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(Making the participants strut across the stage in itsy-bitsy-teeny-weenies and high heels was different from a bikini contest exactly how?) And it was mostly boring and more than a little dumb, plus deeply, profoundly, uncool. And, yeah, OK, sure, those second-wave feminists, the ones who called it a 'degrading Mindless-Boob-Girlie Symbol,' did kind of have a point. The pageant then was compulsory viewing for much of the public, and winning it was atop many a little girl's to-do list. Miss America isn't a big thing now, is barely a thing at all, but it certainly was when Williams, 20 at the time, a junior at Syracuse University, took the title on September 17, 1983.

In 1984, Vanessa Williams was the reigning Miss America. A porn star-an underage one at that-was born because of the issue. A queen was dethroned because of the issue. And then, two years later, the FBI came to the offices and took away all the issues. When it hit stands, I was fielding over a hundred calls a day. Leslie Jay-Gould, Penthouse's then-vice president and director of public relations: 'The issue was beyond huge, was beyond anything. Which meant you had to see the fucking magazine.'

But the media couldn't really cover the Penthouse story because the pictures we had were just too scandalous. You'd read about them in newspapers, or watch them covered on TV. But the media could report on those stories. Bloch again: 'I mean, People magazine would do stories on Jackie Kennedy or whoever, and it would be a big story and the issue would sell. There were guys paying-a dollar for a peek. The most important news in the history of our country, having a woman vice presidential nominee, was overshadowed by the fact that we hadвЂ¦well, that we had what we had.' The front page of that paper was our story. Somebody in the press got an advance copy, and released it to the New York Post or the Daily News, one of those, the same exact day that Walter Mondale announced he was picking Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. Richard Bleiweiss, Penthouse's then-art director: 'The thing about this issue is, it became the biggest news story in the world. So there were guys paying-and this is something I saw with my own eyes-a dollar for a peek. Peter Bloch, Penthouse's then-executive editor: 'It was the best-selling issue of Penthouse of all time.

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Not only that, but those who keep tallies on the escalating totals tell us thatвЂ“at this point, anywayвЂ“the race is just too close to call.Because my mind is in the past (the mid-eighties) and in the gutter (the porn biz) for reasons that will become clear, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the September 1984 issue of Penthouse. The reason given was вЂњ In an unprecedented break with tradition, we are not presenting the 1985 Pet of the Year in this December issue (in case you havenвЂ™t yet noticed!) The reason? ItвЂ™s simpleвЂ“your votes for your favorite Pets have almost literally snowed us under, and our local mailmen are threatening to demand time and a half for their extra burden. 1980 -Penthouse Pet of the Year Isabella ArdigoДЎ981 вЂ“ Penthouse Pet of the Year Danielle DeneuxДЎ982 вЂ“ Penthouse Pet of the Year Corinne AlphenДЎ983 вЂ“ Penthouse Pet of the Year Sheila KennedyДЎ984 вЂ“ Penthouse Pet of the Year Linda KentonДЎ985 вЂ“ Penthouse Pet of the Year No Pet of the Year Here is our guide to the era of big hair, New Wave, lots of blush, and Reagan / Falwell. It lead one reviewer to remark вЂњShe must have sold her breasts to Satan for ice skating skillsвЂќ. HardingвЂ™s attempt to further her 15 minutes of infamy sold some videos but looked too shady to be real. It was later pointed out that the video was pieced together from several encounters as her male partner had a mustache that appeared and vanished several times and at one point the waterbed they are using mysteriously teleports across the room. Embattled figure skater Tonya Harding had a вЂњLeakedвЂќ sex tape that was supposed to be from her wedding night. Their next sex tape escapade proved profitable but further hurt GuccioneвЂ™s credibility. They did triumph when Pet Corrine Alphen landed a lead role in the John Landis film вЂњAmazon Women on the MoonвЂќ, and again when they scooped the world with the leaked Pam Anderson / Tommy Lee sex tape. The worst missteps being dethroning the first African-American вЂњMiss AmericaвЂќ by publishing photos of her in the same issue where they featured a porn star вЂњpetвЂќ,В later discovered to be only 15 years old. It would top its rival PlayboyвЂ™s sales to start the decade, but missteps would cripple the magazineвЂ™s image before the eighties were over. The 1980вЂ™s saw highs and lows for Penthouse magazine.