Centerfold

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For other uses, see Centerfold (disambiguation).

A centerfold spread from a 1962 issue of the physique magazine Champ, showing a male model in a posing strap. In this example, the reader would be required to rotate the magazine to view the photo properly.
Puck Magazine
: Centerfold; Vol. 1 No. 1, March 14, 1877

The centerfold or centrefold of a magazine is the inner pages of the middle

perfect-bound
), the centerfold does not have any blank space cutting through the image.

The term was coined by Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine.[2] The success of the 1953 first issue of Playboy has been attributed in large part to its centerfold: a nude of Marilyn Monroe.[3] The advent of monthly centerfolds gave the pin-up a new respectability and helped to sanitize the notion of "sexiness".[4] Being featured as a centerfold could lead to film roles for models, and still occasionally does today.[4]

Early on, Hefner required Playboy centerfolds to be portrayed precisely, telling photographers in a 1956 memo that the "model must be in a natural setting engaged in some activity 'like reading, writing, mixing a drink'...[and]... should have a 'healthy, intelligent, American look—a young lady that looks like she might be a very efficient secretary or an undergrad at

pinup into an intimate interlude, something personal and special."[5]

Some magazines later adopted the practice of having a centerfold with three or even four-folds, using a longer sheet of paper at that spot and folding the extra length into the magazine. Racier adult magazines used this space to showcase more explicit imagery: "In order to represent breasts, genitals, anus, and face all within the tri-fold frame of the centerfold, models were propped up, legs spread, raised, and then jack-knifed against their bodies, arms plunged between them to spread the labia."[6]

Though the term has become linked in the public consciousness with erotic material or models, many other magazines such as

National Geographic
have published fold-out spreads on other subjects.

Titles

Some magazines will refer to their centerfold models with a specific name, which may be connected to the magazine's brand or theme.
When obtained from one of the more prestigious publications in the field, it can become a semi-formal personal title used in news articles and introductions long after the model's centerfold appearance.[7][8]

Publication Centerfold
Blueboy Man of the Month/Year[9]
Cheri Tart of the Month/Supertart[10]
Duke Duchess[11]
Gallery Girl Next Door[12]
Genesis Playgirls (double centerfold, discontinued)[13]
High Society Society's Child (abandoned name)[14]
Hustler Honey[15]
Knave Maid of the Month[16]
Lui La Fille du Mois[17]
Mandate The Mandate Man (abandoned name)[18]
Mayfair Girl of the Month[19]
Men Only Men Only Girl/Miss (abandoned name)[20]
Penthouse Pet
Playboy Playmate
Playgirl Man of the Month/Year
Playmen La Ragazza del Mese[21]

Some online-only media outlets maintain a monthly designation reminiscent of a print magazine centerfold; for example, the Twistys Treat.[22]

Center spread

As a layout device, a centerfold is closely related to a center spread, a pictorial spanning the two center pages of a magazine or other publication, taking advantage of the fact that these are printed on a single sheet of paper.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Centerfold". Merriam-Webster.
  2. ^ "Hugh Hefner Profile". People in the News. CNN. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  3. ^ "The Playboy FAQ: The First Issue". World of Playboy. Playboy. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-313-31520-5
    .
  5. ^ a b "Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story". n+1. January 13, 2009. Retrieved January 24, 2009.
  6. ISBN 1847880673
  7. ^ Jordan, Candace (April 10, 2015). "Playboy's Hugh Hefner turns 89: A Grateful Playmate Reminisces". chicagonow.com. Chicago Tribune Media Group. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  8. ^ Cheung, Kevin (October 6, 2000). "Fresh Digital". The Age. Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 95. Based on the comic book series by Ninja Turtles creators Laird and Eastman (and starring Penthouse Pet Julie Strain), Heavy Metal FAKK 2 is an adventure that offers enough high-tech violence and brazen sexual innuendo to put Lara Croft to shame.
  9. ^ "Vote For The Best Man". Blueboy. Miami, FL. January–February 1979. Each man has appeared in a centerfold spread during the past year, and now it's Readers' Choice as to which one will be the Blueboy Man Of The Year and win $5000!
  10. ^ "Solid Gold Supertart Diane Bentley". Cheri. New York, NY. January 1984.
  11. ^ Davis, Elroy (June 1957). "Duchess Of The Month". Duke. Vol. 1, no. 1. Duke Publishing Co. p. 33.
  12. ^ "Girl Next Door of the Month". Gallery. Vol. 30, no. 8. Montcalm Publishing Corporation. August 2002. p. 30.
  13. ^ "The Playgirls". Genesis. Vol. 3, no. 11. Genesis Publications. June 1976. p. 49.
  14. ^ "Society's Child Sandy". High Society. New York, NY: Drake Publishers. December 1983. p. 40.
  15. ISBN 978-1-4405-3314-3
    .
  16. ^ "Brigitte Lahaie Maid of the Month". Knave. Vol. 11, no. 5. London: Knave Publications, Inc. Ltd. May 1979.
  17. ^ "La Fille du Mois". luimagazine.fr. Lui Web SARL. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  18. ^ Mandate Calendar 1981, Mavety Media, 1980, A Mandate Man for every month
  19. ^ "Jamie-Lee Girl of the Month". Mayfair. Vol. 28, no. 4. London: Paul Raymond Publications. April 1993. p. 50.
  20. ^ "Men Only Girl: Miss Arabella Hart". Men Only. Vol. 40, no. 1. London: Paul Raymond Publications. 1975.
  21. ^ "Françoise La Ragazza del Mese". Playmen. Rome, Italy: Tattilo Editrice S.p.A. August 1969.
  22. ^ "Treat of the Month". twistysvixens.com. LemmeCheck Adult Network. August 1, 2005. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  23. ^ "Center spread". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam Webster. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
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