Playmate Of The Week
The Facts:
Birthdate: February 17, 1947
Birthplace: Kingman, Arizona USA
Bust: 38″
Waist: 22″
Hips: 36″
Height: 5′ 4
Weight:108 lbs
Ambitions:
I would like to appear in national TV commercials.
Turn-Ons:
Tom Jones
Turnoffs:
Cruelty to animals, my hay fever.
If I Had More Time:
I would establish a non-profit modeling agency for Mexican-American women.
In My Spare Time:
I’m assistant director and emcee of the Miss California Bikini Pageant at the California State Fair.
Growing Up:
I lived all over. My father was in the Air Force. We lived in Arizona, Washington, Germany, Montana, Florida, Japan, Hawaii, Montana (again), Panama, and finally, California. My dad now sells insurance.
Great Reads:
“The Defense Never Rests,” “The Games People Play,” “The Female Eunuch,” “The Peter Principle.”
Favorite Authors:
Truman Capote, Germaine Greer and F. Lee Bailey
Favorite Films:
“Gone With the Wind,” “Wuthering Heights,” and “The Graduate.”
My Ideal Evening:
Watching an old movie starring Ronald Reagan and eating popcorn.
My Friends Know:
That I am paradoxical. I appear outgoing but am very shy and only self-assertive through sheer will power. I assume this has to do with my astrological sign, Aquarius.
My Weak Spot:
Impatience. The best solutions to problems cannot be found hastily.
photographed by Mario Casilli.
Illustrated History Of Pro Wrestling In Northern California
Centerfold Picture
The Man Who Got No Sign
Playboy’s 50 ImageMakers: 35 Pete Turner
Contents:
Interview:
Carroll O’Conner
Features:
“Seduction is a Four-Letter Word” by Germain Greer
“By The Bay” by Herbert Gold
“To China with Nixon” by William F. Buckley, Jr
“And So it Goes” by Tom Fitpatrick
“The Natural” by Laurence Gonzales
“Adventures of a Litigious Law Buff” by Calvin Trillin
Pictorials:
Pete Turner’s Turn-Ons by Pete Turner
Playboy’s Playmate Review
Linda Summers, Vicki Peters, Carol O’Neal, Debbie Davis, Lenna Sjooblom, Mercy Rooney, Sharon Johansen, Ellen Michaels, Susan Miller, Deanna Baker, P.J. Lansing and Marilyn Cole.
Let’s move up a decade. It was the beginning of the 70s. The sexual revolution was in full swing. The first full view of pubic hair would appear in January of 1971 with Liv Lindeland some 10 to 15 years after Playboy began. You can make light of that fact as you see fit. Miki Garcia was the second playmate to pose in full frontal nudity, and might have been the first Latina. The first woman to appear full frontal is Marilyn Cole in January of 1972.
Miki Garcia grew up moving around due to the fact that her father was in the Air Force. Her family settled in Sacramento. She eventually worked bikini contests and became a ring girl known as Miss Wrestling for Big Time Wrestling in California, which featured stars such as Pat Patterson, Rocky Johnson and Peter Malvia. Those familiar with present day wrestling know that Rocky Johnson is the Rock’s father, and Peter Malvia is his grandfather. Miki’s job consisted of holding a sign indicating the upcoming round while wearing a bikini.
Afterwards Miki would pose for Playboy and stay on with the company for over 10 years as an executive and director of Playmate promotions. Her relationship with the company ended in 1985 when she testified against Playboy in hearings for the Meese Commission on Pornography. She accused Playboy and Hefner of creating an atmosphere where rape and drug abuse took place; where many of the women were forced to have breast augmentations and engage in orgies; where venereal diseases and forced abortions were the norm; and where attempts of suicide were part of everyday mansion life. One of the most damaging accusations was of a prostitution circuit ran right from the Playboy mansion where many of the workers were playmates.
Of course, I doubt if any of this can be verified. It’s all rumor and innuendo. But some of the accusations seem as if they could be true, especially the rampant drug use, and the forcing of breast augmentations. But I doubt if anyone could put a bullet to the head of a playmate or a mansion visitor. It was the 70s. What else were you expected to do? You want to get naked and get paid, pop some silicone in those babies. You want to hang in the Grotto, better bring some coke with you. The atmosphere was a symptom of peer pressure, the scene, and the times. I doubt if Playboy or Hefner can be made the primary blame for it.
I won’t go into the downfalls of the sexual revolution, be it to say that with freedom comes a consequence of negative or positive proportion. When people make unrestricted decisions due to being truly free, personal liability is a must. Peer pressure can never be an excuse. People must accept their own fate, embrace their choices, especially when there are undesirable results.
Miki seems to agree. Recent comments suggest that she has come to grips with her Playboy past, calling it a wonderful period in her life. I assume that time heals many wounds, especially when the tiger is put down and revealed to be a little kitten, something present-day Playboy must accept. The mansion is nothing more than a museum, a marketing ground, and Hefner, an old relic very past his prime. Nostalgia always can be romanticized, redefined by the hazy view of time.
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September 17th, 2004 at 2:01 am
Miki Garcia is my all-time favorite Playmate … I was 14 in 1973 and I’ve adored her since …