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.
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.
