Amber

Fan mail for Amber

 
      This is Amber Bollinger's first year with Cougars and Kittens, but she's no stranger to modeling, having been a much in-demand model in the Cincinnati area and Midwest markets for some time.
     She's also an NCAA track and field record holder, which is probably a good part of the reason she's as lean and lithe as she is. Rumor has it that she throws a mean javelin. And she can jump a whole lot higher than you can.

Angela

Fan mail for Angela

 
      Angela Marie is another new face for 2005, but she's an accomplished model as well, travelling the world and working with a wide variety of photographers.
     This long, lean beauty makes her home in Virginia and took time out from her busy shooting schedule to visit a Cougar show in southern Maryland and snap a few photos with us. And she's donned an aviator's cap, scarf, heels, and most of a bikini as one of the first models in our upcoming sister publication, Heavenly Bodies Rocketry. We're all looking forward to seeing much more of this leggy brunette in the future.

Becky

Fan mail for Becky

 
      Cougars and Kittens veteran Becky Lock was among the most popular of our 2003 calendar models, having been the front cover model and Kitten of the Month for August, 2003. We also featured her in advertising in Mustang and Fords Magazine in 2002-2003. And, of course, you saw her as Miss February and as the centerfold model in 2004. Third time's just as charming as the first two, and she's back as Miss Kitty for January, 2005.
     Becky's modeling career has taken off since she first appeared in print with us, and the sharp-eyed may have seen her in country music videos. She's also pursuing print work as well. ("Tell Hef I'm ready for my close-up...")

Erica
Fan mail for Erica

 
      If Erica Loveless looks familiar, you've probably been reading Playboy magazine or drinking Starbuck's Coffee, since this former Hooters girl and Miss Hawaiian Tropic was also one of Playboy's "Women of Starbucks" both in print and on DVD.
     We got lucky enough to hook up with her in her hometown of Friendswood, Texas (just outside Houston) and get her to put on ears and a tail for us.
     With national shows for 2005 in Texas, it's a pretty safe bet you'll be seeing more of Erica in the future.

Gabriella

Fan mail for Gabriella

      Gabriella Martin has been a busy girl in the last year, trading her job as a manager of stock portfolios for entrepreneurship - and opening a chain of health food stores in the Dallas / Fort Worth area.
     Gabriella first came to us in 2003, and she quickly became Miss March of that year's Cougars and Kittens calendar, following that appearance with one in 2004 as Miss Kitty for April. This year she's back as Miss Kitty for September.
     Gabriella also holds the distinction of being the original "Femcat" character.
     As popular a kitten as she is, you'll probably see more of her, either shooting, doing promotions, or appearing in print again in 2006.

Heidi

Fan mail for Heidi

      Heidi Pacot comes to us from sunny Southern California, where she's a much sought-after model for both runway and print work. You've probably seen her on the auto show circuit around Los Angeles or in car magazines such as Modified. Heidi is also a member of the California Dreams Bikini Team as well as a Miss Tecate Toyota Grand Prix. But for the glorious month of May, 2005, she's trading the rice burners for some old American muscle and taking a turn as "Miss Kitty."

Jamie Lynn

Fan mail for Jamie Lynn

      The ever-popular Jamie Lynn Wise (one of the original "Femcat" characters) is back again in 2005. Jamie Lynn continues to model in the Austin, Texas area (when she's not back on the east coast), and we were lucky enough to pick her up for a few shots for Cougars and Kittens 2005.

      Jamie Lynn is a cancer survivor. Find out what you can do to help Femcat and her friends wipe out cancer - and keep Jamie in front of the camera for many years to come.

Kristen

Fan mail for Kristen

 
      Kristen Kuns came to us first as a makeup artist. But it wasn't long before we realized she belonged in front of the camera as well. She's long been involved in stage productions, has remarkable talents for graphic arts, and is just starting to stretch her wings as a model in calendars and on album covers.
     This year marks her first appearance in Cougars and Kittens, but we're sure it won't be the last. Since she's another Texas girl, don't be surprised if you see her at one of the Nationals shows in Dallas next year, either.

Laura

Fan mail for Laura

      Laura Oeschler is back in Cougars and Kittens as Miss Kitty for November, 2005. Which is to say we gave into overwhelming demand when we put her in the 2004 calendar as "Femcat" and everyone said, "Laura needs a whole month of her own."
     The daughter of an airline pilot, Laura flies for free and has been accumulating modeling credits all over the United States as a result. She's currently wrapping up a doctorate in pharmacology at the University of Texas and having a solid run at a modeling career on the side. Expect to see her in our sister publication, Heavenly Bodies Rocketry, where she's already done a whole bunch of "bluescreen" work for us.
 

Liz

Fan mail for Liz

      Liz Ashley is one seriously versatile model, having worked in a wide varieties of genres for an equally wide array of photographers.
     An accomplished artist and fashion designer in her own right, she sensed the intrinsic panache of the Femcat costume and slipped right into it for 2005. Equally at home in a bikini, she also graces our rear cover.

