Afer graduating high school, shy Jami Ferrell had a strong impulse to travel and, on a whim, decided to leave her Indiana home for Los Angeles. To make ends meet she landed a job as a high-powered Malibu couple's nanny. While taking care of her charges, Jami's wanderlust got the best of her and she ...decided that becoming a Playmate would be an unusual way to earn money for an African safari. A friend shot some photos of Jami and sent them in to Playboy for consideration. In March 1996 Playboy called her into the Los Angeles studio for these Playmate test photos, leading Jami to be forever known as our Miss January 1997.

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