Avis Kimble is an American model. At age 17 she was photographed by Jon Pownall to become Playboy

Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1962 issue.

Avis was one of three finalists for that year's Playmate of the Year. June Cochran

June Cochran

June Cochran was an American model and beauty queen.Cochran won the Miss Indiana USA pageant in 1960 but was unplaced at the national competition. She was later Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1962 issue and Playmate of the Year for 1963...

 beat out Avis and Laura Young for the title.
Kimble worked as a Bunny

Playboy Bunny

A Playboy Bunny is a waitress at the Playboy Club. The Playboy Clubs were originally open from 1960 to 1988. The Club re-opened in one location in The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas in 2006...

 at the Chicago Playboy Club

Playboy Club

The Playboy Club initially was a chain of nightclubs and resorts owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises. The first club opened at 116 E. Walton Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States, on February 29, 1960. Each club generally featured a Living Room, a Playmate Bar, a Dining Room...

, and also ran a boutique

Boutique

A boutique is a small shopping outlet, especially one that specializes in elite and fashionable items such as clothing and jewelry. The word is French for "shop", via Latin from Greek ἀποθήκη , "storehouse"....

 in the Windy City at the same time.

She was one of the Editors' choices for the top ten Playmates of all time during Playboy's ten year anniversary celebration. She did not make the top ten list when the readers' top ten was voted on.

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