Editing Renee Tenison (section)

== Personal life and career ==

Tenison was born in [[Caldwell, Idaho]].<ref name=wekinglypigs>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=1989&limit=0|title=Playmate listing|access-date=9 March 2009}}</ref> She has three older brothers and an identical twin sister, [[Rosie Tenison|Rosie]], who also works as a model. Rosie and Renee posed in the August 2002 issue of ''[[Playboy]]'' together.

Tenison appeared as the [[Playboy Playmate|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.
In May 2017, at the age of 48, Tenison duplicated her Playmate of the Year cover along with her cohorts [[Kimberley Conrad]], [[Candace Collins]], [[Lisa Matthews]], [[Cathy St. George]], [[Charlotte Kemp (model)|Charlotte Kemp]], and [[Monique St. Pierre]] nearly three decades on.<ref name="Playboy Cover Retrospective Three Decades On">{{Cite web |url=https://www.boredpanda.com/playmates-recreate-covers-playboy-magazine-hugh-hefner/ |title=7 Playboy's Playmates Recreate Their Own Magazine Covers Around 30 Years Later |last=n/a |first=Iveta |website=Bored Panda |date=7 June 2017 |access-date=2017-12-18}}</ref>