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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

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.

February

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. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.

March

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).

April

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.

May

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.

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''.

June

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.

July

Martha Smith (born Martha Anne Smith on October 16, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American model and actress. She is sometimes credited as Martha L. Smith.

Smith attended Michigan State University. 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.

August

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.

September

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.

October

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.

November

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.

December

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.

See also

* List of people in Playboy 1970–79

References

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