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Originally Posted by murph
A general thanks to everyone who posted in this thread. I was a big PH fan back in the day and it was nice to talk a walk down memory lane, so to say. 
One thing I can't help but notice, and I'm wondering if anyone has anything to add, but after browsing through these pages I'm a bit shocked to see how few women of color PH used. I mean even Playboy has had a pretty good run with asian, black, and especially latina models. But for some reason these pictorals are all pretty much white females. And I guess it goes without saying that PH never did any IR pictorals with a black male? At least I've never seen one. Any thoughts on this? I thought Guccione was more liberal than that. |
I'm reminded of an old "Chic" subscription ad. They showed three guys, one repped PB, another Hustler, and the third PH. The PH guy looked like a chav in after-six wear with a stick up his ass. The tagline was "Wouldn't you rather be a Chic Man?"
I guess my point is that PH was trying to project an international and cosmopolitan image. Consequently there were fewer American black and hispanic women (though there were a few "latinas" if you allow South Americans and Europeans). Back in the day there was more room for minorities as the girl next door, imagewise.