Vicki McCarty | |
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Playboy centerfold appearance | |
September 1979 | |
Preceded by | Dorothy Stratten |
Succeeded by | Ursula Buchfellner |
Personal details | |
Born | Vicki Ann McCarty January 13, 1954 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Measurements | Bust: 33½" Waist: 22" Hips: 34" |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st) |
Vicki McCarty Iovine (born Vicki Ann McCarty; January 13, 1954) is an American model, writer, and lawyer.
Iovine received her undergraduate degree (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in journalism from the 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.
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.
Iovine has published several titles pertaining to pregnancy and parenthood under the brand of Girlfriends' Guides, which is the basis for the TV show Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce as well as Best Friends' Guides.