The Joke's on Us.

December

Candace Collins
Personal details
Born	May 26, 1957 Dupo, Illinois, U.S.
Measurements	Bust: 35 Waist: 23 Hips: 34
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)
[www.candidcandace.com Official website]

Candace L. Collins (born May 26, 1957) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley. She was a nine-time cover girl (2 US, 7 international), and her February 1980 iconic "eyes" cover was chosen as Cover of the Year by Marketing Bestsellers Association. Collins was also a Playboy Bunny[9] at the St. Louis club and Chicago Playboy Bunny of the Year in 1976. Professionally she now goes by the name Candace Jordan as a television host, popular media personality in Chicago and Chicago Tribune Social Columnist. In 2017 at the age of 60 Collins duplicated her cover along with her cohorts Kimberley Conrad, Renee Tenison, Lisa Matthews, Cathy St. George, Charlotte Kemp, and Monique St. Pierre nearly four decades on.[10]

See also

• List of people in Playboy 1970-1979

References

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5. "Obituary at Clarion Ledger". Retrieved January 29, 2010.
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7. Vincent Canby (1983-11-10). "SCREEN: 'STAR 80,' A SEX-SYMBOL'S LIFE AND DEATH". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
8. Iovine, Vicki. "Divorce Is Trite, But Everyone's Is Special". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
9. "Playboy". July 2008: 131. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
10. n/a, Iveta. "7 Playboy's Playmates Recreate Their Own Magazine Covers Around 30 Years Later". Bored Panda. Retrieved 2017-12-18.