Shay Knuth

{{Short description|Playboy centerfold (1969)}}

{{Infobox Playboy Playmate

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| name = Shay Knuth

| issue = September 1969

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| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1945|5|29}}

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}}

| preceded = Debbie Hooper

| succeeded = Jean Bell

| website = http://www.shayknuth.com

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Shay Knuth (born May 29, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin){{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=knuth%2C+shay&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=January 25, 2010}} was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for September 1969. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker. At the time of the photo shoot, she was studying sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and working as a Bunny at the Playboy Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Knuth later appeared on the covers of the January 1970 and December 1970 issues of Playboy as well as a "Playmates Forever" pictorial in the April 1984 issue.{{cite web|url=http://www.shayknuth.com|title=Official site bio|accessdate=February 3, 2010}} She also worked as a Bunny at the San Francisco and London Playboy Clubs and as the "Official Party Coordinator" for Studio 54.{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|title=Playmate News|volume=56|date=September 2009|pages=120–121}} {{as of|2009}} Knuth lived in Chicago and was appearing at "glamour conventions".