Ida Ljungqvist is the Playboy Playmate of 2009. Ljungqvist is the first African to win the Playboy Playmate of the Year award. Ida received the award from Playboy’s founder, Hugh Hefner in a ceremony held at The Palms Hotel Casino in Las Vegas last weekend.

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Ljungqvist was born in Tanzania to a Swedish father and a Tanzanian mother. She was discovered by 2007 Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood at a Bebe clothing boutique on Rodeo Drive.

Ida has lived in many countries due to her father’s work for UNICEF. She has lived in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe; in Asia, in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand; in Europe, in France, the U.K., Sweden, and Denmark and as of May, 2009 Ida. She speaks English, Swedish, and Swahili.

At the time of writing, Ida is in a custody battle between her and her ex, Joshua Lang. Lang filed for divorce in September 2008.  They are fighting over the custody of their little Chihuahua – I am not kidding.

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