Twyla Martak Bio
Twyla Martak is an American fashion and glamour model. She was born on November 30, 1966, in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Twyla Martak was crowned Penthouse Pet of the Month in September 1988, stepping into the spotlight at just 21. Her 34-24-34 figure, blue eyes and blond hair gave the Pet pictorial a look rooted in Penthouse's 1980s style.
She slips into a room like a half-smile you can’t quite place—inviting, mischievous, and utterly sure of the mischief ahead. Twyla Martak’s arrival in these pages was less a parade than a quiet rebellion: a petite Utah tease who brings a spirited independence that reads as both confession and challenge. There’s a delicious tension in someone who wears contrast like couture, and she makes that tension look easy.
On camera she is all motion and promise, a lively charm that feels immediate and intimate. Her energy is a currency—ambitious, driven, never idle—and it frames a persona that’s approachable without being ordinary. With a perfectly balanced figure and a personality that sparks, she thrives on the give-and-take with an audience, leaning into performance the way a dancer leans into a beat: expectant, playful, electric.
Twyla’s story is braided with contradictions she’s chosen rather than inherited. Photographed by Carl Wachter, the petite Utah beauty carries the lessons of a close-knit Mormon family while embracing modeling and performance as her chosen path; confidence and self-expression are her guiding principles. She moved through Salt Lake City’s most popular night spots, balancing dancing, modeling and acting and often moving quickly from one job to the next in pursuit of that thrilling momentum. Grounded by strong family ties and a practical outlook, she speaks warmly of her parents’ support and of a mutual respect that endures despite differing lifestyles. That blend of independence and loyalty gives her a dimension that holds up away from the lights.
For Penthouse readers she arrives as a new kind of late-’80s glamour: confident yet down-to-earth, rebellious yet sincere. Fiery when moved by passion, steady when held by family, she is at once a tease and a truth-teller—unafraid to define herself on her own terms, and delightfully good at doing it.
