Dolores Del Monte Bio
Dolores Del Monte was an American glamour and nude model. She was born on March 15, 1932, in Spokane, Washington. Playboy named her its March 1954 Playmate at 21. Her appearance dates from the magazine's formative 1950s, when the Playmate format was still taking shape.
Del Monte had natural breasts, brown eyes and brown hair. Her measurements are 34-24-35.
She commenced her career as a model for photographer Bruno Bernard, specializing in figure modeling. Bernard mainly supplied his images to the Baumgarth Calendar Company, located in Melrose Park, Illinois.
In late 1953, she received a letter requesting her permission to feature her picture in Playboy. Unfamiliar with Playboy at the time, she thought it was a pin-up featuring her in a leopard-print bathing suit labeled "Number Four Forever," as Playboy's Miss March 1954. Consequently, she agreed to it and signed the release but never laid eyes on the actual magazine.
As it turns out, the image titled "Radiant Beauty," originally a pin-up by Bruno Bernard sold to the Baumgarth Calendar Company, found its way to Hugh Hefner, who later featured it in the March 1954 issue of his newly launched Playboy Magazine.
