Playmate Revisited: Marianne Gravatte

The 1983 Playmate of the Year returns as a poster girl for family values. “I’ll look back on PMOY forever,” Marianne says, “thinking how lucky I was.” She feels this way despite the fact that she got a thorough ribbing on national TV—from David Letterman, no less. Although she preserves ...her memories, she did have to dispose of the Porsche she won as a Playmate prize: There was no room in it for her young sons. To fully enjoy the chaos of home, Marianne quit her modeling career and now, with her husband, runs a sports bar. She’s the sultriest supermom in town.

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