Karen McDougal
American model and actress (born 1971)
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- Karen’s family has a history of breast cancer and she is an advocate of breast cancer awareness.
- She has two cats named Brittany and Brandy, and a dog named Shihtzu.
- Karen loves to collect motorcycles and cars.
- She thinks that her “funny” smile, “crooked” pinkies, and “ugly” feet are her physical imperfections.
- Although Karen is a swimwear model, she has aquaphobia which limits her ability as a swimmer.
- Initially, her family didn’t support her career as a model but later on, her mother appeared in an interview segment of her ‘Playmate of the Year Video Centerfold’ to show her support.
- Her professional goal is to open a learning center for children.
- Karen went through a breast augmentation procedure in order to enhance her beauty but she later had her implants removed after experiencing health issues like vision loss, black-outs, and severe migraines for around a year.
- It has been said that a friend of McDougal passed some handwritten memoirs to The New Yorker‘s Ronan Farrow, who wrote about her affair with Donald Trump and how American Media, Inc. (AMI) bought the story. The memoirs revealed that Karen even met Trump’s family members during their affair and she eventually ended it in April 2007 due to guilt and being offended by some of Trump’s comments.
- After becoming “Playmate of the Year” in 1998, she was awarded $100,000 and a special edition silver Shelby Series 1 convertible with a customized Michigan license plate ‘PMOY 98’.
- She won a local Venus Swimwear swimsuit competition in 1997, in Michigan, where she caught the eye of Playboy photographer David Mecey and was eventually approached by Playboy.
- She started her modeling career as a promotional model at a Harley-Davidson bike show in Detroit.
- Her mother remarried when Karen was only 9 years old.
- Karen was a Michigan state champion clarinet player for 4 years in a row in high school.
- Because of her loving personality in school, she gained the nickname ‘Barbie’.
- Karen was a ballet dancer, tap dancer, and sports fanatic in school.
- She was a pre-kindergarten teacher before she began her career as a model.
- Measurements: 34C-24-34 (Source: Playmate Data Sheet)
- Playboy Playmate of the Month December 1997.
- Started working as a preschool teacher before becoming a Playboy model. Former Venus International Swimwear model.
- Signed a developmental contract with the WWF (World Wrestling Federation) in October 2000.
- Girlfriend of Bruce Willis.
- Playboy Playmate of the Year 1998.