Birthplace:   Chicago, Illinois
Height:   5' 7"
Weight:   120 lbs
Bust:  38"
Waist:  24"
Hips:  34"

TURN-ONS:  Guys on Harleys, daredevils, men who aren't afraid to cry or show their emotions.
TURNOFFS:  Bullies, steroid monsters, show-offs, guys who give you their business cards and say, "Call me, babe, I can make you a star."
VIRTUES:  I'm friendly, spontaneous, adventurous -- and I can catch a walleye like nobody else.
VICES:  Pizza, Chinese food, cheeseburgers, French fries -- I eat too much!
MY PHILOSOPHY:  Live it up, but don't do anything you'll regret when you're 80.

"I don't like betting the favorite - there's no money there," says Jenny McCarthy, scanning the tout sheet like a railbird. "You may as well make it a challenge." There is one thing you must know right away about Miss October: The 20-year-old Chicago girl is "definitely the kind of person who likes to take a risk." Calling to set up our interview, I offered lunch; Jenny countered with skydiving, her latest love. "It's incredible, the scariest 30 seconds of your life," she said, ignoring the cowardly gulps coming over the phone. We settled on a day at the races, where only our bank accounts were in danger. Jenny has been going to the track since she was ten. "It's fun to gamble, and I usually do pretty well," she says. No kidding -- in the third race she picked the winner and the runner-up. The luck of the Irish is definitely going Jenny McCarthy's way. Early this year she decided to try her hand at modeling, and sent some photos to a Chicago agency. One week later she had an interview at Playboy. Two weeks later she was shooting her centerfold. "This is my first modeling job -- can you believe it?" she asks, shaking her head. "It's been boom, boom, boom." - read more about Jenny McCarthy at playboy plus...