Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm
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Nicole, Erica, and Jaclyn Dahm, commonly known as the Dahm triplets (born December 12, 1977), are American triplets from Minnesota. The Dahm triplets have appeared on many television shows and movies, and have appeared in magazines such as Teen and Playboy. They are best known as being the second set of triplets to be featured in the US edition of Playboy; the first was a set of Brazilian triplets who were featured in November 1993.
Early lives
The triplets grew up in Jordan, Minnesota, and attended Jordan's public schools. Originally intending to become nurses, they enrolled at the University of Minnesota after high school.
Careers
Playboy careers
They were the Playmates centerfold for the Girls of the Big Ten December 1998 issue of Playboy magazine. According to their Playboy interview, Nicole and Erica have tiny black ink dots (one and two dots, respectively and Jaclyn has no mark) tattooed onto their buttocks, which their parents used to distinguish the three girls when they were babies. They tried out for Playboy's "Girls of the Big Ten" issue on the suggestion of their father.
They were the second set of triplets to be featured in the United States edition of Playboy, after "The Trio from Rio, The Amazing Brazilian Triplets" who were featured in the November 1993 issue. The Dahm sisters were featured in several issues of Playboy, but appeared on only one cover, that of Playboy Australia for June 1999.
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