Mardi Jacquet

Playboy Playmate of The Month for October 1980

Mardi Jacquet Bio

Mardi Jacquet is a French glamour and nude model. She was born on November 2, 1960, in Chateauroux, France. Playboy named her its October 1980 Playmate at 19. Her appearance came during Playboy's polished, high-production 1980s period.

Jacquet has natural breasts, blue eyes and blond hair. Her measurements are 34-24-35.

Adopted by American parents and raised in California, Jacquet brought an unexpectedly transatlantic note to her early work: her given name, Mardi — French for “Tuesday” — hinted at a continental origin that sat neatly beside a West Coast upbringing. That quiet contrast threaded through the imagery she made for magazines and commercial shoots.

Her Playboy centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley, whose pages-focused craftsmanship framed Jacquet with a composed poise. The spreads emphasized a controlled glamour more concerned with line and light than with theatrical flourish, and Fegley’s photographs captured the steady presence she projected in front of the camera.

The exposure that followed the centerfold translated into steady modeling opportunities. Within those pages and related assignments she became known for an elegant, understated allure and the kind of studio-friendly consistency that kept her working in editorial settings for the period that followed.

Today the Fegley-shot centerfold remains the clearest published document of her professional image: concise, well-executed fashion-magazine lighting and Jacquet’s poised bearing together produce the portrait most readers still associate with her name.

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