FEATURES
26 PAPERBACK PULCHRITUDE
Nashville burns with passion as the Mr. Romance Pageant turns fantasy into flesh. By Cajun Faun
38 PLAYGIRL'S SECOND ANNUAL WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Our picks for 1994's top feminine achievers
64 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE
Should your lover know everything about your past? By Galen R. Brandt
70 VOTE FOR PLAYGIRL'S 1995 MAN OF THE YEAR
Peruse and choose the ultimate male: Chris Carmen PICTORIALS
14 DISCOVERY: THE BODY ELECTRIC
The power source of Michael Bouvia
28 RESCUE ME! PRESENTING AMERICA'S SEXIEST FIREFIGHTERS
These sizzling civil servants start more fires than they put out
48 CENTERFOLD: PRIVATE EYEFUL
John Holliday is one P.I. who's parkin' more than just heat'
88 DOWNRIGHT UPRIGHT
Canada's Randy Sly is the perfect argument for wildlife conservation! DEPARTMENTS
5 THE EDITOR'S PAGE What's up with this issue
6 LETTERS Here's what you thought
8 THE PROBE
Demi Moore's dog tricks; Sly Stallone gets pumped; Paula & Emilio: what
really went wrong; Politically Incorrect's Bill Maher spouts sex; and much more! By Jenny Higgons
13 HEALTH BYTES Late-breaking health and fitness news. By Jenny Higgons
21 THE WOMEN'S ROOM Ode To Old Beaux.
The way women remember love. By Ellen Mansoor Collier
23 THE MEN'S ROOM Breaking Up From Our Side.
A man's eye view of getting over it. By Marc Moran
24 REAL MEN Does your man have what it takes? Gerard Stevens, Bob Tiezzi, and
Ed Scott
45 QUIZ: Does Your Heart Rule Your Head? Find out if your logic conquers love.
By Laura Shanahan
46 WOMEN NOW From Victim To Survivor. One woman's story of rape; her battle,
her ghosts and the ones who helped her most. By Sharon Barry
58 READERS' FANTASY FORUM
Romance can happen in the most unexpected places
68 SEX TALK Intimate issues and answers. By Joy Davidson, Ph.D
82 LOVE SIGNS What's in your stars for November? By Robin MacNaughton
104 COMING UP
Features
Coverguy John Diamantopoulos, Vinny Princiotta, Carlo Pacileo & Scott Dreyer (Nude) photographed by Mish'ka
America's Hottest Firefighters in the Buff!
13 Sexy Centerfolds
Vote For Our 1995 Man of the Year
Divorce Court: Juvenile Offenders
Magazine History
Playgirl is a print monthly adult magazine published in the United States that is marketed mainly to heterosexual women, but has also gained a considerable gay following. It features general interest articles, lifestyle and celebrity news, in addition to semi-nude or fully nude men.
The magazine was founded in 1973 during the height of the feminist movement as a response to erotic men's magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse that featured similar photos of women. For the period March 2009 until February 2010, it appeared only online. The magazine reverted to print with its March 2010 issue.
Playgirl is published by New York-based company Blue Horizon Media, which also publishes High Society, Celebrity Skin, Hawk, Cheri and a number of other hardcore pornographic magazines.
The magazine had been published earlier by Drake Publishers (later renamed Crescent Publishing Group, Inc). Crescent was charged in 2000 by the Federal Trade Commission with over 180 million dollars of online credit card fraud, much of which was conducted on the Playgirl Magazine site. All Crescent/Blue Horizon titles, including Playgirl, were prevented from conducting any business on the web for five years. Then-president Bruce Chew was subsequently indicted, along with several prominent members of the Gambino crime family.
In August 2008, the magazine announced that it would cease publication of its print edition as of the January 2009 issue. After that point, the magazine planned to continue with an online-only edition. The last print issue was published in January/February of 2009.
In February 2010, Playgirl announced it will re-launch issuing a print edition of the magazine. The first such issue would be the March 2010 issue available on newsstands as of 22 February 2010 carrying on its cover Levi Johnston.
