NEW YORK– It’s official — Penthouse Magazine proudly presents Taya Parker as Penthouse Pet of the Year for 2009. Ms. Parker was one of twelve Pet finalists and was chosen the winner of the coveted title by Penthouse Magazine readers, staff members and Penthouse.com subscribers.

Taya Parker’s Pet of the Year pictorial is featured in the January 2009 issue of Penthouse, available on newsstands everywhere December 16, 2008.

Taya Parker, standing at only five feet tall and weighing less than one
hundred pounds, is a petite powerhouse who has already experienced some fame as a well-established feature dancer, traveling the country most of the year. But ever since her monthly Pet win in the January 2008 issue of Penthouse, the 30-year-old brunette beauty says becoming Pet of the Year was her number one goal.

“I am in awe of the company of beautiful women I am now in and the legacy
that the Penthouse brand stands for,” says Taya. “Winning Penthouse Pet of the Year means the world to me! I am a small-town girl who couldn’t imagine this moment happening to me in a million years! Penthouse is the most prominent adult publication in the world, and it is a defining moment in my life.

This honor will change my life forever; I feel like I have been blessed with a piece of immortality.”

Taya’s association with Penthouse has already given her television career
a big boost. She appeared as a guest judge on FUSE-TV’s Redemption Song and
will be one of the contestants vying for Bret Michaels’ affection in the
upcoming third season of VH1’s Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels, premiering January 4, 2009.