December 1953 \u2013 Marilyn Monroe<\/h2>\n
This was the first Playboy magazine, published in Hugh Hefner’s kitchen.\u00a0 The issue, which created quite a stir in the 1950s, included previously released images of Marilyn Monroe<\/a> on the cover and inside spread. Marilyn did not agree to the publication.<\/p>\n This issue was not dated, and Hefner was unsure if there would be a sequel.\u00a0 He outlined in his introduction:\u00a0 \u201cIf you\u2019re a man between the ages of 18 and 80, PLAYBOY is meant for you\u2026\u00a0 We want to make clear from the very start, we aren\u2019t a family magazine.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Playboy was founded when 50,000 copies were sold for 50\u00a2 each.\u00a0 Hefner credited the inaugural issue’s popularity to the inclusion of a single photograph.\u00a0 Hefner positioned his unseen nude in the center, another image of Monroe on the cover, and dubbed her “Sweetheart of the Month” (a predecessor to Playmate).<\/p>\n Monroe received the normal $50 modeling fee for the ‘Red Velvet’ series.\u00a0 When the issue was released, the actress had to purchase her own copy to view the centerfold.<\/p>\n While this cover was scandalous on its own in the 1960s, it was also contentious due to the optical illusion created when you cover half of the shot with your hand, fully concealing the model’s navel.<\/p>\n There’s always a rabbit head buried someplace on the Playboy cover, but this one is notable for a new type of visual trick.\u00a0 Place your hand over the image, covering the upper portion, including the model’s navel.\u00a0 What does it look like to you?<\/p>\n They say it resembles a view of a woman’s crotch with her legs splayed\u2014very splayed.\u00a0 That is what they say.\u00a0 But who exactly are “they”?<\/p>\n Playboy’s 1969 cover addressed gender stereotypes.\u00a0 It seems strange that adding clothing might make a naked woman’s image more subversive, but that’s exactly what Playboy did with model Loran Hopper<\/a>.\u00a0 With a plain men’s tie, Hopper’s image becomes an edgy take on gender norms.<\/p>\n Darine Stern<\/a> made history as the first black model to appear on the cover of Playboy.\u00a0 The American Society of Magazine Editors remembered the revolutionary image, which Playboy reproduced with a Marge Simpson homage in 2010.<\/p>\n Darine began her profession in the late 1960s as a bank teller and hostess at the Top of the Hancock Building Restaurant.\u00a0 Following her Playboy cover, Stern rose to prominence as a model, being represented by Ford Models, Nina Blanchard, Ellen Harth, and Shirley Hamilton Models in Chicago and New York, as well as appearing on European runways.\u00a0 Following a brief stay in Los Angeles, she returned to Chicago to work as a fashion director, image consultant, and costume designer.\u00a0 She founded the Darine Stern Agency to promote the careers of budding models.<\/p>\n Patricia Margot McClain\u2019s pose in the November 1975 issue of Playboy was a response to the rise of the magazine\u2019s competitor Penthouse.<\/p>\n Even Hefner had his limits. T his issue came out as Playboy was throwing down against raunchy upstart Hustler, and before it even hit newsstands, Hef declared that the magazine would never go so risque again.<\/p>\n Pictorials of college hotties are now a frequent fixture in Playboy and are scarcely contentious, but the franchise was new in 1979.\u00a0 While 1977’s “Girls of the Big 10” wasn’t a big concern, feminists lashed out in 1979 about the “Girls of the Ivy League” feature, despite the fact that college ladies had been appearing on Playboy covers for years prior.<\/p>\n This cover, modeled after a student newspaper, was one of the first examples of the “college girls” type, which became a Playboy fixture.\u00a0 It also provoked a lot of controversy, far more than “Girls of the Big 10” did in 1977.<\/p>\n Playboy released a 10-page spread showing actual government officials.\u00a0 After appearing for the magazine, two US Navy personnel were honorably discharged.<\/p>\n In a 10-page spread in this edition, real-life government personnel appeared semi-naked.\u00a0 It’s one of the magazine’s most contentious issues, published just days before Ronald Reagan won the presidency.<\/p>\n This cover, modeled after a student newspaper, was one of the first examples of the “college girls” type, which became a Playboy fixture.\u00a0 It also provoked much controversy, far more than “Girls of the Big 10” did in 1977.