April 4, 1973 / Aries / Age 53
Mason Marconi is an American-born Penthouse model, nude and glamour model, mainstream and softcore porn actress. She was born Amber Herrel on April 4, 1973 in Anaheim, California, United States. Throughout her modeling career, she has also appeared as Amber Erickson and Ashley O'Brien.
Mason Marconi was crowned Penthouse Pet of the Month in October 1997, stepping into the spotlight at 24 years old. Her measurements are 36-24-35. Mason Marconi has charming brown eyes, rich brown hair, and enhanced breasts.
Mason Marconi brings October 1997 a striking, hard-to-place glamour — the kind that makes the page feel more interesting before a single caption has time to explain her. With German, Irish, and African American heritage, she carried a look that did not fit neatly into one familiar magazine category. That was part of the charge. She had contrast built into her image: softness and edge, polish and unpredictability, classic centerfold shape with a more modern bite.
Her camera presence feels informed by experience rather than accident. Mason began modeling at 12, which gave her a long education in posture, timing, and how to let the lens come close without giving away control. By the time Penthouse framed her in 1997, she was not simply posing; she was managing mood. There is a knowing quality to her appeal, a confidence that suggests she understood the difference between exposure and command.
As Penthouse Pet of the Month for October 1997, Mason Marconi became part of the magazine’s late-nineties visual shift toward women with more individual texture and screen-ready attitude. Her adult-industry work centered mainly on softcore solo and lesbian performances, with only rare boy-girl photoshoots and simulated straight scenes in Penthouse videos. She appeared twice on Playboy TV, and under the name Amber was credited as an actress in Showgirls in 1995. She retired from the industry in 2003, then returned to modeling in the summer of 2008.
What remains about Mason is the impression of a woman who never seemed generic. Her appeal was too specific for that: mixed heritage, early modeling discipline, softcore glamour, cable-era visibility, and a career that stepped away before circling back. In the Penthouse archive, October 1997 belongs to a Pet with a distinctive face, a measured stare, and the kind of presence that feels more personal than packaged.
Height: 5'7 (170 cm)
Weight: 115 lb (52 kg)
Breast: 36" (91 cm)
Waist: 24" (60 cm)
Hips: 35" (89 cm)
Breast type: enhanced
Zodiac: Aries
Ethnicity: black
Hair сolor: brown
Eye сolor: brown