Karen McDougal is a model and actress from the United States. She is well-known for her Playboy magazine appearances as Playmate of the Month for December 1997 and Playmate of the Year for 1998, as well as her alleged 9-month affair with Donald Trump before he became president. McDougal was voted “The Sexiest Playmate of the 1990s” by Playboy readers in 2001.
McDougal is a fitness enthusiast who has participated in ballet studies and high school sports since she was a child. She is a motorbike and car enthusiast. She has kept a mostly private social life since her Playmate days. The revelation of an affair with Donald Trump from 2006 to 2007 and the subsequent cover-up thrust her into the national spotlight both before and after the 2016 US presidential election.
Karen McDougal Wiki/Bio:
| Real Name: | Karen McDougal |
| Date of Birth: | 23 March 1971 |
| Zodiac Sign: | Aries |
| Birthplace: | Gary, Indiana, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | American Model and Actress |
Karen McDougal Age, Height, Weight:
| Age: | 52 Years (As of 2023) |
| Height: | 5Ft 8in |
| Weight: | 61 Kg |
Karen McDougal Career:
As a child, McDougal studied tap dance and ballet. Prior to teaching and modeling, her childhood dream was to be a ballerina. She attended River Valley High School, where she was a cheerleader, marching band member, color guard member, volleyball and softball player, and a four-year Michigan state champion clarinet player.
McDougal worked as a pre-kindergarten teacher before winning a swimwear competition, which launched her career as a glamour, promotional, and swimsuit model. Since her appearances in Playboy, she has expanded her career into a wide range of mainstream media appearances, including other magazine modeling, television commercials, and minor acting, with varying degrees of success.
She has been a successful fitness model, appearing in numerous magazines and being the first woman to appear on the cover of Men’s Fitness magazine. She appeared in the direct-to-video film The Arena, which inspired the creation of a fantasy art statuette and a doll.
McDougal’s first modeling job was as a promotional model for a Harley-Davidson motorcycle show in Detroit. McDougal was the first woman to appear on the cover of Men’s Fitness magazine in March 1999. She has since expanded her career into fitness modeling, appearing in magazines such as Muscle & Fitness, Physical, and Iron Man in November 2009.
McDougal was the calendar girl for July in the 2005 Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion swimsuit calendar. McDougal appeared in a series of sexy XFL football league commercials on NBC and UPN with the theme “Cheerleaders.”
She co-starred in The Arena, a Roger Corman-produced direct-to-video film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, with Lisa Dergan in 2001. The entire production took place in Russia.
McDougal was interviewed as part of the April 9, 2006 episode of E! True Hollywood Story, which focused on Hugh Hefner. She briefly described her time as Miss December 1997 at the Playboy Mansion. McDougal debuted as a fitness model in mid-2006, demonstrating all of the exercises in a fitness training DVD with Hollywood celebrity fitness trainer Valerie Waters.
McDougal became a co-owner of Pharmore Alternatives, a company that sells various health and wellness supplements, in 2010.
Karen McDougal Family:
McDougal was born near Gary in Merrillville, Indiana. She is descended from Cherokee, Scottish, and Irish ancestors. She is the family’s eldest daughter, with three older brothers, Bob, Dave, and Jeff, and a younger sister, Tina. McDougal’s mother, Carol, remarried when she was nine years old, and the family relocated to Sawyer, Michigan, where she stayed until college.
Karen McDougal Affair with Trump:
The Wall Street Journal reported in November 2016 that McDougal told a friend that she had an affair with a married Donald Trump from 2006 to 2007, with various sources claiming that it lasted ten months to a year. It also stated that McDougal was paid $150,000 for exclusive rights to her story by American Media, Inc. (AMI), the owner of the National Enquirer, but the story was never published.
McDougal filed a lawsuit against AMI in Los Angeles Superior Court in March 2018, attempting to have the non-disclosure agreement declared unenforceable.
McDougal filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News on December 5, 2019. According to the suit, Tucker Carlson, a network anchor, defamed McDougal by claiming that she personally extorted Trump for the hush money she received in 2016.
