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College hasn't changed too much...only the wrapping. Charlaine Karalus [changed by Hugh Hefner to Janet Pilgrim] was Playboy magazine's first playmate and in 1959 visited Dartmouth College.
Janet Pilgrim [Charlaine Karalus]
June 13th, 1934
Wikipedia...
In 1955 Playboy was in its second year of production and had previously used professional models as Playmates. Karalus worked for Hugh Hefner in the subscription department and agreed to pose for the July 1955 episode in exchange for a new addressograph for the office. Hefner reportedly chose the name "Janet Pilgrim" as to make fun of sexual puritanism.
Karalus appeared topless with a tuxedo clad man reported to be Hefner in the background with his back to the camera. The caption read in part: "We found Miss July in our own circulation department, processing subscriptions, renewals, and back copy orders. Her name is Janet Pilgrim and she's as efficient as she is good looking."
Response:
Readers responded well to her appearance as Miss July and sent in letters asking for more Janet Pilgrim. Despite getting offers to model for outside agencies, Janet chose to appear twice more as a Playmate and was listed on Playboy's masthead as head of reader's services department for the next 10 years. Hefner at one point offered a personal phone call from Pilgrim in exchange for enrollment in a lifetime subscription to his magazine.
Pilgrim is said the be the prototype of the "girl next door" approach to Playboy Playmates from that time onward.
Hugh Hefner on Janet Pilgrim
Here are the three centerfolds for Playboy...all rather tame by today's standards.
July 1955
December 1955
October 1956
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Philosophy
Charlaine Karalus at Dartmouth College in 1959
[Click all images for enlargement.]College hasn't changed too much...only the wrapping. Charlaine Karalus [changed by Hugh Hefner to Janet Pilgrim] was Playboy magazine's first playmate and in 1959 visited Dartmouth College.
Janet Pilgrim [Charlaine Karalus]
June 13th, 1934
Wikipedia...
In 1955 Playboy was in its second year of production and had previously used professional models as Playmates. Karalus worked for Hugh Hefner in the subscription department and agreed to pose for the July 1955 episode in exchange for a new addressograph for the office. Hefner reportedly chose the name "Janet Pilgrim" as to make fun of sexual puritanism.
Karalus appeared topless with a tuxedo clad man reported to be Hefner in the background with his back to the camera. The caption read in part: "We found Miss July in our own circulation department, processing subscriptions, renewals, and back copy orders. Her name is Janet Pilgrim and she's as efficient as she is good looking."
Response:
Readers responded well to her appearance as Miss July and sent in letters asking for more Janet Pilgrim. Despite getting offers to model for outside agencies, Janet chose to appear twice more as a Playmate and was listed on Playboy's masthead as head of reader's services department for the next 10 years. Hefner at one point offered a personal phone call from Pilgrim in exchange for enrollment in a lifetime subscription to his magazine.
Pilgrim is said the be the prototype of the "girl next door" approach to Playboy Playmates from that time onward.
Hugh Hefner on Janet Pilgrim
Here are the three centerfolds for Playboy...all rather tame by today's standards.
July 1955December 1955October 1956[Click all images for enlargement.]
- Hanging On To The Past...hugh Hefner Has Not Changed
Those days are gone. Hugh Hefner and Barbi Benton "Hugh Hefner's Final Political Crusade? Ageism" by Amanda Hess March 22nd, 2013 Slate Change comes slow to the Playboy Mansion. When Hugh Hefner’s rugs wear through, “the replacements are...
- Deceased--bob Guccione
Bob Guccione December 17th, 1930 to October 20th, 2010 Bob Guccione...opposite end to the elite Playboy. Money and the sexual revolution allowed Bob Guccione's Penthouse magazine to prosper. Near clinical gynecological home entertainment and robust...
- Hugh Hefner...a Documentary Film
Hugh has been big news the past few months...the cultural icon is hanging on and maybe making a return? "A Hugh Hefner Documentary: Airbrushed" by Richard Corliss July 31st, 2010 Time Gene Simmons, Kiss front man, gets the first quote: "Show me any...
- Porn Wars...84 And Pursuing Complete Control
"Hefner's move to take Playboy Enterprises private could put it in play" Founder of the struggling adult publishing empire, in an effort to reassert control, proposes to buy all outstanding shares he doesn't own. But rival Penthouse's owner...
- H. Hefner...huge Impact On Society And Human Sexuality
Shay Knuth September 1969 Well, well, well, today is Hugh Hefner's birthday [1926]...creator and publisher of Playboy magazine. Of course one must understand that males bought the publication for the "articles". :) Playboy has had many imitators...