There was a period of time in the early 80's when the contributing photographers at Playboy got a copy of every single edition Playboy published around the world. It was a wonderful courtesy to the photographers because the magazines was adding a lot of new editions and potentially anything a photographer did for the American edition appeared in those countries too. It was interesting to see how differently the countries handled the same pictorial, often choosing different photos from the US edition and doing different layouts.

The foreign editions could produce their own pictorials as well as their own Playmates which really showed you the diversity of beauty around the world. Censorship was an issue with some editions in those days. Japan, Mexico and others could not run photos with pubic hair, which meant that the photographers had to make sure they kept the girl covered in enough photos for a layout. In places like Japan, they had workers to inspect every magazine and cover with black ink any parts that were objectionable. That's why every single gatefold done in those days had a matching photo taken that could run in those censored countries. One for the US that could show her totally naked and another, almost exactly the same except for a garment or something covering her nether parts.