Ellen Michaels is an American model and photographer. She was ''

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'' magazine's

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for the March 1972 issue. Her

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was photographed by

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. Michaels, who was getting a degree in

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at the time of her pictorial, went on to become a successful model for everything from

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campaigns to covers of

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s. She appears on record album covers for many artists including

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, and

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. She also has donated much of her time to charity work with the disabled and senior citizens, and ran a volunteer program for the blind for many years. She is currently a wildlife and nature photographer, specializing in photos of the birds, butterflies, flowers and insects of Central Park in New York City.

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Ellen Michaels Wildlife & Nature Photos
1970s Playboy Playmates 1953 births Living people People from Queens, New York {{playmate-stub