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Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from H ...
'' magazine names its
Playmate of the Month A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Play ...
each month throughout the year.


January

Daina House (born December 30, 1954 in Dallas, Texas) is a former model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by
Ken Marcus Ken Marcus (born October 2, 1946) is an American Photographer, best known for his glamour photography with ''Penthouse'' and ''Playboy'' magazines. For over 40 years he has produced hundreds of centerfolds, editorials, album covers, and advert ...
.


February

Laura Lyons (born October 22, 1954) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1976 issue. Her
centerfold The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
was photographed by
Dwight Hooker Dwight Hooker (June 22, 1928 – January 3, 2015) was an American photographer and architect. He was best known as a photographer for ''Playboy'' magazine and has been described as one of the masters of "the sensual and the erotic", along with pho ...
and Mario Casilli. She worked as a Playboy Bunny in the Chicago
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prior to becoming a Playmate, and led a protest and brief strike gaining improved work privileges such as the freedom to date customers.


March

Ann Victoria Pennington (born June 3, 1950 in
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, Washington) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1976 issue. Her
centerfold The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
was photographed by
Pompeo Posar Pompeo Posar (; February 21, 1921 – April 5, 2004) was a ''Playboy'' magazine staff photographer who photographed many centerfold features and accompanying pictures of women featured as playmate of the month. Notably, he was responsible for th ...
and Phillip Dixon. She is the sister of Janice Pennington, and like Janice, appeared as a model on game shows. Pennington was married to Shaun Cassidy.


April

Denise Michele (born June 12, 1953 in San Francisco, California) is a former model who was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1976. Her ''Playboy'' pictorial was shot by
Ken Marcus Ken Marcus (born October 2, 1946) is an American Photographer, best known for his glamour photography with ''Penthouse'' and ''Playboy'' magazines. For over 40 years he has produced hundreds of centerfolds, editorials, album covers, and advert ...
. She is also featured in a number of ''Playboy'' videos. She appears on the album cover of Robert Palmer's ''
Some People Can Do What They Like ''Some People Can Do What They Like'' is the third solo album by Robert Palmer, released in 1976. It includes "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" which peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and number 46 in the UK in 1977. The album pe ...
'' (1976) and had some minor movie and TV roles.


May

Patricia Margot McClain (born May 3, 1954 in
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) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1976 issue. Her
centerfold The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
was photographed by
Ken Marcus Ken Marcus (born October 2, 1946) is an American Photographer, best known for his glamour photography with ''Penthouse'' and ''Playboy'' magazines. For over 40 years he has produced hundreds of centerfolds, editorials, album covers, and advert ...
. In 1996, McClain's firing from her office manager job over her Playmate past made national news. Her lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed sum. After the firing, she worked for ''Playboy'' in their editing department. In 1999, she attempted to challenge Elton Gallegly for the Republican Congressional nomination in his Ventura County district.


June

Debra Peterson (born April 15, 1955 in
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) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1976 issue. Her
centerfold The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
was photographed by
Pompeo Posar Pompeo Posar (; February 21, 1921 – April 5, 2004) was a ''Playboy'' magazine staff photographer who photographed many centerfold features and accompanying pictures of women featured as playmate of the month. Notably, he was responsible for th ...
.


July

Deborah Borkman (born January 8, 1957 in
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) is an American model of Swedish and Japanese descent. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1976 issue. Her
centerfold The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
was photographed by Phillip Dixon.


August

Linda Beatty (born September 16, 1952 in
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) is a model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1976 issue. Her
centerfold The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
was photographed by Phillip Dixon and
Ken Marcus Ken Marcus (born October 2, 1946) is an American Photographer, best known for his glamour photography with ''Penthouse'' and ''Playboy'' magazines. For over 40 years he has produced hundreds of centerfolds, editorials, album covers, and advert ...
. Her most prominent movie role was that of a Playmate doing a USO tour in the
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epic ''
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''.


September

Whitney Kaine (born September 20, 1956 in
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) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1976 issue. Her
centerfold The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
was photographed by Grant Edwards and Phillip Dixon.


October

Hope Olson (born April 4, 1956 in
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) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1976 issue. Her
centerfold The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
was photographed by
Ken Marcus Ken Marcus (born October 2, 1946) is an American Photographer, best known for his glamour photography with ''Penthouse'' and ''Playboy'' magazines. For over 40 years he has produced hundreds of centerfolds, editorials, album covers, and advert ...
.


November

Patti McGuire (born September 5, 1951 in Dexter, Missouri) is an American model and television producer. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1976 issue, and the 1977
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. Her original pictorial was photographed by
Pompeo Posar Pompeo Posar (; February 21, 1921 – April 5, 2004) was a ''Playboy'' magazine staff photographer who photographed many centerfold features and accompanying pictures of women featured as playmate of the month. Notably, he was responsible for th ...
. She married tennis star
Jimmy Connors James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He held the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 ...
in 1979; they have two children."'Lovebird Double' who ruled Wimbledon"
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'', June 19, 2004. Retrieved March 5, 2010.


December

Karen Hafter (born December 27, 1954 in New York City) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1976 issue. Her
centerfold The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle sheet, usually containing a portrait, such as a pin-up or a nude. The term can also refer to the model featured in the portrait. In saddle-stitched magazines (as opp ...
was photographed by Phillip Dixon.


See also

*
List of people in Playboy 1970–1979 This list of people in Playboy 1970–1979 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in ''Playboy'' magazine in the years 1970 through 1979. Not all of the people featured in the magazine are pictured in the nude. Entries in blue indicate tha ...


References

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