The Playmate of the Month (PMOM) is featured with nude photographs and a centerfold in Playboy magazine. At the end of the year, one of the twelve Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOY). The first Playmate of the Month was Margie Harrison, Miss January 1954, in the second issue of Playboy. Marilyn Monroe, who was featured in the first issue, was the only one to appear as “Sweetheart of the Month”.
There is no such thing as a former Playmate because “Once a Playmate, always a Playmate”