Vicki McCarty Iovine (born Vicki Ann McCarty; January 13, 1954) is an American model, writer, and lawyer.
Life and career
Iovine received her undergraduate degree (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a
Juris Doctor degree from Hastings College of the Law and an LL.B. in International Law from Cambridge University.
She is a former member of the board of directors of the Special Olympics, as well as a former television producer and radio talk show host. She was Playboy magazine's Playboy Playmate for its September 1979 issue and was photographed by Arny Freytag. She appeared the following year as the central character on To Tell the Truth, with all four panelists correctly guessing her identity. In 1982, she was one of three finalists for the job of hostess and letter turner on Wheel of Fortune which eventually went to Vanna White. She also appeared on the cover of Playboy in August 1982.[Playboy Magazine, August 1982.]
She had an early marriage which ended in divorce; from 1987 to 2009 she was married to Jimmy Iovine, a record producer and a co-founder of Interscope Records. They have four children.
Works
Iovine has published several titles pertaining to pregnancy and parenthood under the brand of Girlfriends' Guides, which is the basis for the TV show
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce as well as Best Friends' Guides.
Girlfriends' Guides
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy (1st Ed. 1995, 2nd Ed. 2007)
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy Daily Diary (1996)
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood (1997)
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Toddlers (1999)
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The Girlfriends’ Guide to Getting your Groove Back (2001)
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The Girlfriends‘ Guide to Baby Gear (2003)
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Parties and Playdates (2003)
Best Friends' Guides
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'' (1999)
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(1999)
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The Best Friends' Guide to Getting Your Life Back (2005)
See also
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List of people in Playboy 1970–1979
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