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 Issue 413, dated October 2009. Model is actressJuliana Alves. | |
| Editor-in-chief | Sérgio Xavier Filho |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Thales Guaracy Edson Aran Rodrigo Velloso Cynthia de Almeida Ricardo A. Setti Juca Kfouri Mário Escobar de Andrade |
| Categories | Men's magazines |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Editora Abril (1975-2015) PBB Entertainment (2016-2018) |
| First issue | August 1975 (asRevista do Homem) 1978 (AsPlayboy) |
| Country | Brazil |
| Based in | São Paulo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Website | Official site |
TheBrazilian edition ofPlayboy was a local franchise ofPlayboy magazine. Established in 1975 byEditora Abril, it was only the fourth overall international version of the magazine, following Germany, Italy and France.[1]
WhenEditora Abril founderVictor Civita asked his sonRoberto Civita to drop his job at the Tokyo offices ofTime in 1958 to instead join him at Abril, Roberto accepted on the condition that he could create three new publications: aTime-like weekly news magazine (Veja), aFortune-like business magazine (Exame), and the last of those to get into print, a local issue ofPlayboy.[2]
By the mid-1970s, Roberto had struck a deal withPlayboy Enterprises, and was asked by his father to consult theMinistry of Justice given themilitary dictatorship in place had acensorship policy on the press. MinisterArmando Falcão vetoed the publication, saying that "no publication under the namePlayboy in Brazil, no matter its content." Seeing a loophole, Roberto submitted the already done preprint for issue 1 under the nameA Revista do Homem (Men's Magazine), and got approved. The first issue ofHomem got on newsstands in August 1975,[3] and the magazine was allowed to use its trademark name only as of 1978.
The Brazilian edition follows the general guidelines of the original magazine in the United States, featuring the trademark sections of the magazine, such as the monthly interview, the20 Questions interview and the centerfold pictorial featuring the "Miss of the month", which most of the time, but not always, coincides with the month's "star" (cover). But the Brazilian installment has some sections of its own, such asCoelhinhas (Bunnies), which features unknown models photographed by freelance photographers (not affiliated with the magazine), andClick, which features candid pictures of celebrities of all calibers in seemingly revealing situations.
The magazine in Brazil also makes a much heavier use of celebrities to attract its target public, especiallytelenovela actresses and TV hostesses. This strategy is facilitated by theBrazilian general perception of thePlayboy magazine as a tasteful medium for nude pictorials, as opposed to other adult magazines published in the country. This perception also attracts young models looking to use the exposition to launch their careers.Playboy also makes extensive use of circumstantial celebrities, such as stage assistants from TV shows or women who took part recently in TVreality shows.[citation needed]
In that aspect, theBrazilian version of the reality showBig Brother, created byDutch production companyEndemol and produced in Brazil byGlobo TV, has been the main source of models for the magazine. Between May 2002 (about two months after the first season concluded on Globo) and August 2007, 13 female participants from that reality show have posed for the magazine, always on the cover; and two of them (Sabrina Sato and Antonela Avellaneda) posed twice, for a total of 15 covers on the magazine.Playboy has not, however, monopolized the nude or revealing pictorials featuring former participants of the TV show, since a few of the participants ultimately chose to appear in other adult publications, such asSEXY Magazine and thelad magazineVIP the last one, also from Abril). In a few of those cases, however,Playboy was not interested in signing on the former participants because it had been revealed that they had already posed for competing publications prior to participating in the reality show on Globo TV.[citation needed]
The record holders for most covers are actress and former modelLuma de Oliveira, and dancerScheila Carvalho, with a total of five covers each (Luma: September 1987, March 1988, March 1990, May 2001 and January 2005; Scheila: February 1998, September 1999, November 2000, December 2001, April 2009).[4][failed verification] The best-selling issue is the December 1999 issue withJoana Prado "Feiticeira" in the cover, with 1.25 million magazines sold.[5]
In September 2006, BrazilianPlayboy featured threeVarig air hostesses (Juliana Neves, Sabrina Knop and Patricia Kreusburg) posing nude. At the time Varig was becoming defunct and the magazine's editors decided to follow the steps of the American edition, which featured nude employees of another defunct company,Enron.[6]
In 2015, the fortieth year of publication, Abril decided to stop publishingPlayboy due to costs given the diminishing circulation could not offset the licensing royalties.[7] Eventually a new deal was set with PBB Entertainment to relaunch the publication starting in March 2016.[8] After ten print issues of irregular periodicity, PBB announced in April 2018 the next editions would be digital.[9][10] In July of the same year, it was confirmed the BrazilianPlayboy was being shut down, with PBB Entertainment having ended the contract withPLBY Group a few months prior.[11]
