Tara Jackson
Penthouse Pet of the Month, February 1991

Tara Jackson Bio

June 14, 1969 / Gemini / Age 56

Tara Jackson is a British-born Penthouse model, nude and glamour model. She was born Tara Bardot on June 14, 1969 in Derby, United Kingdom. She has also been professionally credited as Bubbly Blonde, Caron Schell, Lady Tanya, Sindy Morris, Susie Rushmore, Tara Bardot Jackson or Tara James.

Tara Jackson was crowned Penthouse Pet of the Month in February 1991, stepping into the spotlight at just 21. With her statuesque 32-23-34 figure, seductive blue eyes, honey blond hair, and modest natural breasts, Tara carries a new sense of confidence, blending youthful softness with a teasing, self-assured edge.

Tara Jackson brought February 1991 a distinctly British flash to Penthouse — sharp, cheeky, and never quite willing to behave like a conventional centerfold. Photographed by Daniel Mayor, she arrived with a presence that felt lively rather than ornamental, the sort of glamour that had been sharpened in real rooms, real jobs, and the wonderfully odd corners of British popular culture.

Her appeal had personality built into it. Tara did not come across as a woman waiting politely for the camera’s approval; she seemed more likely to wink at it, test it, and make it follow her lead. Before and beyond the page, her world included work as a topless barmaid in Belper, Derbyshire, a detail that gives her glamour a grounded, pub-lit edge. She had the confidence of someone used to being watched at close range, not from a safe distance.

As Penthouse Pet of the Month for February 1991, Tara Jackson entered the magazine with a background that stretched into media, modeling, and public spectacle. She ran a modeling agency that supplied girls for television stations, placing her not only in front of the lens but close to the business of putting other women there as well. In the 1990s, she also became a Daily Sport candidate in a parliamentary by-election, a fittingly outrageous turn for someone whose public image was never going to stay neatly inside one category.

What lingers about Tara is the sense of a woman with a little mischief in her bloodstream. She was model, organizer, barmaid, candidate, and Pet — a combination too particular to feel manufactured. In the Penthouse archive, February 1991 carries her as a bright British interruption: playful, worldly, and bold enough to make glamour feel like part of a much larger story.