Joanne Latham

Who is Joanne Latham?

Joanne Kandy Latham is a former English glamour model. Her statistics were quoted as 36-23-36.

After studying classical ballet for nine years she took a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School. A dancing competition led to a request for her to model for Miss Selfridge. This consequently drew her into the world of modeling and television commercials where she became an instant success. She appeared on Page 3 of the Sun newspaper and in the Daily Mirror and built a huge following as a glamour model. In 1978 Central Television made a documentary about her called 'A Model's Dream' in the series 'England, Their England'. After a shoot with leading glamour photographer Patrick Lichfield, he was so impressed with her that he included her photo on the inside front cover of his book "The Most Beautiful Women", a collection of his photographs.

In 1979 the two major Men's magazines, Playboy and Penthouse, fought a very publicized battle over her for the first nude pictures. Latham signed a contract with Penthouse which promised a fee of £70,000 for her to appear in the 10th Anniversary edition. Latham adorned nineteen pages of the magazine. That edition made U.S. history selling more in Dollar percentage than any other magazine to date and making a profit of $18 million. Latham's contract was terminated with Penthouse Magazine when she fell in love with the boss's son. She moved from New York to Los Angeles and became the girlfriend of Hugh Hefner living in the Playboy Mansion. In the early Eighties Latham returned to England to her Midland home in the village of Tettenhall.