Working as a copywriter for Esquire, he left in January 1952 after being denied a $5 raise. In 1953, he lent his furniture for $600 and raised $8,000 from 45 investors – including $1,000 from his mother, “Not because she believed in the venture,” he told E! in 2006. “But because she believed in her son” – to launch Playboy, which was initially going to be called Stag Party. The undated first issue, published in December 1953, featured Marilyn Monroe from her 1949 nude calendar shoot.

The rest is history.

Images: Life.com

Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt pose for an upcoming spread in US Weekly

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Normally you would never be reading anything related to Battlestar Galactica on Banned, but because we were tipped off by a fan and told that although sexy women have never slept with Battlestar Galactica fans, there are a few sexy mamas who act on the recently canceled show.

I can’t promise that any of the facts stated below are actually facts because I’d either have to watch an episode of the show, or do research on the show (beyond figuring out what the fuck a Baltar is… or isn’t?). And if I had to do either one of those two things, I wouldn’t bother putting this time-waster together.

‘Nuff said.

Actually, one more thing. This piece is titled, “The Sexy Women of Battlestar Galactica” for good reason. I included the word sexy to distinguish this list from the hundreds of thousands of lists floating parasitically around in the marshes and swamplands of the internet simply titled, “The Women of Battlestar Galactica.”

So don’t get off thinking that we’re going to be including the not-so-sexy women of Battlestar Galactica, or worse, the unsexy women of Battlestar Galactica.

Thus, don’t expect ambiguously named actor/actress Finn R. Devitt, who has no photo on his/her imdb profile and plays equally ambiguously named character, Nicky Tyrol. I’m guessing it’s a woman (Nicky?), though explicit Twainian references force me to imagine Finn wading through a river with a black man, and a very dirty Tom Sawyer…

I need to stop putting the content of this list off. Also, keep in mind that these women aren’t really even that sexy and should have been titled something like, “The Semi-Sexy Women of Battlestar Galactica and One Sexy Woman (who was sexy enough to appear in Playboy).”

Lucy Lawless

Though she’s known mostly as the lead in mysteriously successful TV series, Xena: Warrior Princess, the New Zealander recently made an appearance on HBO’s Flight of the Conchords. It’s sad, but this piece of trivia somehow helps me justify the fact that I’m spending way too much time writing an article about to Battlestar Gelactica.

Then I heard she was quoted as saying, “treat everyone the same until you find out they’re an idiot,” and I gained a ton of respect for her.

Smart woman.

Katee Sackhoff

Where you’ve seen her: Nip/Tuck, the Female Marine voice in Halo 3, and Robot Chicken.

Fun facts: Her last name, “Sackhoff,” rhymes with what just about every man reading this article is doing… “slack off.”

Tricia Helfer

Tricia Helfer appeared in the Febuary 2007 issue of Playboy, but for advertising credibility’s sake I’m not going to show you. I’m sure you can find the scans pretty easily via a website that I just learned about called Google.com. It searches through the internet and directs you where to go based on your search query. It’s pretty cool.

For the longest time I thought the internet was all about getting pictures of cute kittens and bunnies delivered to my inbox from my mom, but this Google thing looks pretty cool.

Speaking of cute kittens, her Official Website donates to a kitten rescue program in Los Angeles.

Grace Park

Usually referred to by Battlestar fans as the Asian one, Grace Park plays Lt. Sharon ‘Boomer’ Valerii (I’m not making this up this time, and if ‘Boomer’ dresses like she did in the provided photoshoot, I might stop watching ESPN).

Fun facts: Though she would eventually break into the acting world, the UCLA Alum earned two degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science while juggling a full time job working at Asian-American hang spot, Boba Loca.

Even though I said I wouldn’t do it, I felt like I should anyway. What if Finn R. Devitt is actually a woman, and what if she is sexier than Tricia Helfer? How could I feel justify titleing this article The Sexy Women of Battlestar Galactica if I unknowingly omitted the sexiest woman of them all?

