Sara Underwood: 48th Playmate of the Year

Posted on December 27, 2007
Filed Under Playmate, Playmate of the Year, Sara Underwood |

23-year-old blond beat out 11 other beauties to become the magazine’s 48th Playmate of the Year.

Her title and the start of her yearlong reign were celebrated Thursday with a backyard luncheon under a tent at Hugh Hefner’s famous Playboy Mansion, with the yard filled with current and former playmates, more than 50 dating back to the 1950s.

Hefner described her as an “all-American beauty,” but that’s not all that’s required to be Playmate of the Year.

“It has to do with personality,” he said, adding that the honoree represents the magazine and its advertisers at personal appearances all over the country.