About Renee Tenison
Reneé Tenison from Caldwell, Idaho, is an American model and actress. Reneé has three older brothers and an identical twin sister, Rosie Tenison, who also works as a model. Rosie and Renee posed in the August 2002 issue of Playboy together.
Tenison appeared as the Playmate of the Month in the November 1989 issue of Playboy magazine and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year for 1990, the first PMOY of African American descent. In 2001, she was selected as one of the ten sexiest women of the year by the readers of Black Men magazine.
Renee Tenison was born in Caldwell, Idaho, on December 2, 1968. She grew up in a family with three older brothers and an identical twin sister, Rosie Tenison, who also became a model. Renee's early life and career in modeling were influenced by her family's support and her own striking appearance.
Playboy Career
Renee’s journey to fame began when she was featured as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in November 1989. Her natural beauty, stunning measurements, and confident presence in front of the camera caught the attention of the Playboy team, leading to her being named Playmate of the Year in 1990. During her time with the magazine, she became one of the iconic faces of the early '90s and a fan favorite.
She posed in a variety of Playboy layouts, showcasing her slim, toned physique. Her work with Playboy solidified her place in modeling history, and her Playmate of the Year title remains one of her defining achievements.
In addition to her solo shoots, one of the most notable moments in Renee's Playboy career occurred in the August 2002 issue, when she posed alongside her identical twin sister, Rosie. The two were photographed together, highlighting their striking resemblance and drawing attention from fans of both sisters.
Post-Playboy Career
While she retired from modeling in the mid-1990s, Renee’s legacy continued through her association with Playboy and her occasional appearances in other publications. Despite stepping away from the spotlight, she remains a memorable and influential figure in the modeling world, particularly within the Playboy community.
Personal Life
Renee Tenison has largely kept her personal life private, though it is known that she comes from a close-knit family with three older brothers and her twin sister, Rosie. There are no public records of her being married or having children, and she has not shared any details about her current relationship status.
Legacy
Renee Tenison's legacy is deeply intertwined with Playboy. As Playmate of the Year 1990, she was part of a select group of women who helped define the brand during its golden years. Her memorable appearances, both solo and with her twin sister Rosie, have left a lasting impact on Playboy fans and the modeling world at large. Today, although retired, Renee remains an enduring icon in the Playboy history books.
Publications and Posing Nude
Renee Tenison posed nude exclusively for Playboy, where she became one of the most iconic models of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Notable Work with Other Models
Posed alongside her twin sister, Rosie Tenison, for the August 2002 issue of Playboy.
Playboy's Playmate of the Month Titles:
Playboy Argentina February 1990
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Australia December 1989
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Australia December 1989
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Greece November 1989
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Hong Kong November 1989
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Hungary March 1990
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Italy February 1990
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Japan January 1990
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Netherlands April 1990
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Spain February 1990
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Turkey November 1989
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy USA November 1989
Playmate: Reneé Tenison (photography by Arny Freytag)
Playboy's Playmate of the Year Titles:
Playboy USA - 1990
Playboy Greece - 1990
Playboy Covers featuring Reneé Tenison
Playboy Czech Republic August 1991 featured by Reneé Tenison
Playboy Czech Republic August 1991
Cover: Reneé Tenison (photography by Francis Giacobetti)
Playboy Hungary December 1990 featured by Reneé Tenison
Playboy Hungary December 1990
Cover: Reneé Tenison (photography by Francis Giacobetti)
Playboy Netherlands January 1991 featured by Petra Verkaik, Ellen Schreuder, Pamela Anderson, Reneé Tenison, Deborah Driggs, Peggy McIntaggart, Bonnie Marino, Saskia Linssen, Kata Kârkkâinen, Nicolette Janssen, Jacqueline Sheen, Laura Richmond
Playboy Netherlands January 1991
Cover: Petra Verkaik, Ellen Schreuder, Pamela Anderson, Reneé Tenison, Deborah Driggs, Peggy McIntaggart, Bonnie Marino, Saskia Linssen, Kata Kârkkâinen, Nicolette Janssen, Jacqueline Sheen, Laura Richmond (photography by Richard Fegley, Stephen Wayda, Arny Freytag, Kim Mizuno, Byron Newman, etc.)
