Karen McDougal Height, Weight, Age, Affairs, Controversy, Husband, Family, Biography, Facts & More
Some Lesser Known Facts About Karen McDougal
- Does Karen McDougal smoke?: Not Known
- Does Karen McDougal drink alcohol?: Not Known
- She was born in Merrillville, Indiana, near Gary, but her Playmate data sheet shows that she was born in Gary, Indiana.
- Karen was the first daughter born to her family as she has 3 older brothers and then a younger sister.
- When she was 9 years old, her mother, Carol, remarried, and together, they relocated to Sawyer, Michigan.
- Since her childhood, she was interested in tap dance and ballet and joined classes to excel at them.
- Prior to becoming a teacher and model, she dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer.
- She was named “Barbie” at her high school time due to her evergreen charming and cute personality.
- She was a volleyball and softball player during her school time and was also a cheerleader, band member as well as a state champion of clarinet player for 4 years in a row in her high school.
- Her goal was to open a learning school for children, and in order to fulfill that, she taught pre-kindergarten children after her degree.
- Her focus shifted on to acting and modeling, the time she won the swimwear contest at a local nightclub.
- She then took part in Venus Swimwear swimsuit competition and won the State finals which headed her to the international finals and her modeling career got a great kick start.
- Her talent and beauty were discovered by Playboy photographer David Mecey, who prompted her to become a Playmate.
- She got her first modeling contract, which was to be a promotional model at Harley Davidson bike show.
- In December 1997, she was chosen as the Playmate of the Month in an edition of the famous men’s magazine.
- In 1998, at a Luncheon at the Playboy Mansion, she was selected by Hugh Hefner and her other fans and was named as Playmate of the Year (PMOY).
- Moreover, she was awarded a handsome amount of $100,000 and was featured on the cover page of July 1998 issue of Playboy Magazine.
- After she was featured on the cover of Men’s Fitness magazine in 1999, she became the first woman to make an appearance in Men’s magazine.
- In November 2001, she was ranked 2 on the list of Playmate of the 1990s by the Playboy magazine readers. After her ranking, she was featured in a plethora of Playboy videos and magazines.
- She appeared as a fitness model in multitudinous fitness and bodybuilding magazines, viz. Muscle & Fitness in January 2000 issue, Physical in June 2004, Iron Man in October 2005, January 2006, June 2007, and November 2009 issues. Here’s a video showcasing Karen’s fitness secret and her popular magazine cover stories as a fitness model:
- Karen was featured as Hardbody of the month twice in Iron Man magazine issues.
- She is insane about motorcycles and bought a pink customized motorcycle. She also participated in a sponsored motorcycle competition in Pomona, which made her bike won the Best Radical Custom award.
- In July 2005, Playboy Mansion launched its swimsuit calendar in which she, along with her other playmates, was featured.
- Apart from magazines and videos, she appeared on television commercials for XFL football league as a cheerleader.
- Karen appeared as one of the interviewees at the show- E! True Hollywood Story of Hugh Hefner and narrated her experience at the Playboy Mansion when she was graced with title Miss December.
- In 2006, her DVD was launched in which she, along with fitness trainer, Valerie Waters, illustrated all the exercises helpful for maintaining a perfect physique.
- Karen was also starred in many TV programs Lovespring International, Anger Management, Playmate edition of Russian Roulette, The O’Reilly Factor, and cameo performances in movies named Charlie’s Angels, The Girl Next Door, Grind, Raising Helen, and Joe Dirt. She also did some music videos with singer David Lee Roth.
- In 2010, Karen became one of the owners of Pharmore Alternatives, which is a company related to the selling of various health and wellness supplements. She also attends their promotional events.
- She works out normally 5 days a week to stay in shape, but on the other hand, she is a chocoholic and a junk food addict too.
- Despite being a swimsuit model, she doesn’t know how to swim because of aquaphobia.
- She is a tattoo lover and has many tattoos on her body, out of which one is of a cat on the second toe of her right foot, which is made in the honor of her cats, and the other one is behind her right ear that is a cross which symbolizes spirituality.
- In January 2017, she revealed before media about her breast implant surgery, and the removal of her breasts implants i.e. breast explant surgery because of facing various problems like thyroid, several allergies, blacking out of the skin, and adrenal problems. After this removal, she noticed an immediate improvement in her health. Here’s a discussion where Karen is talking about the difficulties she faced so far from this treatment with some doctors:
- In 2016, before the 58th quadrennial American presidential elections, Karen McDougal told about her secret alleged affair with the married President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, to her friends which was then disclosed against The Wall Street Journal. It was suspected that American Media, Inc. (AMI) offered an amount of $150,000 to expose her full-proof story against them, but they never published it. She also told that the affair lasted from around 10 months to a year between 2006 to 2007. She also claimed that Trump invariably offered her money after having intercourse. But somehow, Donald’s spokesperson- Hope Hicks, somehow managed to name this news a fake one and denied any sort of relationship between them.
- Later, in February 2018, after Donal Trump came into power, journalist Ronan Farrow unveiled the affair story of Donald and Karen and the AMI’s purchase of the story. He exposed the whole story behind their affair through Karen’s handwritten memoirs which stated Donald’s and Karen’s first meet at Playboy Mansion, then her meeting with Donald’s family members and all the expenses spent by him on behalf of her. But however, Trump denied this and stated it as a fake old news.