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Meet Lauren Summer, the Winner of the Great Playmate Search

Summer has risen to the top of over 17,000 contestants, earning her Playmate debut in 2026.

Playmate Features • December 16, 2025
Written by MEET LAUREN SUMMER, THE WINNER OF THE GREAT PLAYMATE SEARCH

Lauren Summer didn’t enter The Great Playmate Search expecting to win. She signed up quietly, embarked on a bucket-list visit to Japan, and only realized how far she’d come when a notification stopped her mid-trip: she was in the quarterfinals. What followed was a surge of focused direction around a single goal—she would do anything […]

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Meet Lauren Summer, the Winner of the Great Playmate Search
By Meet Lauren Summer, the Winner of the Great Playmate Search
Summer has risen to the top of over 17,000 contestants, earning her Playmate debut in 2026.

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