Collector highlights Roberta Close's controversial 1983 Playboy debut in Brazil

extra.globo.com (Portuguese)

Roberta Close's 1983 Playboy debut is highlighted, where the publication questioned if she was a man, contrasting with today's transgender representation in media. The article notes Close, then 19, was featured in a black and white photo spread and introduced with a provocative question about her gender, despite her rising modeling career. Collector Lucas Hit resurfaced the debut, noting Close's beauty and the controversy she generated as a transgender woman at the time.


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