Penthouse Pets 1980-1989

The 1980’s saw highs and lows for Penthouse magazine. It would top its rival Playboy’s sales to start the decade, but missteps would cripple the magazine’s image before the eighties were over. The worst missteps being dethroning the first African-American “Miss America” by publishing photos of her in the same issue where they featured a porn star “pet”, later discovered to be only 15 years old. They did triumph when Pet Corrine Alphen landed a lead role in the John Landis film “Amazon Women on the Moon”, and again when they scooped the world with the leaked Pam Anderson / Tommy Lee sex tape. Their next sex tape escapade proved profitable but further hurt Guccione’s credibility. Embattled figure skater Tonya Harding had a “Leaked” sex tape that was supposed to be from her wedding night. It was later pointed out that the video was pieced together from several encounters as her male partner had a mustache that appeared and vanished several times and at one point the waterbed they are using mysteriously teleports across the room. Harding’s attempt to further her 15 minutes of infamy sold some videos but looked too shady to be real. It lead one reviewer to remark “She must have sold her breasts to Satan for ice skating skills”.

Here is our guide to the era of big hair, New Wave, lots of blush, and Reagan / Falwell.

1980 -Penthouse Pet of the Year Isabella Ardigo

Tamara Kapitas – January Lindsay Ekert – February	Mary Bess Knight – March Annie Hockersmith – April	Monika Kaelin – May Danielle Deneux – June
Samantha Faye – July Dianne Jamison – August	Delia Cosner – September Kristen Knutsen – October	Betsy Dobson – November Ava Monet – December

1981 – Penthouse Pet of the Year Danielle Deneux

Suzee Pai – January Brenda Holliday – February	Delfina Ponti – March Sherry Moran – April	Cody Carmack – May Angela Giovanni – June
Michelle Bauer – July Corinne Alphen – June	Cynthia Peterson – September Connie Lynn Hadden – October	Terry Armstrong – November Sheila Kennedy – December

1982 – Penthouse Pet of the Year Corinne Alphen

Julia Perrein – January Divina Celeste – February	Sharon Axley – March Muriel Rousseau – April	Ute Hochmeister – May Jane Felber – June
Lari Jones – July Donna Barnes – August	lee ann lee – September Laurie L’Oranger – October	Nicole Monrowe – November Monique Gabrielle – December

1983 – Penthouse Pet of the YearSheila Kennedy

Carmen Pope – January Loretta Ybarra – February	Greta Anderson – March Veronique Jolie – April	Linda Kenton – May Janet Sharpe – June
Krista Simon – July Shana Ross – August	Rachel Wesley – September Nadine Greenlaw – October	Lale Hansen – November Lisa Schultz – December

1984 – Penthouse Pet of the Year

Linda Kenton

Cody Carmack – January Antonia Larsen – February	Paula Ann Wood – March Marcia Ruks – April	Holly-O – May Christianna – June
Stacy Cole – July Debbie Tays – August	Traci Lords – September Marie Ehlman – October	Mindy Farrar – November Angela Marie Mineo – December

1985 – Penthouse Pet of the Year No Pet of the Year

The reason given was “In an unprecedented break with tradition, we are not presenting the 1985 Pet of the Year in this December issue (in case you haven’t yet noticed!) The reason? It’s simple–your votes for your favorite Pets have almost literally snowed us under, and our local mailmen are threatening to demand time and a half for their extra burden. Not only that, but those who keep tallies on the escalating totals tell us that–at this point, anyway–the race is just too close to call.”

Rebecca Hill – January Brittany Dane – February	Carolyn Bosanko – March Andi Leigh – April	Fasha – May Melissa Wolf – June
Phyliss Partin – July (Deceased) Angela Nicholas – August	Christine Dupre – September Jennifer James (Angel) – October	Carina Ragnarsson – November Lori Baker – December

1986 – Penthouse Pet of the Year Cody Carmack

Sarah Remington-Graves – January Susan Napoli – February	Michelle Walker – March Dominique St. Croix – April	Dallas Roddy – May Susan Gabrielson – June
Krista Pflanzer – July Patty Mullen – August	Ginger Miller – September Janna Adams – October	Beth Snyder – November Jill Shawntai – December

1987 – Penthouse Pet of the Year Mindy Farrar

Margo Chapman – January Linda Johnson – February	Brittany Morgan – March Jenna Persaud (Juliet Reagh) – April	Melissa Leigh – May Connie Gauthier- May
Lisa Mandoki – July Andi Bruce – August	Stephanie Page – September Terri Lenee Peake – October	Lisa Bradford – November Janine Lindemulder – December

1988 – Penthouse Pet of the Year Patty Mullen

Stephanie Adams – January Joanne Szmereta – February	Jacqui De La Cruz – March Delia Sheppard – April	Kelley Wild – May Lisa Davies – June
Micky Honsa – July Lisa Aiton – August	Twyla Martak – September Tami Hogen – October	Deborah Laufer – November Kimberly Taylor – December

1989 – Penthouse Pet of the Year Ginger Miller

Aneliese Nesbitt – January Lola Anders – February	Sunny Woods – March Simone Brigitte – April	Venesuela – May Katja Zajcek – June
Suzy – July Sara Norton – August	Lynn Johnson – September Diana Van Gils – October	Mikki Brenner – November Kirsten Stewart (Kirsten Imrie) – December