Kerissa Fare, born Keri Furman Mendoza on December 31, 1976, in Orange County, California, is an American nude model and actress renowned as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for September 2000. Growing up, she was a cheerleader and track team member at La Sierra High School, graduating in 1995. Before her Playboy fame, she worked as a stripper at the San Francisco Gold Club. Described as a gorgeous voluptuous blonde, Fare appeared in Playboy videos and special issues.
Her life intersected with notoriety through a past relationship with Glen Helzer, central to the 2000 'Children of Thunder' murders. As a witness—not suspect—in the 2004 trial, she testified on Helzer's role in pushing her modeling career and their shared 'Transform America' group. Post-trial, she faded from public view; little is known of her recent life at age 49.