1970s Playboy Centerfolds
1970 is considered by some to be Playboy’s Golden decade. There was a new awakening of sexuality around the world. Anti-pornography laws had been relaxed and removed. All of the known STDs were treatable by medicine, and AIDS was still a decade away. All of this resulted in large numbers of sexually liberated women who saw nothing wrong with posing naked for a men’s magazine.
Miss March 1973 – Bonnie Large
The magazine itself broke new barriers. Pubic hair was shown for the first time in this decade. Twins were Playmates both together and separately. First full frontal nudity was shown. All of these firsts shaped the magazine into what it is today.
1970
January – Jill Taylor
February – Linda Forsyth
March – Chris Koren
April – Barbara Hillary
May- Jennifer Liano
June- Elaine Morton
July- Carol Willis
August- Sharon Clark
September – Debbie Ellison
October – Madeleine and Mary Collinson (first twins selected as Playmates)
November – Avis Miller
December – Carol Imhof
1971
January – Liv Lindeland (first Centerfold to display openly visible pubic hair)
February – Willy Rey
March – Cynthia Hall
April- Chris Cranston
May – Janice Pennington (Sister of Ann Pennington – Miss March 1976, and was one of “Barker’s Beauties” on The Price Is Right)
June – Lieko English
July – Heather Van Emery
August – Cathy Rowland
September – Crystal Smith
October – Claire Rambeau
November – Danielle de Vabre
December – Karen Christy
1972
January – Marilyn Cole (first Playmate to pose fully frontal in her Centerfold.)
February – P.J. Lansing
March – Ellen Michaels
April – Vicki Peters
May – Deanna Baker
June – Debbie Davis
July – Carol O’Neal
August – Linda Summers
September – Susan Miller
October – Sharon Johansen
November – Lenna Sjooblom
December – Mercy Rooney
1973
January – Miki Garcia
February – Cyndi Wood
March – Bonnie Large (first full frontal nude with visible pubic hair)
April – Julie Woodson
May – Anulka Dziubinska
June – Ruthy Ross
July – Martha Smith
August – Phyllis Coleman
September – Geri Glass
October – Valerie Lane
November – Monica Tidwell (the first Playmate to be younger than the magazine)
December – Christine Maddox
1974
January – Nancy Cameron (the only double sided Centerfold to commemorate the magazine’s 20th Anniversary)
February – Francine Parks
March – Pamela Zinszer
April – Marlene Morrow
May – Marilyn Lange
June – Sandy Johnson
July – Carole Vitale
August – Jean Manson
September – Kristine Hanson
October – Ester Cordet (the first Hispanic-American Playmate, from Panama)
November – Bebe Buell
December – Janice Raymond
1975
January – Lynnda Kimball
February – Laura Misch
March – Ingeborg Sorensen
April – Victoria Cunningham
May – Bridgett Rollins
June – Azizi Johari
July – Lynn Schiller
August – Lillian Müller
September – Mesina Miller
October – Jill de Vries
November – Janet Lupo
December – Nancie Li Brandi
1976
January – Daina House
February – Laura Lyons
March – Ann Pennington (first Playmate with a sister who was a Playmate, Miss May 1971, Janice Pennington)
April – Denise Michele
May – Patricia Margot McClain
June – Debra Peterson
July – Deborah Borkman
August – Linda Beatty
September – Whitney Kaine
October – Hope Olson
November – Patti McGuire
December- Karen Hafter
1977
January – Susan Lynn Kiger (first and, to date, only Playmate to appear in a porn film before becoming a Playmate.)
February – Star Stowe
March – Nicki Thomas
April – Lisa Sohm
May – Sheila Mullen
June – Virve Reid
July – Sondra Theodore (first Playmate Data Sheet Included)
August – Julia Lyndon
September – Debra Jo Fondren
October – Kristine Winder
November – Rita Lee
December – Ashley Cox
1978
January – Debra Jensen
February – Janis Schmitt
March – Christina Smith
April – Pamela Jean Bryant
May – Kathryn Morrison
June – Gail Stanton
July – Karen Morton
August – Vicki Witt
September – Rosanne Katon
October – Marcy Hanson
November – Monique St. Pierre
December – Janet Quist
1979
January – Candy Loving
February – Lee Ann Michelle
March – Denise McConnell
April – Missy Cleveland
May – Michele Drake
June – Louann Fernald
July – Dorothy Mays
August – Dorothy Stratten
September – Vicki McCarty
October – Ursula Buchfellner (first Foreign Playmate to become an American Playmate)
November – Sylvie Garant
December – Candace Collins
