Karissa and Kristina Shannon Bio
Kristina Shannon is an American Playboy model, glamour model, television personality, and one half of the Shannon Twins. She was born on October 2, 1989, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Her zodiac sign is Libra. Her twin sister is Karissa Shannon.
Kristina Shannon was Playboy’s Playmate of the Month for August 2009. She appeared with her twin sister Karissa Shannon in the double Playmate feature “It Takes Two,” photographed by Arny Freytag.
Kristina and Karissa Shannon were presented in Playboy as identical twin sisters from Florida who shared their Playmate debut across two consecutive months. The feature introduced Karissa as Miss July and Kristina as Miss August, emphasizing their close relationship and shared public identity as the Shannon Twins.
According to their July/August 2009 Playboy profile, Kristina and Karissa had previously appeared on The Girls Next Door during the 55th Anniversary Playmate search. The same profile stated that Hugh Hefner later invited them to become his girlfriends and that they lived at the Playboy Mansion during that period.
Their Playmate data sheet listed the Shannon Twins’ measurements as 34B-26-34, with a height of 5 ft 10 in and a weight of 125 lb. Kristina has blonde hair and blue eyes.
In their Playmate data sheet, Kristina and Karissa stated that their ambitions were to become supermodels and actresses and to live life to the fullest. Kristina’s August 2009 Playmate title placed her alongside Karissa as part of Playboy’s line of identical twin Playmates.
