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Deborah Borkman - Playboy magazine's Miss July 1976 featured in her Playmate of the Month pictorial, "Declaration Of Independence."

Alice Denham (January 21, 1927 – January 27, 2016) was an American writer, model, actress and academic scholar who was also a 1950s era American Classic Men’s Magazine Madel and Playboy magazine’s Miss July 1956.

Alice Denham (January 21, 1927 – January 27, 2016) was an American writer, model, actress and academic scholar who was also a 1950s era American Classic Men’s Magazine Madel and Playboy magazine’s Miss July 1956.

Alice Denham (January 21, 1927 – January 27, 2016) was an American writer, model, actress and academic scholar who was also a 1950s era American Classic Men’s Magazine Madel and Playboy magazine’s Miss July 1956.

Alice Denham (January 21, 1927 – January 27, 2016) was an American model, author, and former adjunct professor of English at City University of New York.

She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the July 1956 issue. Her writing talents were obvious to Playboy; several Playmates have written the text that accompanied their pictorials, but Denham is the only Playmate to have written a short story that was published in the same issue as her centerfold.

The prominent mid-20th-century American model and author Alice Denham posing outdoors for a 1950s era camera club photoshoot.

In the background of each image, a photographer is visible taking a photo while Denham poses nude near a stream in a wooded outdoor setting.

About the Subject:

Career Milestone: She famously appeared as the Playboy magazine's Miss July 1956.

Literary Work: Beyond modeling, she was an accomplished writer, publishing several novels and a well-received memoir titled Sleeping with Bad Boys: A Writer's Life.

Historical Impact: She was notable for breaking contemporary stereotypes by pursuing both a high-profile modeling career and a serious creative writing career at the same time.

Marge Mellor - 1950s Era American Classic Men's Magazine Model.