Birthplace: Hollywood, California
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 105 lbs
Bust: 34"
Waist: 21"
Hips: 32"

TURN-ONS:  Colorado River, clean air, animals, spending money, good music, fast cars and boats.
TURNOFFS:  Crowds, getting up early, traffic, rude people, smog, liver and flying.
FAVORITE SPORTS:  Water skiing, jet skiing, boating, racquetball, snow skiing and bicycle riding.
IDEAL MAN:  Patient, honest, outgoing, content, affectionate and fairly athletic.
SECRET FANTASY:  To live on a tropical island with my ideal man and lots of exotic pets.

At one point during our recent conversation with Marianne Gravatte, she whipped out a comb, ran it through her sunny locks, then braided them into a pigtail at the nape of her neck. She added a spangle from her purse to the end of the pigtail and tied a brightly colored band around her forehead. The whole process seemed to take seconds. She was instantly transformed from lush and lovely into bright and sporty. Amazingly, although she had not once consulted a mirror, the finished coif was perfectly done. The change was significant. In that moment, she had gone from professional model to private person, and she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Private person, you see, is a bit of an understatement. Marianne is one of the quietest, shiest people we've ever run across. For her to be a model is a triumph of paper over scissors or like running water backward. Yet she is determined to make it in one of the most public of professions. - read more about Marianne Gravatte at playboy plus...