Lynne Austin Bio
Lynne Austin is an American actress, glamour and nude model. She was born Dianna Lynne Austin on April 15, 1961, in Plant City, Florida. Playboy named her its July 1986 Playmate at 25. Her appearance came during Playboy's polished, high-production 1980s period.
Austin has natural breasts, blue eyes and blond hair. Her measurements are 35-24-35.
Austin’s face became a piece of Americana long before any magazine spread—she is widely recognized as the original Hooters Girl, the billboard-ready image the fledgling restaurant leaned on as it expanded. Her early turn in swimsuit pageants—winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic in Tampa in 1983 and catching attention again at the 1985 Jose Cuervo Bathing Beauty contest—helped polish that sun‑slick, all‑smile persona and brought her to the attention of Hooters co‑founder Ed Droste.
That visibility carried her into the pages and productions of men's magazines: she went on to appear in multiple Playboy videos and special editions and, overseas, was named Dutch Playboy’s Playmate of the Year in 1987. The shift from local spokesmodel to recognizable national face kept her in demand across formats that traded on glamour and approachability in equal measure.
Her work translated to a few turns in front of the camera and behind the mic. A credited guest spot came on the television sitcom Married... with Children in 1987, and later she found a foothold in Tampa radio as co‑host of the sports‑oriented Sportschix program on 1010 Sports AM, where local listeners heard the same playful, conversational voice that made her a memorable brand presence.
Public life also brought headline moments: she married Philadelphia Phillies catcher Darren Daulton in 1989 and later married Rony Lacey. Hooters itself acknowledged the longevity of that original image in 2008, naming her one of the chain’s Top Hooters Girls of All‑Time—an emblematic nod to a career that kept finding new corners of media and regional culture to inhabit.
