Canadian Native Jayde Nicole Is Playboy's 2008 Playmate of the Year

Jayde's intoxicating beauty and girl-next-door appeal has made her a local celebrity in her hometown ofPort Perry, Ontario, about an hour outside of Toronto. Jayde owns a modeling agency called Jayde Nicole Inc. that she founded in 2005 and had been managing the day-to-day operations of the agency before catching Playboy's eye and landing the title of Miss January 2007.

Playboy's newest Playmate of the Year graduated with honors from Port Perry High School in 2004, and attended George Brown College inToronto where she studied hotel and resort management.

Jayde is currently writing her own fitness and beauty book and has just finished filming a pilot for a reality television show about her life. She has also appeared in Today's Bride magazine and on the cover of American Curves. Last year she organized her second annual charity car wash, which helped raise money for the RED campaign to help fight AIDS inAfrica.

Jayde is one of fourOntario-born Playmates, including Miss April 2004 Krista Kelly (Brampton), Miss June 2003 Tailor James (Mississauga), and Miss January 1990 Peggy McIntaggart (Midland). Playboy named its first ever Playmate of the Year, Ellen Stratton, in 1960.

SOURCE Playboy