Centrefold Venus of the Month 1: July - Yvette Vickers

A hip cat

From 50 years ago comes Yvette Vickers in a centrefold pose considered so risque at the time that Hugh Hefner's lawyers tried to talk him out of publishing it.

Fortunately for us, Hefner took no notice of them and Yvette appeared as Playmate in the July 1958 issue.

At this time in Playboy the only coloured photograph in the Playmate pictorial was the centrefold itself.

Indeed, it was the only nude picture as well, the other photographs being there to illustrate the Playmate's girl next door life.

Someone has posted a comment saying that they are the gentleman second from the right in this phorograph, next to the lovely Yvette herself.

Triple P always likes these "normal life" photographs as it reinforces part of the real strength of featuring real girls rather than models.  Anyway, even if they were models or dancers it's nice to see them as you might have seen them on the street.  It somehow makes their decision to take their clothes off for us that much more precious, in some way.  This is particularly true of the fifties girls when this sort of thing was much more unusual and daring.

The picture, photographed by exploitation film director Russ Meyer, and accompanying article were part of Playboy's conscious attempt to court the "beat generation".

Yvette with Paul Newman in Hud

Yvette, already a minor actress, rode the fame her centrefold generated and went on to be a reasonably successful B-movie and TV actress, although much of her part in the Paul Newman film Hud (1963) was cut as Newman's wife Joanne Woodward, didn't like the look of the all too apparent on-screen chemistry.

Flattened by the 5o foot tall woman

One of her most famous films was Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) where her character was killed by the eponymous monster female.

She modelled for other men's magazines at the time as well. More recently she made a jazz record and appeared on the cult film convention circuit.

Agent Triple P thinks her centrefold is one of the finest from the 1950's and it is interesting to see that this alternative pose has nothing like the slutty abandonment of the chosen image

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Cycling Venus: Victoria Pendleton

Victoria Pendleton: goes like a bomb

You could hardly open a paper or magazine or look at the TV recently without gazing upon the lovely face of Britain's Olympic Gold medal winning sprint cyclist, the splendid Victoria Pendleton (even her name has a wonderful ring to it!).

Victoria and Elle MacPherson promote the Skyride. Very "A" list!

Whether promoting a London charity bike ride, a new fitness game for the Wii (such a silly name), appearing in FHM or turning up as a celebrity guest of the Brawn Formula 1 team at the British Grand Prix last month Miss Pendleton has been everywhere.

Victoria and Alesha have a Wii together

Victoria Pendleton at the British Grand Prix

It took Agent DVD several seconds to realise that there was also a girl in the picture

We have to thank Agent DVD for first sending us a picture of the lovely seven times World Champion sprinter, looking lovely in an evening dress.

"Would you like me to adjust your nuts?"

Victoria has admitted being a girly girl who likes to dress up and loook good and since becoming well known she has been sought out by photographers to model in something other than lycra.

However, she says she will never be much of a model as she has so many scars it takes a huge amount of digital touching up to make her look respectable.

Girl next door. If only.

Ignoring the fact that digitally touching up Victoria would not be that much of a hardship others obviously still feel that it is worth the effort.

Cover girl

Notably FHM, who featured her on their cover and inside last month, although reputedly Victoria wasn't paid a penny for the shoot whech seems rather mean of them.

Oh my goodness, you could crack walnuts with those!

This, needless to say has not gone down well with the grungier cycling activist end of the bike community. Particularly the women who seem very "disappointed" that she has had to sell out to the likes of FHM and can only promote herself on her looks. Oh dear, welcome to the world.

Victoria, at just 5'5" tall is very petite for a track sprinter and makes some pointed comments about the suspciously masculine attributes of some of her rivals.






She is now sought after for advertising work so we hope she makes a lot of money!

We wouldn't bet against her turning up at the Tour de France at some point over the next three weeks either!

She can lift twice her body weight!



A genuine golden girl!

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