Ida Ljungqvist Is the 50th Playmate of the Year

Playboy has announced its 50th Playmate of the Year.  For this important milestone, the magazine has chosen Ida Ljungqvist, “the first African-European to earn the distinction.”  She’s all, “I’m from Sweden but also Africa” and all “I speak three languages.”  More about this person and also a chart I found on my internet that compares the ages, dimensions, and weights of Playmates of the Year over the years… after the jump. 

From the Kansas City Star:

[Ljungqvhiuwefiuewfigfist] quit her job at Bebe a month later and appeared on the cover of Playboy in March of last year. She said her parents were hardly proud when she told them she was going to bare all for Playboy. “My mother didn’t speak to me for a month,” [Ljunkqhwuidioqwuhksad] said.

Still, she said her parents eventually came around. “They saw my first pictorial and they realized that it is beautiful,” she said.

The 27-year-old hopes being Playmate of the Year opens doors for her; [Ljungweruwhidhaygd]‘d love to act.

Source: Kansas City Star.  A photo gallery of recent playmates here.  The chart below here.  (Average age is 23, if you’re wondering.)

Year	Playmate	Age at PMOY	Bust	Waist	Hips	Height	Weight
2006	Kara Monaco	23	34	24	34	66	110
2005	Tiffany Fallon	31	34	23	35	67	118.5
2004	Carmella DeCesare	21	34	24	27	68	118
2003	Christina Santiago	21	34	24	33	65	108
2002	Dalene Kurtis	24	34	24	35	65	112
2001	Brande Roderick	26	35	24	34	67	117
2000	Jodi Ann Paterson	24	32	23	34.5	65	112
1999	Heather Kozar	23	36	24	35	68	117
1998	Karen McDougal	27	34	24	34	68	125
1997	Victoria Silvstedt	22	35	25	37	70	139
1996	Stacy Sanches	22	34	24	36	70	130
1995	Julie Lynn Cialini	24	34	24	35	71	126
1994	Jenny McCarthy	21	38	24	34	67	120
1993	Anna Nicole Smith	25	38	26	38	71	140
1992	Corinna Harney	20	34	22	34	63	105
1991	Lisa Matthews	21	37	24	36	69	120
1990	Renee Tenison	21	36	23	32	66	112
1989	Kimberley Conrad	25	36	24	36	69	122
1988	India Allen	23	35	24	34	71	127
1987	Donna Edmondson	21	36	23	35	70	127
1986	Kathy Shower	33	35	24	35	69	122
1985	Karen Velez	24	37	23	35	67	118
1984	Barbara Edwards	23	35	23	34	65	105
1983	Marianne Gravatte	23	34	21	32	68	105
1982	Shannon Tweed	25	36	25	36	70	128
1981	Terri Welles	24	36	24	36	69	120
1980	Dorothy Stratten	20	36	24	36	69	123
1979	Monique St. Pierre	25	36	24	36	67	124
1978	Debra Jo Fondren	23	35	24	36	64	114
1977	Patti McGuire	25	35	23	35	65	115
1976	Lillian Miller	23	36	24	35	68	125
1975	Marilyn Lange	23	39	24	36	67	130
1974	Cyndi Wood	23	34	22	34	65	103
1973	Marilyn Cole	24	36	24	35	68	119
1972	Liv Lindeland	26	36	22.5	34	67.5	108
1971	Sharon Clark	27	35	24	36	66	115
1970	Claudia Jennings	20	35	23	36	66	115
1969	Connie Kreski	22	35	23	36	65	118
1968	Angela Dorian	23	36	21	35	65	109
1967	Lisa Baker	23	35	23	35	68	132
1966	Allison Parks	22	36	24	36	66	117
1965	Jo Collins	19	36	24	36	64	112
1964	Donna Michelle	18	38	22	37	64	118
1963	June Cochran	21	36	20	34	62	102
1962	Christa Speck	19	38	22	36	65	122
1961	Linda Gamble	21	38	23	37	64	112
1960	Ellen Stratton	20	35	20	35	64	110