Then again, what if by doing this I just included a dude named Finn in an article titled, The Sexy Women of Battlestar Galactica?

This is some life-changing stuff…

Carmen Electra shows some skin at the Playboy Club at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas while dealing black jack hands. Her appearance accompanied the Thursday release of Playboy’s 55th Anniversary which featured Electra on the cover.

Linkage:

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Gorgeous ladies of the Lingerie Football League 2009 (Observation Bubble)

10 Ways to Ensure You’ll Still Have a Job After the Holiday Office Party (The Bachelor Guy)

Michael Phelps and Caroline “Caz” Pal Split, Paparazzi fakes photos (Gunaxin)

Happy Birthday Taylor Swift (MoonDog Sports)

Pro Athletes And Their Injury Alibis  (YepYep)

Electra is engaged to rocker Rob Patterson from the poor-excuse-for-a-band-type-band Korn. The two have both stressed that they are in no rush to walk down the aisle–partly because of Electra’s failed marriages with both Dennis Rodman and Dave Navarro, but mostly because she’s too busy taking her shirt off for Hugh.

The January issue of Playboy hits newsstands today, December 12th. You won’t want to miss 36 year old Carmen Electra in an 8 page pictorial–right after which you can turn to a compelling Q&A with Richard Branson…

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Over the weekend, the Heffer threw a ‘preview party’ for what to expect this coming Friday at the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills. It was essentially the same thing that will occur on Halloween, only with the word preview affixed to the end of the title.

Kendra Wilkinson came dressed as what appears to be herself.

For more interesting Halloween costume ideas, you will want to check out BANNED’s Top 10 Halloween Costumes Guaranteed to Keep Your Weekend Sex Free.

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To most MMA fans, Rachelle Leah is known as the leggy octagon girl who carries a sign around the cage wearing nothing but a bikini. And to be fair, that’s all that some women strive to be and some men strive to be with.

But Leah, who will return to her position as MMA Eye Candy at UFC 90 on Oct. 25 at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Ill, claims to be a lot more than just another perfect body.

Sure, she’s Playboy’s November cover girl, which hits mailboxes on Friday. She was the UFC’s most popular octagon girl, and she just signed a deal as a spokesmodel with Anheuser-Busch, but just because she looks the part and plays the role, doesn’t mean shes as stupid as she is hot, at least according to Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports who writes:

“She is brash and thoughtful and introspective and witty and plenty crafty. She uses her share of coarse language, her conversation invariably turns to sports and, most significantly, guys, she loves – absolutely loves – mixed martial arts.”

“Spend a half-hour talking with the Las Vegas resident and it’s no different than talking to your buddies about MMA, except you realize you’re speaking with one of the world’s most beautiful women.”

In all reality, Rachelle Leah is someone I will likely never meet, so why would I care if she can carry a heated MMA discussion or not?

What I care about more is figuring out what time the mail gets delivered on Fridays…

Because her Playboy shoot is probably more interesting than talking to her about martial arts, here’s what Leah had to say about her recent Playboy endeavor:

“It makes you nervous (to do the nude photos),” Leah said. “The thing about America in general is that people pass judgment so easily. But my deal with it is, getting naked around people I don’t know is very scary. I already have a hard time putting on the octagon girl outfit in front of an arena. The only time I’m comfortable being semi-nude or in a bathing suit like that is on a beach.”

“Obviously, it’s nerve wracking. But I got in there with some of the most professional people I have ever worked with and one of the most talented photographers I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with. He made wonderful artwork. I knew this would be a great opportunity for me and it’s been better than I could ever have imagined. And it’s only just begun.”

Finally, what would an article about a beautiful woman posing naked be without a photo gallery?

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HOLLYWOOD – Holly Madison made an appearence at The 4th Annual ‘Bowling for Boobies’ fundraiser at the Lucky Strike Lanes on Monday.

