Shannon Tweed Biography
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- Born March 10, 1957
Tweed was born in Placentia, Newfoundland to Donald Keith Tweed, a mink rancher, and Louise (Wall) Tweed. She was raised on a mink ranch in Markland. She is one of seven children and has three sisters, including actress Tracy Tweed.\n', '
After her father fell into a coma after a car crash, Tweed moved the family to her mother\'s home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, studying nursing while the family survived on welfare. She became involved in beauty pageants following breast enhancement surgery at age 20. In 1978, she was third runner-up in the Miss Ottawa event and won the Miss Canada talent competition for her singing.\n', '
After the Canadian wish-fulfilment TV series Thrill of a Lifetime arranged for her to pose for Playboy magazine, Tweed was chosen to be the Playmate of the Month for the November 1981 issue and eventually the Playmate of the Year for 1982. Tweed and her sister Tracy appeared together in a Playboy spread.\n', '
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