Slim and lovely brunette Vicki Ann McCarty was born on January 13, 1954 in Los Angeles, California. Vicki was raised in Southern California. McCarty was elected the first female student body president in high school. Vicki graduated Summa cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the School of Journalism at the University of California in Berkeley. McCarty went on to earn a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings School of Law and received a L.L.B. degree in Public International Law from Cambridge University in England. Vicki was the Playmate of the Month in the September, 1979 issue of "Playboy." She not only has small parts in Walter Hill's cult classic action film "Streets of Fire" and the made-for-TV movie "When Your Lover Leaves," but also made guest appearances on episodes of "The Waltons" and "Knight Rider." McCarty is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Special Olympics as well as a former television producer and talk radio show host. In 1995 Vicki was named the Florence Crittendon Woman of the Year for her work with teenage mothers and with girls with mental retardation in South Central Los Angeles. Moreover, she's the author of the extremely successful "Girlfriends' Guide" books. McCarty was married to music mogul Jimmy Iovine; the couple had four children prior to eventually splitting up in 2009.