Karen McDougal Bomis Ring

I was born on March 23, 1971 in Indiana and moved to Sawyer, Michigan at the age of nine.

I have three brothers: Bob, Dave, and Jeff and a younger sister Tina. One might think that growing up with three older brothers would make me a Tomboy but it had the opposite effect. Yeah, that’s right, I was a girlscout and I took tap and ballet throughout my childhood.

As I got older, I kept busy with cheerleading, colorguard, and the band, where I played the Clarinet and still do today.

In 1989, I graduated high school and attended Ferris State University for two years before leaving to work as a pre-kindergarden teacher.

During this time a friend of mine encouraged me to enter a local swimsuit pageant. After a lot of coaxing, I entered and that’s right, I WON!

I moved on to an international competition where I met an assisting Playboy photographer. I flew to California tested for Playboy

Then I became Miss December and eventually the 1998 Playmate of the Year.

Here are my my cats Brittany, Brandy. I am usually at the gym working out or on modeling and acting auditions. But, when I find the time, I love to shop and read, two of my favorite things.

One of my two greatest passions is my love of children, eventually I want to go back into the child care field with plans to someday open a child care center of my own.

Since, there is a history of breast cancer in my family. Making the early detection and prevention of breast cancer is the other passion in my life. If I can use my so called celebrity to help bring an awareness to breast cancer through my work with the Breast Cancer Foundation, then... I currently live in LA, CA. As for the future, well lets just sit back and see what happens...

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