Though the fundraiser seemed more like an event aimed at financing breast implants than battling breast cancer, Holly Madison, sophomoric jokes aside, claims it was a success commenting:

“Like, like, like, haha, like, and stuff like that.”

Holly isn’t the only Playmate to leave the 82 year old with nothing but wrinkled balls and a medicine cabinet full of Viagra. Kendra Wilkinson disbanded from the aging Heffer for Philadelphia Eagle Hank Baskett in similar fashion (more here)

But don’t feel bad for the Playboy founder who seems to have succumb to inevitability, check out the beautiful new twins that have moved into the mansion. Karissa and Kristin Shannon aren’t really hot, but at least they’re not in their mid-eighties, right? Plus maybe they’re smart… Well, no.

Team Banned was lucky enough to sit down with Playboy Playmate hopeful, Michelle Panzarella. Through interrogation we got to the bottom of several current and extremely important world issues, like whether or not her boobs were real.

If you’re like me, then you’re not much into reading words and especially sentences. So head to the bottom of the post and see the latest and greatest from what the sexy Michelle Panzarella has to offer.

BANNED: 2008 is more than halfway over, what can we expect in the coming months?

MICHELLE: “Well I have just been asked to do a test photo shoot for Playmate so you might just see me as one of your 2009 Playmates, and I am in the mix of opening up my own boutique that I am very excited about!”

BANNED: We’ve noticed that you often shoot with other models, who is your favorite to shoot with and why?

MICHELLE: “Well I have only done 1 photo shoot for Playboy with another girl for their Issue of Girlfriends which hasn’t been put out yet, but it was very professional and sexy. I really think If I had to choose, I would love to shoot with Holly (Hef’s #1 girl) she’s beautiful in person and in her photo’s.”

BANNED: What attracts you to Playboy?

MICHELLE: “Everything! Whenever anyone thinks of Playboy I know they think of sexy beautiful woman, but Playboy also lets everyone know that their woman aren’t just beautiful faces and bodies, they let everyone know their models have brains as well! That’s what I love!”

BANNED: How do you feel about the way things went with Playboy’s 55th Anniversary Casting Call?

MICHELLE: “Well for me it couldn’t have went any better. I was asked to do an interview with Bridget and Holly for Bridget’s show on Playboy Radio on Sirius satellite and then Holly came into my photo shoot which I was so excited about so I had a great time!!”

INTERMISSION:

BANNED: What is your next step?

MICHELLE: “Well I’m staying in the mansion for 4 days and test shooting for Playmate so if everything goes well, my dream of becoming a Playboy Playmate might just come true – and I hope to one day become their Playmate of the year so we’ll see!”

BANNED: What is your favorite part about your body?

MICHELLE: “I got to say I like my whole package haha..”

BANNED: Real or fake?

MICHELLE: “After 2 kids something’s just need a little bit of help. I will leave it at that!”

BANNED: You’re a mom but you’re in great shape – Do you think guys are more turned on by the fact that you’re a MILF, and not just an… ILF?

MICHELLE: “hahaha that’s funny, I LOVE being a Milf because my mom was always one, so now it’s funny for me to hear that I am a Milf, but from the comments I get about being a mother of 2 I’m thinking that yes it does turn men on more!”

BANNED: Do you prefer younger or older guys?

MICHELLE: “For me I like older men, there’s nothing hotter than a man in his 30’s to early 40’s who is in shape, has a great attitude toward woman, and knows how to be romantic and have a in depth conversation about life!”

BANNED: If you were single, where should I take you on a first date?

MICHELLE: “tell me it’s a surprise! that’s so sexy!”

BANNED: How far would you go on the first date?

MICHELLE: “A kiss on the cheek! I do have self respect!”

BANNED: Ever had a one-night stand?

MICHELLE: “No never!”

We’d like to say thanks to Michelle Panzarella for being a good sport. Make sure to look out for her in upcoming issues of Playboy. Thanks again Michelle – though there were a few answers I question, we’ve got to take her at her word.

And now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for…