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Vicki McCarty
Playboy centerfold appearance
September 1979
Preceded byDorothy Stratten
Succeeded byUrsula Buchfellner
Personal details
BornVicki Ann McCarty
(1954-01-13) January 13, 1954 (age 70)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Vicki McCarty Iovine (born Vicki Ann McCarty; January 13, 1954) is an American model, writer, and lawyer.

Biography

Iovine received her undergraduate degree (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in Journalism from University of California, Berkeley. She earned a law degree from Hastings College of the Law and an LL.B. in International Law from Cambridge University.[1]

She is a former member of the board of directors of the Special Olympics, as well as a former television producer and radio talk show host. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1979 issue and was photographed by Arny Freytag. She appeared the following year as the central character on To Tell the Truth, with all four panelists correctly guessing her identity. In 1982, she was one of three finalists for the job of hostess and letter turner on Wheel of Fortune which eventually went to Vanna White.

She had a brief, early marriage, ending in divorce, and then was married 24 years to Jimmy Iovine, a record producer and a co-founder of Interscope Records, until 2009. They have four children.[2]

Works

Iovine has published several titles pertaining to pregnancy and parenthood under the brand of Girlfriends' Guides, as well as Best Friends' Guides.

Girlfriends' Guides

Best Friends' Guides

See also

References

  1. ^ Vicki Iovine (1999). The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy. p. 263.
  2. ^ Iovine, Vicki (May 8, 2009). "Divorce Is Trite, But Everyone's Is Special". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on June 25, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2009. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; June 29, 2015 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)