# Why is Playboy publicizing Raquel Pomplun as its first Mexican-American PMOY? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043 "2013-05-11T00:57:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/1 "2013-05-11T00:57:41Z")
Okay, nitpicking over trivia time. Playboy has named its new Playmate of the Year, Raquel Pomplun. One of the things it’s saying is that she is the first Mexican-American to be named PMOY. That struck me as unlikely and it only took me about a minute of googling to find out it wasn’t true. Stacy Sanches, the 1996 PMOY, is Mexican-American. Playboy went through this once before. In 2001, Lindsey Vuolo was publicized as Playboy’s first Jewish Playmate. When people questioned this and found some past Playmates had been Jewish, the claim was changed to Vuolo being the first openly Jewish Playmate. Which is kind of a silly distinction - Playboy had never mentioned its models’ religions before Vuolo. So nobody had been “openly” Jewish in the same sense that nobody had been openly Catholic or openly Baptist or openly Zen Buddhist. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/2 "2013-05-11T01:10:04Z")
The answer to just those four words – regardless of what follows them – would seem to be self-evident. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/3 "2013-05-11T01:14:34Z")
“_Openly_ Jewish?” Were the previous ones worried about Tomás de Torquemada swooping in? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/4 "2013-05-11T01:18:28Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > The answer to just those four words – regardless of what follows them – would seem to be self-evident. But even to the degree we’re talking about being the publicist for Playboy magazine, you’ve got to have some credibility with the media outlets you’re trying to get publicity from. If they start thinking your press kits needs to be run through fact checking, they’ll probably just decide to not bother running them instead. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/5 "2013-05-11T01:24:23Z")
Does anyone spend money on this stuff since the Internet was invented? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/6 "2013-05-11T01:50:51Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Does anyone spend money on this stuff since the Internet was invented? Probably very few people. I think Playboy’s on its last legs. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/7 "2013-05-11T02:17:18Z")
Googling around (because this is what I do with my Friday evenings now) Sanches’ _father_ was Mexican-American and her mother was Irish-American. Does that make a difference? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/8 "2013-05-11T02:20:06Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Googling around (because this is what I do with my Friday evenings now) Sanches’ _father_ was Mexican-American and her mother was Irish-American. Does that make a difference? 😕 It does if Mexicans follow the same rules as Jews. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/9 "2013-05-11T02:45:26Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > It does if Mexicans follow the same rules as Jews. There are an awful lot of carnitas lovers who are waiting with bated breath for the decision of the judges now… ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/10 "2013-05-11T02:50:50Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > There are an awful lot of carnitas lovers who are waiting with bated breath for the decision of the judges now… Nah, half the Jews in North America regularly have bacon cheeseburgers for Passover sedar. The other half have lobster. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/11 "2013-05-11T03:19:12Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Googling around (because this is what I do with my Friday evenings now) Sanches’ _father_ was Mexican-American and her mother was Irish-American. Does that make a difference? 😕 Not since Barack Obama became our first black president. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/12 "2013-05-11T03:42:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Does anyone spend money on this stuff since the Internet was invented? I only read the Internet for the articles. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/13 "2013-05-11T03:59:56Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I only read the Internet for the articles. That George Plimpton article on the [bimbosluts.com](http://bimbosluts.com) website was something, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/14 "2013-05-11T13:50:52Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I only read the Internet for the articles. I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/15 "2013-05-12T00:22:23Z")
Oh wow, Stacy Sanches, one of the first chicks I downloaded nekkid pics of from the internet. 1996 was a great year for technology. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/16 "2013-05-12T00:24:49Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > “_Openly_ Jewish?” > > Were the previous ones worried about Tomás de Torquemada swooping in? Of course not. Nobody expects that. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/17 "2013-05-12T06:29:26Z")
What about R Vasquez…the chix wit the massive breasts? Wasnt she a Mex-Amer? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/18 "2013-05-12T07:15:17Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > “_Openly_ Jewish?” … I think that’s a reference to how explicit the photography was. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/19 "2013-05-12T07:16:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Not since Barack Obama became our first black president. That’s _openly_ black president. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043/20 "2013-05-12T07:30:58Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > That’s _openly_ black president. Oh, yeah sure, Warren Harding is still in the closet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-playboy-publicizing-raquel-pomplun-as-its-first-mexican-american-pmoy/658043.md?page=2)