Stephanie Adams

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Stephanie Adams
File:Playboy Centerfold Stephanie Adams.jpg
Playboy centerfold appearance
November 1992
Preceded by Tiffany Sloan
Succeeded by Barbara Moore
Personal details
Born (1970-07-24) July 24, 1970 (age 53)
Orange, New Jersey[1]
Measurements Bust: 34"C[1]
Waist: 23.5"
Hips: 34"
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Weight 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st)[1]

Stephanie Adams (born July 24, 1970)[1] is an American model and author. She was the November 1992 Playboy Playmate.

Early life

Adams was born in Orange, New Jersey,[1] and was raised by her aunts Joyce and Pearl, former models who encouraged her to begin modeling at the age of 16.[2] She has African American, Caucasian, and Cherokee ancestry.[3][4]

Career

Adams graduated from Ophelia DeVore School of Charm and began a career as a model, appearing in photo shoots for Seventeen magazine, Venus Swimwear, and commercial advertisements for Clairol.[2] She appeared as "Miss November 1992" in Playboy magazine[1] while modeling for Wilhelmina Models. She later moved to Elite Model Management after becoming engaged to its CEO, John Casablancas.[5]

Adams earned a bachelor's degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1992.[5][6][7][8] She has appeared on the cover of Village Voice.[9] She made a cameo appearance for the "Top 10" list on the Late Show with David Letterman on November 20, 2003, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Playboy magazine.[10]

In 1999, Adams founded Goddessy, according to her a portmanteau of "goddess" and "odyssey". She published her first book in 2003, and started her own publishing company in 2007. Following the death of her aunt from breast cancer in 2003, she dedicated more of her time to writing. That same year, she published a book dedicated to her deceased aunt titled He Only Takes The Best, followed by another book written in honor of her elderly Aunt Pearl titled Guardian. Adams has produced about two dozen metaphysical books, astrology calendars and a tarot card set marketed under the Goddessy brand.[3][11] She also published a novel titled Empress in 2004 featuring women in ancient Rome.[12]

Adams is founder and CEO of the skin care product company Goddessy Organics.[13][14] With her husband, she is co-owner of Wall Street Chiropractic and Wellness.[15]

Personal life

Early in her career, Adams was married to an Italian investment banker, but later divorced.[12] In a February 2003 She magazine cover story, Adams came out as a lesbian, the first Playmate to have done so.[16] In their 2004 "Best of" feature, The Village Voice declared her the "Best lesbian sex symbol", saying it was "hard to turn a page in a queer rag without seeing the willowy model peeking out in a bikini, or nothing at all".[17] However, in 2009 Adams announced that she was engaged to marry a man,[18][19] and about the same time, described herself in an interview as straight.[20] After her marriage to a New York doctor, Adams said she was retiring from public life and would spend most of her time privately with her husband and son.[21]

In May 2006, during a dispute over where to drop her off, a New York City taxi driver called the police and falsely reported that Adams was armed with a gun and had threatened to shoot him.[22][23] The taxi driver's license was subsequently revoked and he was fined $2,700 for the incident.[24][25] Adams alleged that during the incident police threw her to the ground, causing injuries to her neck and back.[26] Adams filed a lawsuit against the NYPD in 2006. In February 2012, a jury awarded her $1.2 million, $400,000 more than had been sought by her lawyer.[27][28][29] Adams stated that she has "no animosity toward the NYPD".[30][31]

References

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  7. ↑ Playboy Magazine – November, 1992 – Vol. 39 No. 11, p. 115
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  9. ↑ Village Voice – June 22–28, 2005 – Vol. L No. 25
  10. ↑ Show #2080, Late Show With David Letterman, CBS, November 20, 2003
  11. ↑ Diane Wilde, "Cover to Cover", She Magazine, September, 2003, p. 16.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ "Who we are", Goddessy Organics, Accessed July 5, 2014
  14. ↑ Janene Mascarella, "Cheap tricks 17 ways to look beautiful for less", Parade, Condé Nast, 8 May 2014. Accessed July 5, 2014.
  15. ↑ Abigail Rubenstein, "'Too Cute' Yoga Teacher Can't Show Bias, Ex-Bosses Say", Law360, February 10, 2014, Accessed June 30, 2014
  16. ↑ Megan Cossey, "Pioneering Playmate: As the first Playboy centerfold to come out of the closet, Stephanie Adams is hopping down a brand new bunny trail", She Magazine, February 2003. Reproduced within this page of "brief versions of a few articles" within Adams' Goddessy.com. See also: Shazia Khan, "Gay Pride Week: Same-Sex Marriage Debate Looms Over Annual Festivities", NY1 News, June 21, 2004; "Playmate Sues Taxi Driver, NYC Police". USA Today. September 22, 2006. All three retrieved August 24, 2011.
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  21. ↑ Press release, Goddessy.com (undated).
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