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Maria Checa
Maria Checa
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Playboy centerfold appearance
	August 1994
Preceded by	Traci Adell
Succeeded by	Kelly Gallagher
Personal details
Born	July 29, 1970 (age 39); Bogotá, Colombia
Measurements	Bust: 32C"; Waist: 23"; Hips: 33"
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Weight	95 lb (43 kg)

Maria Checa (born July 29, 1970 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian-American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its August 1994 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley.^{[citation needed]}

Checa, who moved with her family to Florida when she was a child, is also an accomplished artist who attended the Maryland Institute College of Art. She also attended and graduated from The New World School of the Arts in Miami.

On December 18, 2008, Checa was named in a legal complaint over insider trading after former boyfriend Jamil A. Bouchareb provided her, and others, with information ahead of public announcements of mergers and acquisitions that allowed them to trade stocks and amass over $4.2 million in illegal profits.^[1]