Kara Monaco named 2006 Playmate of the Year
Lakeland, Fla. native Kara Monaco has been named Playboy�s 2006 Playmate of the Year, the company announced today.
The 23-year-old, blue-eyed blonde will be featured in the magazine�s June issue going on sale Friday. She is featured in a 10-page nude pictorial and also stars in a video centerfold on DVD, dubbed Video Centerfold: 2006 Playmate of the Year Kara Monaco, which will be released on June 13.
The 5-foot 6, 110-pound model will receive $100,000 in prize money along with a 2006 Honda CBR1000RR sport motorcycle and a 2007 Dodge Charter SRT8 Super Bee, painted �Detonator Yellow.�
Monaco had worked at Disney World where she played Snow White, Cinderella, the Little Mermaid and Alice in Wonderland during parades before being named the magazine�s Miss June 2005.
A graduate of Lake Brantley High School, she is a featured instructor in two Envy series workout videos, as well as appeared on �CSI: Miami,� and in Men�s Fitness magazine.
She now lives in Los Angeles where she is pursuing acting and modeling.
Last year, she listed her turn-ons as intelligence and a good sense of humor and her turnoffs as hairy guys and cheaters.