Hugh Hefner founded Playboy magazine in 1953 with just $8,000 and a picture of Marylin Monroe. The businessman who died on September 28th 2017 left an empire and a fortune.

Love or hate it, the Playboy cover has launched the careers of many women and proved an alternative way to promote their work. From a famous Spice Girl to a well-loved TV mum, while not all the women here got butt naked, they all did covers.

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