Playboys Playmate of the Year for magazines return to print says OnlyFans is no competition

Gillian Nation is Playboy’s Playmate of the Year in the magazine’s first print issue in five years.The blonde bombshell made her debut during Super Bowl weekend in New Orleans wearing a $10 million diamond-studded Playboy bunny costume.For the festivities, the 27-year-old also modeled a dress inspired by Monique St.Pierre’s Playboy June 1979 cover.

St.Pierre was also Playmate of the Year.“I knew I was going to be in the magazine, but I didn’t think anything beyond that,” Nation told Fox News Digital.

“No one really gave me any details.… I’m still processing it.

I didn’t really understand the gravity of what it meant to be a Playmate.“My family, my distant relatives, my boyfriend’s family, people I haven’t spoken to in years and years, they’re all congratulating me.It’s heartwarming to see how many people are so supportive.”The men’s lifestyle magazine, which was founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953 and featured Marilyn Monroe as its first cover girl, is attempting to make a comeback after facing several tumultuous years.While the outlet had more than 7 million readers during the ‘70s, competition, and the internet reduced circulation, and the number of issues published annually was cut. In 2015, Playboy ceased publishing images of naked women, citing the proliferation of nudity on the internet.

It restored traditional risqué images in 2017.That year, Hefner died at age 91.

The magazine was shuttered in 2020.CEO Ben Kohn of Playboy Enterprises said the disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic were too much to overcome for the publication, Deadline.com reported.Nation said she wanted to be part of “classic Playboy” as the magazine promises to feature “unforgettable photography.”“It’s an honor to be chosen and to represent them, especially with them making this comeback,” said Nation.“I wanted to do [classic Playboy] justice.

Part of that is going fully nude.I think if you’re going to do it, you embrace it.

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