Playboy USA June 1990 featured by Reneé Tenison
Playboy USA June 1990
Cover: Reneé Tenison (photography by Francis Giacobetti)
Playboy Pictorials & Separate Photos featuring Reneé Tenison
Playboy Argentina August 2010 featured by Reneé Tenison, María Nela Sinisterra
Playboy Argentina August 2010
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Jennifer Jackson (by Pompeo Posar); Reneé Tenison & Rosie Tenison (by Stephen Wayda)
Playboy Bulgaria June 2011 featured by Reneé Tenison, Damiana Mateva
Playboy Bulgaria June 2011
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Elizabeth Jagger (by Sasha Eisenman); Gia Lazarova (by Lazar Gushev); Damiana Mateva (by Kostas Mitropoulos); Loes Fielt (by Toonen & Wientjens); Carla Bruni; Double Fantasy: Deisy Teles, Sarah Teles, Natalie Campbell, Jennifer Campbell, Mandy Bentley, Sandy Bentley, Carol Bernaola, Darlene Bernaola, Madeleine Collinson, Mary Collinson, Reneé Tenison, Rosie Tenison
Playboy Croatia August 2002 featured by Reneé Tenison, Sanja Matić (Sanja Matice)
Playboy Croatia August 2002
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Reneé Tenison, Rosie Tenison (by Stephen Wayda); 'Women of Enron' (by Gen Nishino)
Playboy France May 2004 featured by Reneé Tenison, Rachel Hunter
Playboy France May 2004
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Photos by Carlo Pieroni; Penny Lancaster; Le Bombes du Mois: Erin Nicole, Karouna Kay Sivilay, Rebecca DiPietro, Gabriella Broder, Heather McQuaid, Erin Fiedler, Tiffany Lang, Mary Beth Decker, Shamron Moore, Jessica Renee; Playmates & Models in Cinema: Brande Roderick, Pamela Anderson, Victoria Silvstedt, Angie Everhart, Karen McDougal, Nikki Schieler (Nikki Ziering), Cara Michelle, Jaime Bergman, Carmen Electra, Jenny McCarthy, Natalia Sokolova, Reneé Tenison
Playboy Germany August 2005 featured by Reneé Tenison, Magdalena Jaworski, Doreen Buntrock, Sarah Schimkus, Carmen Kiank, Stefanie Fritsche, Sarina Kurth (First Aid Girls)
Playboy Germany August 2005
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Reneé Tenison, Rosie Tenison (by Stephen Wayda); Dorien Rose Duinker (by Frank de Mulder); 'Im hier und jetzt' (by Gavin O'Neill); Inna Hemme (by Andreas Reiter); Andrea Suwa (by Max-Elmar Wischmeyer); Tiffany Fallon (by Stephen Wayda); Playboy Shop: Giuliana Marino, Corinna Poschinger
Playboy Greece November 1990 featured by Reneé Tenison, Cuff links with Rabbit Head
Playboy Greece November 1990
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Reneé Tenison (by Francis Giacobetti); Photos by Stefanos Paschos
Playboy Greece September 2002 featured by Reneé Tenison, Olga Gerakidou
Playboy Greece September 2002
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Lauren Anderson (by Arny Freytag); Reneé Tenison & Rosie Tenison (by Stephen Wayda)
Playboy Mexico June 1990 featured by Reneé Tenison, Elizabeth de Luna
Playboy Mexico June 1990
Pictorials & Separate Photos: 'Girls of World Cup' (by Byron Newman); Reneé Tenison
Playboy Netherlands September 2013 featured by Reneé Tenison, Ifa Brand, Nikki Sengers
Playboy Netherlands September 2013
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Rosanne Jongenelen (by Malou & Manon); Rianne Swierstra (by Malou & Manon); Sasha Grey (by Stephen Wayda); 100% Lesbian Proof: Micaela Breque, Federica Ariafina, Sofía Clerici, Bianca Borba, Kamila Hermanová (by Tomás Ben, Enrico Ricciardi, Diego Carballo, Daniel Aratangy, Jan Tůma); Reneé Tenison, Rosie Tenison (by Stephen Wayda); Zimra Geurts (by René de Haan, Patrick Kaas); Chiela (by Toonen & Wientjens)
