Playboy's Girls of Playboy # 2 (1st Print)

Pinpointing the exact origin of a style—especially in the fields of fashion, art, music, literature and cinema—is often difficult. Who was first to wear the string bikini, paint in the Impressionistic style, play bluegrass, write in iambic pentameter or use a dissolve shot? Opinions vary, and the true innovator is sometimes lost in a crowd of more popular copiers. Now ask any number of "experts" which men's magazine can take credit for consistently achieving the highest-quality photography of women. Since December 1953, when 70,000 copies of PLAYBOY first hit the newsstands with the Marilyn Monroe cover and centerspread, the answer was clear. With that issue, PLAYBOY started a revolution, not only in glamour photography but in magazine journalism and design, and ultimately in the lifestyle of an entire country. And although, over the years, many imitators have tried to duplicate PLAYBOY'S style, they found PLAYBOY cannot be successfully copied; it is in a distinct class of its own—both innovator and popularizer—with a spirit so alive and ever-changing that the results defy imitation. The same holds true for the women who are photographed for the magazine's pages every month. The PLAYBOY woman is as impossible to duplicate as she is beautiful, for she, too, is constantly changing and growing. She is spontaneous and sexy, adventurous and alluring, fresh and fun-loving, and always happy and proud just being herself. In The Girls of Playboy, published in 1973, we selected—out of more than 10,000 possibilities-169 photographs of girls who had appeared in the magazine and who we thought best reflected PLAYBOY's special joie de vivre. Your overwhelming response to that first collection gave us all the excuse we needed for an encore performance. So now we bring you The Girls of Playboy 2, the second in what could easily become an annual series of photo albums of the women who have made PLAYBOY the most successful and distinctive men's magazine in history. Within these pages—all in full color—you'll meet dozens of Playmates, the stars of our most popular feature—including favorites Mercy Rooney and Karen Christy and such outstanding Playmates of the Year as Claudia Jennings, Martel Cole and Cyndi Wood. There's also a representative sampling of cottontails from the nearly 1000 Bunnies who staff 17 Playboy Clubs and four hotels, including 1972 Bunny of the Year Ruthy Ross and Jet Bunny Lieko English, who also became Playmates. Other stellar attractions include young actresses like Deep Throat's Linda Lovelace and Last Tango's Maria Schneider. More established film stars such as Raquel, Ursula and Brigitte are here, too. Veruschka is one of the models represented; Fran Jeffries, one of the singers; Paula Kelly, one of the dancers. Beautiful and talented girls from Paris, Australia, Israel, Munich and other lands are well represented, too—plus writers, poets and even a circus performer. Choose your favorites if you can. We gave up trying. We love them all. —the editors of PLAYBOY Models Alyson Merkel Liv Lindeland Barbi Benton Janice Pennington Karen Christy Linda Lovelace Paula Pritchett Claudia Jennings Bonnie Large Martha Smith Tina Aumont Connie Turner Susan Clark Linda Evans Marissa Delgado Carol Imhof Norma Wickliff Danielle de Vabre Phyllis Coleman Cherie Latimer Marilyn Cole Tina Cristiana Anita Pallenberg Ursula Andress Lana Wood Lieko English Karen Christy Sue Huggy Carol Willis Brigitte Bardot Julie Woodson Victoria Principal Anulka Dziubinska Shelley Smith with Clint Eastwood Angel Tompkins Marion van Renssen Alexas Urba Carol O'Neal Barbara Leigh Jennifer Liano Debbie Hanlon Terri Striebel Nicole Cisar Brenda Honey Celine Lafreniere Ellen Michaels Debbie Davis Susie Bright Bonnie Larger Anne Randall Simone Hammerstrand Kiev Chinh Sandra Viva Vera Gottlieb von Lehndorff (aka Veruschka) Miki Garcia Cynthia Myers Irit Lavi Betty Ortega Janice Shilinsky Sally Sheffield Eva Garden Shay Knuth Ruthy Ross Sarah Stephane Cathy Rowland Vicki Peters Donna Michelle Sylvan Sylva Koscina Raquel Welch Evelyn Wilczek Claire Rambeau Fran Jeffries P.J. Lansing Victoria Vetri Christine Maddox Marlene Appelt Toby Ostreicher Sheila Ryan Elke Sommer Kacey Cobb Virginie des Rieux Marie-Ange Agnese Debbie Shelton Geri Glass Susanne Benton Connie Kreski Willy Rey Lenna Sjooblom Ann Randall Joanna Cameron Jan Seratt Cyndi Wood Mercy Rooney Donna Gillette Reagan Wilson Mei Mei Eskelund Edy Williams Monica Tidwell Morgan Wyler Dianna Soutar Phyllis Babila Chris Cranston Maria Schneider Paula Kelly Leora Lapidot Amanda Muir Karen Christy Sara Reynolds Pam Sweet Ruthy Ross Nancy Cameron Valerie Lane Jennifer Liano Heather Menzies Gwen Wong