Jayde Nicole Gelette-Ivany is a Canadian model, actress and businesswoman. She was Playboy′s Playmate of the Month for January 2007 and was named the 2008 Playmate of the Year in the June issue of the men’s magazine. She is the first Canadian Playmate of the Year in 26 years, and the third overall, the previous two being Dorothy Stratten and Shannon Tweed.
As actress, she is known in The Girls Next Door (2005-2010), The Hills (2006-2010), Un’estate ai Caraibi (2009), and in Holly’s World (2009-2011).
Years active: 2006-present
Born Age: February 19, 1986, 38 years old and 9 months, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Sun Sign: Pisces
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 ft 9 in – 1.75 m
Measurements: 34-24-34 in – 86-61-86 cm
Bra size: 34C US – 75C EU
Canadian playmate Jayde Nicole
Hugh Hefner (ex Playboy owner), right, and Playboy's 2008 Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole, of Canada, during the Playmate of the Year luncheon at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP / Matt Sayles)
Jayde Nicole – 2008 Playboy Playmate
Canadian playmate Jayde Nicole
Early life
Nicole began modeling for catalogs and fashion shows at the age of six. The following year, Nicole’s family moved from Scarborough to Port Perry. When she turned 11, she stopped modeling for a time, as she was finding herself becoming “too mature to be doing kid’s jobs.”
When she was 15, a scout from a Toronto modeling agency spotted her outside the Air Canada Centre as she was leaving a concert and offered her an opportunity to return to modeling.
Jayde briefly studied hotel management at George Brown University in Toronto.
Since then, Nicole has appeared in numerous publications and fashion shows. She created and owns her own agency, “A Touch of Class”, based in Port Perry.
Nicole graduated from Port Perry High School and then studied hotel management at George Brown College in Toronto, but dropped out to pursue a modeling career.
Her mother suggested to Nicole that she pose for “Playboy.”
Career
Nicole has appeared as herself on the TV shows “The Girls Next Door” and “The Hills.” Moreover, Jayde has been featured in such magazines as “Details,” “American Curves,” “FHM,” “Elle,” “Cosmo,” and “Vegas.”
Nicole started a charity called Lengths of Love, which encourages people to donate their hair to be fashioned into wigs for pediatric patients in need.
Jayde was chosen to be the Playmate of the Month in the January, 2007 issue of the famous men’s magazine. She was named Playmate of the Year in 2008 and has the distinction of being the first Canadian to receive this particular honor in 26 years.
In October 2008, Nicole appeared in a presidential election spoof video for FunnyorDie.com. The video, “Playmates Heat Up the Presidential Debate”, also features fellow Playboy models Jo García, Grace Kim, and Christine Smith. Footage was taken from the Presidential town hall debate which took place October 7, 2008, and digitally altered to show the women asking Senators Obama and McCain a series of questions.
Nicole debuted as a feature-film actress in the 2009 Italian comedy Un’estate ai Caraibi.
In October 2009, Nicole appeared on Fox Sports‘ PokerStars Million Dollar Challenge.
In the September 2010 edition of Guitar World magazine Nicole appeared as one of “The Girls of the 2011 Guitar World Buyer’s Guide”.
Nicole co-owns a vegan Mexican restaurant with fellow Playboy veteran Jessica Hall in Los Angeles, California called Sugar Taco.
Reality television
Nicole filmed a pilot for E!, The Girls Next Door: The Bunny House, with several other Playboy centerfolds. She appeared for several episodes during the second season in fellow Playboy alum Holly Madison‘s reality show, Holly’s World.
While dating Brody Jenner, Jayde appeared on several episodes of The Hills on MTV.
Personal life
Nicole started a charity called Lengths for Love, similar to Locks of Love, which encourages people to donate their hair to be fashioned into wigs for pediatric patients in need.
She has posed in a lettuce bikini on behalf of PETA, encouraging people to become vegan.
Trivia
A prominent feature of her body is a tattoo of the word respect in Blackmoor font on her lower abdomen.
She owns the Touch of Class modeling agency in Ontario.
Miss January 2007, Jayde Nicole will appear in the June issue of Playboy and earns $100,000 and a new car.
In the Playboy Magazine: June 2008, where Jayde Nicole Gelette-Ivany is posed, there is also the singer, songwriter and former fashion model Carla Bruni.
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