Rachel Jean Marteen Bio
Rachel Jéan Marteen is an American Playboy model, glamour model, actress, and aerobics instructor. She was born on January 31, 1970, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius. She has also been credited as Rachel Jean Marteen and Rachel Marteen.
Rachel Jéan Marteen was named Playboy’s Playmate of the Month for August 1995 at the age of 25. Her pictorial, titled “On Camera: The Making of Miss August,” documented both her centerfold session and the production work taking place behind the scenes.
Rachel Jéan Marteen has Natural breasts, Brown eyes, and Brown hair. Her Playmate Data Sheet listed her measurements as 34½-24-35, with a height of 5 feet 7 inches and a weight of 123 pounds.
Marteen was the youngest of three daughters and grew up on a farm outside Cartersville, Georgia. Her family belonged to a conservative Baptist community in an area she described as having more churches than houses. Her parents taught her to value honesty, discipline, and hard work.
She first entered the public eye after winning the Ms. White County competition in 1983. The pageant marked the beginning of her interest in modeling, although education and financial independence remained immediate priorities. To pay for college, she worked an eight-to-four job and taught aerobics before attending classes for several hours each day.
Marteen reserved weekends and vacations for modeling assignments and gradually built a professional portfolio. Her discovery by Playboy happened indirectly when an Atlanta photographer submitted his work to the magazine in the hope of securing assignments. The photographer was not hired, but staff members noticed Rachel’s photograph and invited her to complete a test shoot.
The test quickly developed into her August 1995 centerfold. Marteen described the opportunity as another example of the unexpected good fortune that frequently seemed to enter her life. Although she was initially nervous about posing nude, she later said the experience made her more open, less self-conscious, and increasingly proud of her body.
Her ambitions extended beyond glamour modeling. Marteen hoped to become a top model, pursue acting, produce a workout video, and earn a degree in physical therapy. Her demanding personal fitness routine included step aerobics, floor exercises, squats, and lunges, which she called her “Kick Butt” workout.
Following her centerfold appearance, Marteen continued working with Playboy for approximately three years. She appeared in several videos and numerous newsstand Special Editions, including Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1997, Playboy: Naturals, and Playboy Wet & Wild VIII: Bottoms Up.
Marteen also moved into acting. She appeared in Star of Jaipur and later played Carrie in the 2001 film Never Again, where she was credited as Rachel Marteen. Her IMDb profile lists two acting roles and several appearances as herself in Playboy productions.
Her career eventually brought together several aspects of her identity: a conservative Southern upbringing, academic ambition, physical discipline, glamour modeling, and acting. Rachel Jéan Marteen’s August 1995 centerfold remains the defining milestone of her public career and the beginning of her lasting association with Playboy.
