Nicki Thomas Playmate Of The Month For March 1977 Official

The second half of the spread moves to a sun-drenched mountain stream. Here, Thomas is nude, wading through crystal-clear water, her body glistening. This was Playboy ’s "back to nature" motif at its peak. Her smile in these photos is not a sultry pout but a genuine, toothy grin. She looks less like a model and more like a woman who simply happened to be caught skinny-dipping on a perfect spring day.

It is precisely at this crossroads that appears. Crowned the Playmate of the Month for March 1977 , Thomas remains one of the more intriguing, though often overlooked, figures from the magazine’s golden era. Her pictorial, shot by veteran photographer Dwight Hooker, captured a woman who was not a fragile flower nor a disposable pinup, but a confident, athletic, and strikingly natural young woman who looked like she could beat you in a game of tennis and then discuss philosophy over a drink. Nicki Thomas Playmate of the Month for March 1977

Her iconic centerfold was photographed by the legendary Pompeo Posar . The second half of the spread moves to