List of Playboy Playmates of 1973#December
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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1973. Playboy magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
January
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| name = Miki Garcia
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| birth_place = Kingman, Arizona, United States
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1947|2|17}}
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Miki Garcia (born February 17, 1947, in Kingman, Arizona) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
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February
{{main|Cynthia Wood}}
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| name = Cynthia Wood
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| birth_place = Burbank, California
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|9|25}}
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| pmoy-year = 1974
| pmoy-preceded = Marilyn Cole
| pmoy-succeeded = Marilyn Lange
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Cynthia Lynn Wood (born September 25, 1950, in Burbank, California) is an American model and actress. She is the daughter of Harold and Erma Wood. She was chosen as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in February 1973, and the 1974 Playmate of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=wood%2C+cyndi&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date= 3 August 2010}} Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
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March
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| name = Bonnie Large
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| birth_place = Glendale, California, United States
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Bonnie Large (born September 9, 1952, in Glendale, California) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for March 1973. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Mel Figge. She is noted for becoming historically the first Playmate of the Month ever to appear clearly full frontal nude. (Marilyn Cole, Playmate of the Month for January 1972, made the first full-frontal nude posing, but her pubic hair was partly covered by the shadow cast from the book in her hand).[http://playmate.uw.hu Playboy Playmate of the Month]{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428211715if_/http://playmate.uw.hu:80/ |date=28 April 2010}}
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April
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate
| name = Julie Woodson
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| birth_place = Hutchinson, Kansas{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=woodson%2C+julie&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=9 November 2010}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|7|11|mf=y}}https://www.hutchnews.com/obituaries/phut0150046
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|01|21|1946|07|11}}https://www.hutchnews.com/obituaries/phut0150046
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Julie Woodson (July 11, 1946 – January 21, 2022 in Hutchinson, Kansas)https://www.hutchnews.com/obituaries/phut0150046 was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1973. Her centerfold was photographed by David Chan. Woodson was only the third African-American Playboy Playmate of the Month, the earlier two being Jennifer Jackson in March 1965 and Jean Bell in October 1969. She died on January 21, 2022 at the age of 75.
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May
{{main|Anulka Dziubinska}}
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|caption= Dziubinska in Vampyres (1974)
|name= Anulka Dziubinska
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| birth_place = Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|12|14}}
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Anulka Maria Dziubinska (born 14 December 1950) is an English actress and model. She was featured as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1973.{{cite web|title=Anulka Dziubinska|work=Hollywood Upclose|url=http://hollywood.premiere.com/movie_stars/celebrity-trivia-Anulka+Dziubinska|access-date=2009-12-30}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
After her Playmate appearance, Dziubinska became an actress of film and television, perhaps most prominently in her debut role as a lesbian vampire in the British exploitation film classic Vampyres (1974), in which she was credited by only her first name, Anulka.
Further acting assignments followed. In the late 1970s, Dziubinska moved to the USA. She continued her career and married twice. She left the public eye in 1985, however, when she became pregnant with her first child.
Eventually, she became a floral designer and owner of a florist shop in Hollywood. She returned to England in 2003 for an appearance in the documentary short Return of the Vampyres, in which she shares her memories of working on the film. In 2006, she co-wrote a book about flower design, Zen Flowers: Designs to Soothe the Senses and Nourish the Soul.
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June
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| name = Ruthy Ross
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| birth_place = Bourbon, Missouri
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|3|22|mf=y}}
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Ruthy Ross (born March 22, 1948, in Bourbon, Missouri) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for June 1973. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. She is sometimes credited as Ruthey Ross.
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July
{{main|Martha Smith}}
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| name = Martha Smith
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| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|10|16|mf=y}}
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Martha Smith (born Martha Anne Smith on October 16, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio){{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=smith%2C+martha&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=February 7, 2010}} is an American model and actress. She is sometimes credited as Martha L. Smith.
Smith attended Michigan State University.{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|publisher=Playboy|title=Playmate News|volume=55|date=October 2008|pages=123–124}} Smith has starred in movies, such as National Lampoon's Animal House, and has appeared in several TV series as a guest star. She was a regular on the adventure series Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and appeared as a frequent panelist on The $25,000 Pyramid.
In July 1973, she was chosen Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.
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August
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| name = Phyllis Coleman
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| birth_place = White Plains, New York
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|8|31|mf=y}}
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Phyllis Coleman (born August 31, 1949, in White Plains, New York) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by the husband-and-wife team of Bill Figge and Mel Figge.
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September
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| name = Geri Glass
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| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, United States
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|6|20|mf=y}}
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Geri Glass (born June 20, 1949, in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.
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October
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| name = Valerie Lane
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| birth_place = Long Beach, California, United States
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|8|4|mf=y}}
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Valerie Lane (born August 4, 1949, in Long Beach, California) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Mel Figge.
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November
{{main|Monica Tidwell}}
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| name = Monica Tidwell
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| birth_place = Shreveport, Louisiana
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|1|14|mf=y}}
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Monica Tidwell (born January 14, 1954, in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American model. A red-head, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker and Bill Frantz.
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December
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| name = Christine Maddox
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| birth_place = Tracy, California, United States
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|3|24}}
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Christine Maddox (born March 24, 1950, in Tracy, California) is an American model. She is best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1973 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley.
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See also
References
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