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Terri Welles

Playboy centerfold appearance	December 1980
Birthplace	Santa Monica, California
Birthdate	November 21, 1956 (age 50)
Measurements	36 in (91 cm) - 24 in (61 cm) - 36 in (91 cm)
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	120 lb (54 kg)
Preceded by	Jeana Tomasino
Succeeded by	Karen Price
Playmate of the Year (PMOY) for	1981
PMOY preceded by	Dorothy Stratten
PMOY succeeded by	Shannon Tweed

Terri Welles (born Terri Knepper November 21, 1956 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actress and adult model.

Welles first appeared on the cover of the May 1980 issue of Playboy, wearing a flight attendant costume to illustrate a pictorial on stewardesses (Welles was a United Airlines stewardess at the time). She subsequently appeared as a centerfold in the December 1980 issue and was named Playmate of the Year for 1981. Her original pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley

Welles married NHL ice hockey player Charlie Simmer in 1981. The couple divorced in 1986. Welles has a daughter.

In 1997, Welles started an online business selling pictures of herself. On her website, she described herself as a former Playboy model and Playmate of the Year. Playboy Enterprises, which was starting up its own online business at this time, sued Welles in 1998, claiming that it had the exclusive right to use of its trademark terms "Playboy" and "Playmate of the Year" for commercial purposes. The outcome of the suit, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles^[1], was that virtually all of Welles' uses of the terms were considered nominative uses, and did not infringe.

Welles closed down her website on October 31, 2006 with the announcement that it had "been a fun ride".

Contents 1 Appearances in Playboy special editions 2 Note 3 See also 4 External links

• Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads July 1985.
• Playboy's Wet & Wild Women July 1987 - pages 78-79.
• Playboy's Bathing Beauties April 1989.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 7: May 1989.
• Playboy's Nudes October 1990.
• Playboy's Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 1: December 1998 - page 38.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 72: March 2000.

• ↑  7 F. Supp. 2d 1098 (S.D. Cal. 1998), aff'd without opinion 162 F. 3d 1169 (9th Cir. 1998); Text of the district court opinion

• List of people in Playboy 1980-1989

• Terri Welles official site
• Terri Welles at Playboy.com

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