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Diane Webber: The Playboy Model Who Became a Mermaid, a Nudist, and a Belly Dancing Pioneer
Diane Webber was a Playboy Playmate, nudism advocate, B-movie mermaid, and belly dancing pioneer. Here's the remarkable life of a woman who kept reinventing herself.


Le Nu Esthétique: The French Magazine That Helped Invent Artistic Nude Photography
In 1902, Émile Bayard launched Le Nu esthétique, the world's first nude photography magazine. Dedicated to Bouguereau and prefaced by Gérôme, it lasted five years before moral crusaders shut it down.


Elsa Sørensen: Miss Denmark, Dane Arden, and the Double Life of a 1950s Glamour Model
Born in Copenhagen, crowned Miss Denmark, and photographed by Peter Gowland for Playboy's September 1956 centrefold. Elsa Sørensen led two parallel careers under two different names, and hardly anyone noticed.
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