Biography of Maria Checa

Maria Checa (born July 29, 1970, in Bogotá, Colombia) is a American nude model and actress of Colombian descent. She was Playboy Playmate of the Month for the August 1994 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley.

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.