<\/p>\n Two years after Gordon Gekko celebrated the virtues of greed on Wall Street, nine women posed for the “Women of Wall Street” issue.\u00a0 Time magazine looked them up shortly after the issue was released; seven of the nine were soon out of work.<\/p>\n Playboy has always taken pride in reaching their current level of success.\u00a0 These females understand what the magazine is about, willingly pose for it, and are compensated.\u00a0 That distinguishes Playboy from other periodicals, except when they forget.<\/p>\n of a tremendous error of judgment, Playboy purchased photos of a topless Uma Thurman<\/a> at the beach and used them as a cover pictorial, even resurrecting the fuzzy Playboy mascot from the 1960s and 1970s to give a hint of peeping-tom creepiness.<\/p>\n Thurman never opposed nudity.\u00a0 Based on her earlier films, she appears to be the type of art enthusiast who might have posed for the magazine at some point. However, as a result of this difficulty, “sooner or later” has become more synonymous with never.<\/p>\n This cover was controversial not because of who appeared on it\u2014Sarah Kozer, the woman from the forgettable reality show Joe Millionaire\u2014but because of who did not. The June issue’s cover was traditionally reserved for the Playmate of the Year, a tradition that felt significant to die-hard Playboy fans who see the Playmates as celebrities.<\/p>\n However, to those unfamiliar with the Playboy universe, a Playmate, including the Playmate of the Year, is simply a naked woman.\u00a0 The industry believes that celebrities sell magazines\u2014whether it’s Vogue, GQ, or Cigar Aficionado\u2014so 2003 PMOY Christina Santiago lost her cover shot to whats-her-name from Joe Millionaire.<\/p>\n Playboy fans were upset, adding another item to their ever-expanding list of complaints about what’s wrong with Playboy today.\u00a0 Since 2003, a few PMOYs have made the cover, but it is no longer an automatic reward. It’s more likely a hint that the magazine was unable to get a suitable star that month.<\/p>\n In March 2006, Jessica Alba<\/a> had a legitimate claim to the title of “Sexiest Celebrity” and surely belonged on the cover of a magazine commemorating the top 25.\u00a0 Unfortunately, she did not wish to appear on Playboy’s cover.\u00a0 So the magazine used a photograph of her from the billboard for Into the Blue and ran with it.\u00a0 There was nothing unlawful about this, and other publications have done similar things, but some people believe that being on the cover of Playboy means that you’re naked inside.<\/p>\n That was Alba’s perspective, and she filed a lawsuit against Playboy Enterprises, alleging that the magazine had caused “immeasurable harm” to her reputation and career.<\/p>\n Alba was pacified when Hef apologized and donated money to her two favorite charities.<\/p>\n Feminist comic book enthusiasts chastised the February 2008 cover of Playmate of the Year Tiffany Fallon<\/a>, whose body was painted in Wonder Woman’s costume.<\/p>\n Wonder Woman was featured on the first cover of Gloria Steinem’s Ms. magazine in 1972, so some feminists interpreted the Playboy cover as an attack on 30 years of feminism.<\/p>\n Lindsay Lohan’s daring cover was inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s appearance in Playboy’s debut issue.<\/p>\n![\"Marilyn](\"https:\/\/img5.hotnessrater.com\/5654380\/marilyn-monroe.jpg?w=600&h=900\" "\\"Marilyn")
<\/a><\/p>\nJune 1962 \u2013 A Toast to Bikinis<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nApril 1969 \u2013 Loran Hopper<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nOctober 1971 \u2013 Darine Stern<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nNovember 1975 \u2013 More Sex in Cinema<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nSeptember 1979 \u2013 Girls of the Ivy League<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nNovember 1980 \u2013 The Women of the US Government<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAugust 1989 \u2013 The Women of Wall Street<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nSeptember 1996 \u2013 Uma Thurman<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nJune 2003 \u2013 Sarah Kozer<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nMarch 2006 \u2013 Jessica Alba<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nFebruary 2008 \u2013 Wonder Woman<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nJanuary\/February 2012 \u2013 Lindsay Lohan<\/h2>\n
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