Reflections on Playboy: My pick for 2008 Playmate of the Year

December 15, 2007

My pick for 2008 Playmate of the Year

Miss December 2007, Sasckya Porto, already has very devoted fans, and rightfully so. But she’s not my favorite this year.

Miss February, Heather Rene Smith, is local, which is always cool. When I lived in Ventura County, California, then-homegirl Lisa Matthews made the front page of the approving Ventura County Star-Free Press by becoming the 1991 Playmate of the Year.

Miss March, Tyran Richard, does greater New Orleans proud. Unfortunately for her, I’m already supporting another Louisianan, Terri Lynn Farrow, for Playmate of the Month.

I genuinely respect the tattoo of that very word in front of Jayde Nicole’s ovaries (January). It suggests to me a gracefully self-confident sexuality, a deep respect for beauty without a need to conform.

Playboy shows good taste in not airbrushing away the beautiful birthmarks of Miss April, Giuliana Marino. Wabi-sabi!

Bionic or not, Miss November, Lindsay Wagner, is marvelously structured.

My favorite word for attractive large breasts is voluptuous. For attractive small ones, like those of Miss August, Tamara Sky, it’s dainty.

Howard Stern is a true pioneer in the medium of radio. After Jillian Grace (March 2005), Miss May, Shannon James, is the second woman to become Playmate with Stern as an important booster, if I recall correctly—something of a pioneer in her own right.

Miss July, Tiffany Selby, looks great in cowgirl style. What guy doesn’t appreciate a cowgirl?

Only 18 as I write, October’s Spencer Scott is the youngest new Playmate of 2007. Women do not necessarily lose their charm as they age. Tippi Hedren was remarkably easy on the eye as a guest on a TV talk show the other day. Still, men generally agree that youthfulness in women has a distinct sparkle—except, of course, for those men preoccupied by youthfulness in men.

Patrice Hollis, Miss September, reminds me that African-American beauty has been well represented on the centerfold over the years. Haitian-Italian Daphnee Duplaix (July 1997) did a commercial for Long John Silver’s a few years ago. She was dressed modestly, and she had grown her hair out to hang freely in sweet little black curls. All she did was gaze into the camera and talk about temptation. It’s the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen on family-friendly broadcast television.

But Miss June, Brittany Binger, is my personal favorite this year. Her face and body are so elegantly proportioned that, when she stands on a California beach, holding shells over her bare breasts in mock modesty, the curves on the shells and the curves on the woman seem to harmonize, like consonant notes on a musical scale. Connoisseurs will avoid crude puns on “the music of the spheres” to describe this: the breasts in question are refreshingly unspherical.

Botticelli got it wrong. Venus is a born brunette.

Posted by Brian Sorgatz at 10:41 AM

R M Roxinger left this comment at December 16, 2007 1:20 AM
I notice that the link is broken to Playboy's page for Sasckya. My own pick for PMOY '08 is Tamara, since she's a musician & so am I.

Brian Sorgatz left this comment at December 16, 2007 8:49 AM
R M,
Playboy.com hasn’t yet built the free reference pages for the last few Playmates of 2007. But I figure it’s only a matter of time.

Anonymous left this comment at January 7, 2008 2:00 PM
Sasckya will be PMOY 2008, she looks so nice. I want Sasckya.

Anonymous left this comment at January 17, 2008 7:17 PM
Sasckya Porto is the best girl of the world, my own pick for PMOY 08 is Sasckya, she is so nice...

Robert Paulson left this comment at January 23, 2008 1:31 AM
I said it before, I'll say it again, Patrice Hollis for PMOY. If not her, then Jayde Nicole, Giuliana Marino or Brittany Binger. In fact, anyone but Spencer Scott [FAKE FAKE FAKE] or Tamara Sky [yuk].

Anonymous left this comment at March 6, 2008 6:36 PM
Sasckya Porto. Now that is a name that I’ll certainly never forget.
This young woman is absolutely “drop dead “gorgeous. Great tan, a beautiful face, full lips that one could simply kiss forever, awsome curves, dazzling brown eyes, long, thick pitch black hair, gorgeous legs, and a smok’in body. Its hypnotizing just seeing her, so I can only imagine what its like listening to her speak. Gotta love a woman with a thick spanish accent. Nothing sexier to have her whipsering sweet nothings in your ear. But enough…all hats off to you, Sasckya.
May the future smile down upon you and all your endevors. I hoop Sasckya will be PMOY 2008.

Brian Sorgatz left this comment at March 6, 2008 9:24 PM
Anonymous,
If you ever meet her in person, you’ll probably impress her if you remember that, as a Brazilian, she was raised on Portuguese, not Spanish.

Anonymous left this comment at March 22, 2008 9:15 AM
I'm all for Brittany Binger.
Looks like a PMOY

ppd left this comment at May 7, 2008 7:30 PM
I'm for Heather Rene Smith, All The Way!! She is so sweet, friendly and kind and not to mention the obvious Beautiful...;)

R M Roxinger left this comment at October 30, 2008 12:19 AM
Playboy revamped its site quite a bit in the last year or so. Thus the free page for Sasckya is now here. And the one for Lindsay is now here.

Brian Sorgatz left this comment at October 30, 2008 11:03 AM
You’re a loyal fan, R M, and I appreciate it. Thanks for continuing to pay attention to the links. I’ve just fixed them.

December 15, 2007

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