# Who was the first Playboy Magazine featured centerfold "Playmate" with implants? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549 "2006-10-06T20:35:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/1 "2006-10-06T20:35:04Z")
Just curious. The Playboy Magazine of my youth in the 70’s seemed to be mostly natural women, but many of the ladies in the 80’s forward seemed to be quite obviously silicone stuffed and enhanced. When did this trend start in Playboy? Who was the first Playmate with implants? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/2 "2006-10-06T21:44:45Z")
The most famous is certainly Anna Nicole Smith (May '92). Start with her and work backward. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/3 "2006-10-06T22:22:55Z")
I thought it was automatic to check Wiki first: > **[Playboy Playmate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playmate)** > > 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 "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs. At the end of the year, one of the 12 Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOTY). Every Playmate of the Month is awarded a prize of US$25,000 and each Playmate... First Playmate to get breast implants: Sue Williams (Miss April 1965). ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/4 "2006-10-06T22:24:56Z")
If Wikipedia is to be believed, the answer is Sue Williams, Miss April 1965. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/5 "2006-10-06T22:42:25Z")
She certainly doesn’t _look_ implanted, at least in her photos for Playboy. In fact, her centerfold is a shot of her laying on her belly, wearing a sweater. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/6 "2006-10-06T22:43:52Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] I thought it was automatic to check Wiki first: > **[Playboy Playmate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playmate)** > > 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 "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs. At the end of the year, one of the 12 Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOTY). Every Playmate of the Month is awarded a prize of US$25,000 and each Playmat... First Playmate to get breast implants: Sue Williams (Miss April 1965). [/QUOTE] Was she the first to get implants, or the first to be pictured with implants? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/7 "2006-10-06T23:57:54Z")
That same Wiki page also says “First Playmate to commit suicide: Sue Williams (Miss April 1965) – seven years after Marilyn Monroe”. Is there some new standard by which “seven years after” constitutes “first”? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/8 "2006-10-07T00:49:30Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] That same Wiki page also says “First Playmate to commit suicide: Sue Williams (Miss April 1965) – seven years after Marilyn Monroe”. Is there some new standard by which “seven years after” constitutes “first”? [/QUOTE] Monroe wasn’t a “Playmate” she was called something like Sweetheart of the Month. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/9 "2006-10-07T00:59:23Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] She certainly doesn’t _look_ implanted, at least in her photos for Playboy. In fact, her centerfold is a shot of her laying on her belly, wearing a sweater. [/QUOTE] Breast augmentation aesthetic refinements were crude back then. Even with airbrushing, the photos may have, um, raised eyebrows. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/10 "2006-10-07T01:11:04Z")
Um. Cite? Yes, I know there are cites in Wikipedia, but I feel the need to have fake titties trotted out in front of me. Chop chop! _claps hands_ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/11 "2006-10-07T01:15:31Z")
Her Playboy shots can be found at [http://gossip.babeleweb.net/sue\_williams\_sc\_2279.htm](http://gossip.babeleweb.net/sue_williams_sc_2279.htm) (NSFW, obviously) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/12 "2006-10-07T04:37:18Z")
With all due respect, I don’t think the question has been answered. The OP isn’t asking for the very first Playmate with implants, but when did that become the norm instead of the exception. I’d say 80s, but trying to pin down a specific year might be a little tougher. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/13 "2006-10-07T04:53:45Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] With all due respect, I don’t think the question has been answered. The OP isn’t asking for the very first Playmate with implants, but when did that become the norm instead of the exception. [/QUOTE] Your point that the question hasn’t been completely answered is taken. But the OP did ask for the first Playmate with implants. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/14 "2006-10-07T11:38:51Z")
That question was not in the OP originally. Yeah, that’s the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/15 "2006-10-07T14:50:28Z")
I don’t have the link, but I once came across a site that just had a scan of each centerfold. I don’t remember the issue but I do recall that it was much later than I expected to see the first shaved centerfold… Wiki does not list that. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/16 "2006-10-07T14:58:19Z")
When you battled for years and years to get public hair accepted in a centerfold, it must take a lot of time to adjust to _not_ showing public hair again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/17 "2006-10-07T15:04:43Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] That question was not in the OP originally. Yeah, that’s the ticket. [/QUOTE] Was it implanted later? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/18 "2006-10-07T18:19:08Z")
“Public” hair? ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-playboy-magazine-featured-centerfold-playmate-with-implants/375549/19 "2006-10-07T19:46:10Z")
In this case, yes.