Playboy Poland September 1993 featured by Reneé Tenison, Elizabeth Ward Gracen
Playboy Poland September 1993
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Reneé Tenison (by Francis Giacobetti); Nicole Wood (by Richard Fegley)
Playboy South Africa April 2012 featured by Reneé Tenison, Anastasia Kumeyko, Dasha Astafieva ('NikitA' Group)
Playboy South Africa April 2012
Pictorials & Separate Photos: 'Stone Nudes' (by Dean Fidelman); Anna Grigorenko (by Davide Esposito); Iryna Ivanova (by Stephen Wayda); Lisa Seiffert (by Sasha Eisenman); Dutch Playmates: Irene Hoek, Esther van der Zander, Melanie Meijer, Lisa Maarseveen, Mandy Alexander, Iris Bakker, Tanimara Teterissa, Zoi Gorman, Rosa Holleman, Nancy Lynn de Ronde (Jackson), Hester Winkel, Myo Ling, Vera Dimova (by Toonen & Wientjens, René de Haan, Patrick Kaas); Bunny Chow: Kai Brendlinger, Linda Gamble, Janis Jackson, Jennifer Jackson; Twins: Reneé Tenison & Rosie Tenison, Deisy Teles & Sarah Teles, Darlene Bernaola & Carol Bernaola, Nicole Dahm & Erica Dahm & Jaclyn Dahm, Sandy Bentley & Mandy Bentley, Karin van Breeschooten & Mirjam van Breeschooten, Jennifer Campbell & Natalie Campbell, Sia Barbi & Shane Barbi
Playboy Spain June 1990 featured by Reneé Tenison, Ava Fabian
Playboy Spain June 1990
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Reneé Tenison (by Arny Freytag)
Playboy Ukraine October 2008 featured by Reneé Tenison, Anna Filimonova
Playboy Ukraine October 2008
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Sophie Razumovskaya (by Svyatoslav Lipinskiy); Andressa Soares (by Jorge Bispo); Reneé Tenison (by Francis Giacobetti); Girls in Leather: Svetlana Kluchnikova, Ekaterina Egorova, Victoria Tzarkova, Agnetta Oyevolle (by Kirill Nikitenko)
Playboy USA January 1990 featured by Reneé Tenison, Joan Severance
Playboy USA January 1990
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Angela Cavagna (by Mimmo Cattarinich); Playboy's Playmate Review 1989: Fawna MacLaren, Gianna Amore, Erika Eleniak, Tawnni Cable, Monique Noël, Simone Eden, Karen Foster, Laurie Jo Wood, Jennifer Lyn Jackson, Petra Verkaik, Reneé Tenison, Mirjam van Breeschooten, Karin van Breeschooten (by Richard Fegley, Stephen Wayda, Arny Freytag)
Playboy USA June 2002 featured by Reneé Tenison, Dalene Kurtis
Playboy USA June 2002
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Playmates in Prime Time: Lauren Michelle Hill, Stacy Sanches, Priscilla Taylor, Angel Boris, Nicole Narain, Julie Lynn Cialini, Anna-Marie Goddard, Jennifer Walcott, Shanna Moakler, Julie McCullough, Reneé Tenison, Laura Cover, Daphnee Duplaix
Playboy USA August 2002 featured by Reneé Tenison, Christine Nielsen (Woman of Enron)
Playboy USA August 2002
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Rosie Tenison, Reneé Tenison (by Stephen Wayda); Women of Enron: Carey Lorenzo, Taria Reed, Janine Howard, Courtnie Parker, Vanessa Schulte, Christine Nielsen, Maya Arthur, Lori Hodges, Cynthia Coghlan, Shari Daugherty (Gen Nishino); Kiana Tom (by Arny Freytag); Christi Shake (by Arny Freytag); Amy Weber (by Barry Rosen); Aubrie Lemon (by Drew Farrell); Angela Little (by Richard Fegley); Dalene Kurtis (by Stephen Wayda); Emily Mortimer
Playboy USA November 2002 featured by Reneé Tenison, Kristy Swanson
Playboy USA November 2002
