Hugh Hefner, the iconic founder of Playboy magazine and E!’s reality show The Girls Next Door, passed away of natural causes at age 91.
Born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Hefner quickly shot to fame with the first issue of Playboy magazine launched in December 1953 with Marilyn Monroe on the cover.
To be on the cover of Playboy magazine was a great honour in the world of showbiz, with all Playmates chosen personally by Hefner. With this news being quite a hot topic, we thought this is a best time to talk about some of the most iconic Playboy magazine covers featuring celebrities.
1. British model Kate Moss on the magazine’s 60th anniversary issue in 2014.
2. The Babes of Baywatch, including Pamela Anderson, posed in their iconic red swimsuits to appear on the cover in June 1998.
3. Actress Drew Barrymore shocked fans when she posed for Playboy at age 19 in January 1995.
4. Supermodel Naomi Campbell appeared in a 14-page pictorial in the December 1999 issue.
5. Reality star Kim Kardashian appeared on the Playboy cover in 2007.
6. Pamela Anderson graced the cover of Playboy magazine in January 2016.
7. Playboy called upon musician and performer extraordinaire to grace its March 2007 cover.
8. Supermodel and fashion icon Cindy Crawford featured on Playboy’s May 1997 cover. Crawford was 31 at that time.
9. Madonna, September 1985.
10. Jenny McCarthy, the TV Host and actress covered the magazine in 2015.
11. Somewhat surprisingly, the President of the United States Donald Trump once appeared on the cover of the magazine in 1990.
12. The first copy of Playboy magazine featuring pop culture’s greatest sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe. Interestingly, the magazine had no date on its cover because Hefner wasn’t sure there would be a 2nd edition.
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