Kelly Carrington

{{Short description|American model and fashion designer}}

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| birth_name = Kelly Hemberger

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|6|24|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = White Plains, New York, U.S.

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| module = {{Infobox Playboy Playmate | embed=yes

| issue = October 2008

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| preceded = Valerie Mason

| succeeded = Grace Kim

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Kelly Carrington (née Hemberger;[http://www.tcpalm.com/news/martin-county-grad-playboys-miss-october Martin County grad is Playboy's Miss October]{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218191046/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/martin-county-grad-playboys-miss-october |date=December 18, 2014}} born June 24, 1986) is an American model and clothing designer. She is the founder and creative director of the luxury swimwear line, Éclairée.{{cite web|url=http://eclairee.com/|title= Éclairée: French Inspired Beachwear|date=January 1, 2012}} She was Playboy's October 2008 Playmate of the Month.{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=carrington%2C+kelly&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=February 7, 2010}} She was also featured on the cover of the same issue.{{Cite news | publication-date = October 2008 |title=Playmate Kelly Carrington, University of Florida| date = October 2008 | periodical = Playboy | volume = 55 | issue = 10 | pages = Cover (cr | issn = 0032-1478 }} Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda.

At the time of her Playboy pictorial, she was attending the University of Florida.{{cite web|url=http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/sep/09/martin-county-grad-playboys-miss-october/|title=Martin County grad is Playboy's Miss October|publisher=TCPalm.com|date=September 9, 2008|accessdate=2008-09-12}}{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|publisher=Playboy Inc.|date=October 2008|title=Gator Maid|volume=55|pages=72–82}} The magazine issue with her as a cover model had a headline advertising a pictorial of girls of the Big Ten Conference, which doesn't include the University of Florida. In a previous interview,{{cite web|url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080909/NEWS/809090158?p=1&tc=pg|title=UF student on cover of Playboy|work=The Gainesville Sun|date=September 9, 2008|accessdate=February 7, 2010|archive-date=June 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615004754/http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080909/NEWS/809090158?p=1&tc=pg|url-status=dead}} she was misquoted as saying that she was on the cover because she was more attractive than any of the Big Ten women.{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/sioncampus/09/17/carrington/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921003707/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/sioncampus/09/17/carrington/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 21, 2008|title=Meet Miss October|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=September 17, 2008|accessdate=February 7, 2010}}