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Janine Howard (Gen Nishino); Reneé Tenison & Rosie Tenison (by Stephen Wayda); Jodi Ann Paterson (by Arny Freytag); 'Sex in Cinema 2002'; Gabrielle Union
Playboy USA November 2014 featured by Reneé Tenison, Stephanie Corneliussen
Playboy USA November 2014
Pictorials & Separate Photos: Anita Sikorska (by Marzena Bukowska-Filuk); Dani Mathers (by Tristan Kallas); Natalie Loren (by Michael Edwards); 'The Erotic World of Salvador Dalí' (by Salvador Dalí, Pompeo Posar); Playmate News: Alana Campos, Kennedy Summers, Divini Rae, Jennifer Walcott, Raquel Pomplun, Val Keil, Anna Sophia Berglund, Amelia Talon, Dani Mathers, Reneé Tenison
Other playboy apearances:
Playboy's Playmate Review # 6 (1990)
Playboy's Great Playmate Hunt (1989)
Playboy's Girls of Summer # 6, 1990
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 15, September/October 1990
Playboy's Nudes # 1 (1990)
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 16, November/December 1990
Playboy's Wet & Wild Women # 2 (1990)
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 18, March/April 1991
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 19 - May/June 1991
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 21 - September/October 1991
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 22, November/December 1991
Playboy's Nudes # 2 (1991)
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 23, January/February 1992
Playboy's Bathing Beauties # 4 (1992)
Playboy's Career Girls (1992)
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 27, September/October 1992
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 28 - November/December 1992
Playboy's Calendar Playmates (1992)
Playboy's Nudes # 3 (1992)
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 29 - January/February 1993
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 30, March/April 1993
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 31 - May/June 1993
Playboy's Wet & Wild Women # 3 (1993)
Playboy's Video Playmates (1993)
Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads # 3 (1993)
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 33 - September/October 1993
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 34 - November/December 1993
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 35 - January/February 1994
Playboy's Bathing Beauties # 6 (1994)
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 37 - May/June 1994
Playboy's Girls of Summer '94
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 38 July/August 1994
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 39 - September/October 1994
Playboy's Nudes # 5 (1994)
Playboy's Hot Denim Daze (1995)
Playboy's Nude Celebrities # 1 (1995)
Playboy's Nude Celebrities # 2 (1997)
Playboy's Nude Playmates # 1 (1997)
Playboy's Cover Girls # 2 (1997)
Playboy's Book of Lingerie # 57, September/October 1997
Playboy's Facts & Figures (1997)
Playboy's Classic Centerfolds (1998)
Playboy's Playmate Tests # 1 (1998)
Playboy's Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 1
Playboy's Playmates of the Year (2000)
Playboy's Garters & Lace (1992)
Playboy's Playmate Fantasies (1994)
Playboy's Uncensored Portraits (1995)
Playboy's Playmates Exposed (1998)
Playboy Playmate Desk Calendar 1991
Playboy Playmate Wall Calendar 1992
Playboy Playmate Wall Calendar 1991
Playboy Playmate Desk Calendar 1992
