Jennifer Lavoie

New England is famous for its autumn leaves and its reserved, buttoned-up manners. Jennifer Lavoie did not get the memo about the manners. Born on 25 February 1971 in Nashua, New Hampshire, she grew up a long way from the beaches of California, yet she became one of the most popular Playboy models of the nineties.

Her moment arrived in August 1993, when she was chosen as Playmate of the Month. The centrefold, shot by the great Richard Fegley, introduced readers to a brunette with long, glossy hair, warm brown eyes and a slim, natural figure that looked even better in the heat of a summer issue. The fans demanded more, and they got it: in October 1994 she returned to the front of the magazine as a cover girl.

Jennifer's photos have a natural, sporty sensuality. She has the toned body of a woman who loves the outdoors, and she poses with an easy confidence, stretching, smiling, peeking out from behind her hair, as if she is enjoying a private game with the camera. There is nothing artificial about her, and that is exactly what makes her pictures so seductive.

Playboy clearly felt the same, because she went on working with the magazine for more than seven years after her centrefold, appearing in a long list of videos and Special Editions. She was also an original member of the Playboy Xtreme Team, the group of adventurous Playmates who showed they could tackle extreme sports, and in 2000 she was part of the first all-Playmate team to take on the Eco-Challenge expedition race in the jungles of Borneo.

Later she became an entrepreneur, running her own business and websites and meeting fans at glamour conventions. This gallery takes you back to the summer she conquered Playboy: natural, athletic and deliciously uninhibited.

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