4 THE NORTHEAST
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont. Washington, D.C.
22 THE SOUTHEAST
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
40 THE MIDWEST
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming
80 THE WEST COAST
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
106 CANADA
108 OVERSEAS
Armed Forces Overseas, France, Virgin Islands
112 A REVIEW OF THE YEAR'S MONTHLY WINNERS
124 THE 1978 GRAND PRIZE WINNER
128 OFFICIAL CONTEST ENTRY FORM
131 "HOMETOWN ADDRESS BOOK" OF THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR
A Word From The Publisher
Hold on tightly to the "Girl Next Door" Contest Album you have in your
hands. And if a friend asks to borrow it, think twice before answering; you may
never see it again.
Those suggestions are based on the experience we had with last year's edition
of this annual publication. It turned out to be so popular that our own supply
was completely exhausted, and we have had to return unfilled thousands of orders
that came to us through the mail.
The appeal of the "Girl Next Door" contest is the talk of the magazine
industry. Fortunately for Gallery, everyone who has tried to imitate it has overlooked
the most important ingredient in our success: the respect we give to our entries
by maintaining a degree of tastefulness in photo selection.
Every month, we receive thousands of color and black-andwhite photographs—slides
and prints—from men who are proud of the women in their lives, and who want
to help fulfill their dream of becoming a magazine centerfold.
From my own personal standpoint, two things about this contest please me greatly:
the opportunity it offers us to demonstrate that some of the most desirable women
in the world are closer to you than you think — perhaps right in your own
home—and, secondly, that our readers feel close enough to Gallery to share
their women with us.
We will never let you down.
