Playboy Magazine, September 2012

Playboy Magazine, September 2012

Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates. Notable for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), Playboy played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with a presence in nearly every medium. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by notable novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular display of full-page color cartoons, it became a showcase for notable cartoonists, including Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Cole, Eldon Dedini, Jules Feiffer, Shel Silverstein, Erich Sokol, Roy Raymonde, Gahan Wilson, and Rowland B. Wilson Many celebrities (singers, actresses, models, etc.) have posed for Playboy over the years. This list is only a small portion of those who have posed. Some of them are: Jayne Mansfield, Mara Corday, Ursula Andress, Carol Lynley, Margot Kidder, Kim Basinger, Terry Moore, Janet Jones, Drew Barrymore, Denise Richards, La Toya Jackson. Fem2Fem, Nancy Sinatra, Samantha Fox, Joey Heatherton, Pamela Anderson, Anna Nicole Smith, Jenny McCarthy, Linda Brava, Belinda Carlisle, Tiffany, Carnie Wilson, Debbie Gibson, Svetlana Khorkina, Katarina Witt, Tanja Szewczenko, Joanie Laurer, Gabrielle Reece, Kiana Tom, Torrie Wilson, Sable, Amy Acuff, Amanda Beard, Ashley Harkleroad, Linda Evans, Suzanne Somers, Teri Copley, Dian Parkinson, Shannen Doherty, Farrah Fawcett, Women of Baywatch, Claudia Christian, Shari Belafonte, Brooke Burke, Susie Feldman, Karina Smirnoff, Madonna, Dolly Parton, Erika Eleniak, Marilyn Monroe, Bo Derek. Several men were also featured on the cover of Playboy, including Burt Reynolds, Donald Trump, Jerry Seinfeld, Peter Sellers, Bruno Mars and others.