Josie Canseco Bio
Josie Canseco is an American model, Playboy Playmate, fashion model, media personality, and digital creator from Weston, Florida, United States. Born Josephine Marie Canseco on November 5, 1996, under the sign of Scorpio, she entered the Playboy archive at the beginning of a career that would later move across runway fashion, commercial campaigns, television, and social media.
Josie Canseco became Playboy’s Playmate of the Month in June 2016, receiving the title at the age of 19. Her feature appeared during Playboy’s brief non-nude editorial period, when the magazine was presenting the Playmate through a more fashion-led and personality-driven visual language. Josie brought youth, composure, and an already recognizable sense of self to that changing format.
Her June 2016 pictorial was photographed by Henrik Purienne. The feature used a relaxed Malibu setting and an intimate, sunlit mood that suited Josie’s natural ease in front of the camera. Her blond hair, blue eyes, and graceful figure gave the images their immediate visual character, but the stronger impression came from her calm expression and refusal to overplay the moment.
Born in Broward County and raised between Florida and Los Angeles, Josie grew up in a highly visible family. She is the daughter of former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco and model and television personality Jessica Canseco. Her family name brought public attention early, but her original Playboy profile made clear that she wanted her career and reputation to stand independently from that history.
At 19, Josie spoke openly about the pressure of being defined through her parents. She described herself as friendly, slightly unconventional, and uninterested in becoming a reality television personality despite appearing with her mother on The Mother/Daughter Experiment: Celebrity Edition. Her focus was modeling, dance, fitness, and building a professional identity that felt genuinely her own.
Before her Playboy appearance, Josie had already begun attracting attention within fashion. She and fellow model Charlotte D’Alessio gained wider visibility after photographs of them at Coachella circulated online, leading to agency interest and new modeling opportunities. Josie also auditioned for the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue before becoming Miss June.
Her career expanded considerably after Playboy. Josie walked in Moschino’s Spring/Summer 2018 menswear show, appeared in a Kith Women x Coca-Cola campaign, worked in editorial fashion, and achieved one of her most visible runway milestones by appearing in the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Those credits moved her public image beyond celebrity-family recognition and established her as a working fashion and commercial model.
Josie later developed a profile that combines traditional agency modeling with contemporary digital visibility. Represented by Elite New York and Photogenics Los Angeles, she moves between editorial photography, campaigns, runway work, lifestyle content, and media appearances. That combination places her firmly within a generation of models whose personality and audience matter alongside their work in front of the lens.
Josie Canseco’s June 2016 feature captured her before the largest milestones of her fashion career had arrived. Its appeal lies in that sense of emergence: a young model already accustomed to public attention, but determined to shape the meaning of that attention for herself.
She is a daughter of former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter Jose Canseco and former model Jessica Canseco.
