Preceded by Janet Quist Name Candy Loving Weight 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st) | Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |
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Measurements Bust: 37"Waist: 24"Hips: 34" Similar Debra Jo Fondren, Barbi Benton, Daina House Nationality American Zodiac Sign Virgo Spouse Ron Prather | ||
San Diego State students in 1979 compete for Valentine's Day date with Playboy Playmate
Candy Loving (born Candis Loving September 4, 1956, in Oswego, Kansas) is an American model. She was Playboy 's Playmate of the Month for the January 1979 issue, which made her the magazine's 25th Anniversary Playmate. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.
Contents
- San Diego State students in 1979 compete for Valentines Day date with Playboy Playmate
- Early life
- Playboy Career
- Post Playboy
- Filmography
- References
Early life
Candy was born Candis Loving in Oswego, Kansas, on September 4, 1956 and moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma, at the age of three with her mother and four siblings. She graduated from Ponca City High School in 1974 and married Ron Prather. She then enrolled in a journalism major at Oklahoma University.
Playboy Career
In 1978, the Playboy magazine began a yearlong nationwide Great Playmate Hunt for its 25th-anniversary publication. Candy was working in a dress shop and as a waitress when she saw the ad in the paper. At the urging of her then husband, Candy entered the contest and photographer Dwight Hooker shot the test photos of her. Seven months later the 22-year-old college student beat out more than 3,500 other models with her natural beauty, girl-next-door looks and name that seemed almost fabricated for a playmate. Her centerfold came out in the January 1979 issue. That year, she took advantage of her celebrity status and moved out to California to pursue acting and modeling. She traveled the world as the ambassador of Playboy magazine.
Post Playboy
By 1981, at the age of 25, she decided to step away from her celebrity lifestyle and re-enrolled at Oklahoma University to complete her bachelor's degree in journalism. Subsequently, she began pursuing a master's degree in human relations. While continuing her studies, she maintained her role in publicity for the magazine but gradually started to transition away from that lifestyle. The Playboy life had taken its toll on her marriage and she later met Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive lineman, Dave Reavis, while both were judging a beauty pageant. She followed him to Tampa in July 1983. Even though this relationship did not last, she remained in Southern Florida working in the healthcare industry designing benefit packages for companies.