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Ida Ljungqvist is chosen Playboy’s Playmate of the Year

Posted May 2, 2009 • 8:36 p.m.

Ida Ljungqvist, Playboy's Playmate of the Year.

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African-born beauty Ida Ljungqvist has been named Playboy’s Playmate of the Year in a ceremony attended by Hugh Hefner at the Palms in Las Vegas. Ida was announced as PMOY at The Playboy Mansion, but the official celebration was at the Palms.

Ida is Playboy’s 50th Playmate of the Year, an award that has been named annually for a half-century now! Ida, the magazine’s first African-born Playmate, is featured in the June issue.

Check back to Vegas DeLuxe on Monday for the full details.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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