Lizzet

Fan mail for Lizzet

      Lizzet Lopez ought to look familiar to film buffs. Originally from Monterrey, Mexico, she's now making a career as an actress and model in Los Angeles. 2002 was a banner year for her, when she appeared in the film "Miss Congeniality" alongside Sandra Bullock, won the title of Miss Austin Latina, made innumerable television appearances and had print and billboard appearances for Busch beer, and made her debut as one of the original three Femcats. She's back in ears and a tail again this year, due to overwhelming demand.

Natasha

Fan mail for Natasha

      Natasha Devi does it all. She does graphic arts. She models. She dances. And she sings rap, hip-hop, and R&B. And lucky us, she also appears as one of our cover models, as our Miss December, and as Femcat.

Niki

Fan mail for Niki

      No, that's not Paris Hilton. Paris should look so good as Niki Wormus, who graces the pages of Cougars and Kittens for the first time in 2005 as Miss Kitty for June.
     Niki has already racked up an impressive list of credentials as a model in the midwest, and she came to us fresh from a test shoot as a Playboy "Playmate" a few days before we worked with her at Cougar Nationals East 2004 in Louisville, KY.
     Hef knows a good thing when he sees it, and so do we. For that matter, so will you for the entire month of June...

Shanoah

Fan mail for Shanoah

      There are worse things to be in life than tall, blonde, and drop dead gorgeous. Just ask Shanoah Eaton, who's been living the charmed life of a much in-demand model in central Texas -- first in the KLBJ-FM 2004 swimsuit calendar and now as our very own Femcat and Miss Kitty for July, 2005.
     Shanoah hails from our hometown of Austin, so she's a shoe-in for more work from us -- which means you'll be seeing lots more of her in print in the future.

Shiley

Fan mail for Shiley

      Shiley Carter was among the most popular of the 2005 models when we took her on the road to shoot this year at the Nationals shows.
     No stranger to modeling, she's had national level magazine appearances in the past, and we're very lucky to have this Houston model and fomer Miss Hawaiian Tropic in the pages of Cougars and Kittens for 2005.
     With a national show next year in Dallas, expect to see a lot more of this bubbly Kitten in person. But for now, content yourself to see her in her birthday month of October, 2005 and as "Femcat" throughout the 2005 calendar.
 
      Shiley is a survivor of childhood Leukemia. She takes cancer pretty personally, and she's fighting back. Help her and Femcat get us to the day where all cancers are history.

Sky

Fan mail for Sky

      Sky made her first appearance last year as Kitten of the Month for March, 2004; and she's back this year in her Femcat ears and tail.
     If Sky looks familiar it's probably because she's accumulated an impressive collection of modeling credits, including Ujena swimwear and Hawaiian Tropic tanning products. Or maybe the fact that she has a twin sister has been what's given her top billing in every "Swedish twin college-transfer students in bikinis" fantasy you ever had.

Stephanie

Fan mail for Stephanie

      At six feet three inches tall (6'8" in the heels she wore to the last shoot -- Yow!), Stephanie Hodge was made for runway modeling. But that hasn't stopped her from also pursuing print work. And it didn't stop us from asking her to be the tallest kitten ever as our December, 2004 model.
     Steph also works as a make-up artist in Texas, and we didn't think twice about sending her from there to Los Angeles for Nationals West 2004 to work on both sides of the camera. (Talk about a photographer's dream date... She's 6'3" and gorgeous... And she can do everybody's makeup...).
     Your response to her since December, 2004 has been so overwhelmingly positive that we had to bring her back as Miss Kitty for March, 2005. And L.A. provided the perfect venue for her to get a few calendar shots.
     Expect to see more of Steph in our ad in the January, 2005 Mustang Enthusiast magazine and at Nationals West 2005 - to be held in her home town of Dallas.

Tawny

Fan mail for Tawny

      We just can't get enough of Los Angeles actress / model Tawny Amber Young. We loved her as Miss Kitty for December, 2003; so of course we had to bring her back as Miss Kitty for February, 2005.
     Between then and now, you've probably seen her on the reality TV show "Meet My Folks" or any one of a dozen movies. Check her out at her website tawnyamberyoung.com, or log onto her fan club at Yahoo Groups.

Fan mail for Vicky Ann

 
     A newcomer to modeling at age 17, Vicky Ann shares with Bri Decoskey (Miss Kitty for July, 2003) the distinction of being the youngest kitten we've ever photographed.
     Although she was new to the modeling game when we first started shooting with her, Vicky Ann worked like an old pro -- capturing a "month" (and our hearts) in October of 2004; appearing as "Femcat" in print; locking up appearances in Cougars and Kittens print ads in the national media; and appearing with Gabriella Martin and Sky on the 2004 cover. So far, no model has accomplished so much with us in one year, and except for being on the centerfold, there's just about nothing Vicky Ann hasn't done with us.
     Vicky Ann is actively pursuing modeling opportunities in the Austin, Texas area. She graduated from high school (like Cindy Crawford, as an honor roll student) in June of 2004, and she's probably put a small fortune away towards college expenses by working as a model since then.