Cindy was among the Playmates present to honor servicemen and servicewomen at the November 1996 Veterans Day benefit staged to launch "The Playmate Book" at Manhattan's Motown Cafe. Still glamorous, she graciously autographed books and enthusiastically renewed relationships with Playboy personnel. After her Playboy debut, Cindy worked as a showgirl at the Latin Quarter clubs in Manhattan and Miami as well as at the Copacabana. "I'm still active in the World Famous Copacabana Girls, a group of Copa dancers from around the country," she says. She went into modeling after leaving showbiz, has married twice and is now a professional painter, something she's been doing since 1972. "I work in oils, doing landscapes, florals, figures and faces. I like a lot of color. My paintings are hanging all over the house and we stacked up against the walls." PLAYBOY APPEARANCES: Centerfold, May 1959; "House Party," May 1959; "Bunny's Honeys," September 1959; "Playmate Review -- 1959," January 1960; "Playmates Revisited," July 1964; "Bunny's Honeys," May 1994. PLAYBOY NEWSSTAND SPECIALS: "Playmates: The First 15 Years," January 1983. PLAYBOY CALENDARS: 1961. I was born May 13, 1938 in Boston and studied art at Boston University before entering the entertainment field. I started modeling at 16 as a way to earn extra money, and in 1957 I became a professional ballet swimmer, joining the Water Follies to travel the world. One memorable night came in 1958 when I performed at the Hotel Nacional nightclub in Havana in a solo act called "The Girl in the Champagne Glass." My career eventually brought me to Miami Beach, Florida, where I met photographer Bunny Yeager. She took photos of me that were used for my Playmate layout in the May 1959 issue of Playboy magazine. I met Hef during the shoot and he was lovely, a very sweet man. When my issue hit the newsstands, I was working in a show called "Latin Quarter Extravaganza" as mistress of ceremonies, singer and dancer. I received endless publicity due to being a Playmate. In 1960 I moved to New York City, where I worked in the Copacabana for a year and then returned to modeling. In 1965 I married my first husband, Harry Gordon. After my daughter, Melissa, was born, I tried my hand at serious painting. In a matter of a few years, I had my first important one-woman show in New York. I continued to study in various schools, and to this day still paint and show my work. Harry and I divorced in the mid-Seventies, and I married my present husband, Al Martino, in the mid-Eighties. These days I continue to paint (under the name Cynthia Gordon) and work with Al in his business, Chefs International. In my spare time I love to cook, swim and fish. I studied at Boston University, the Arts Student League and Marymount Manhattan College, and for many years worked with English artist Elaine Pogany in her studio at Hotel des Artistes in New York City. I am a contemporary impressionist who works primarily with oil paints and the palette knife. I had my first one-woman show at the Center Art Gallery on West 57th Street in New York City and continued to exhibit there alone and in group shows. Other shows have been held at Gurneys Inn in Montauk, New York, in the Hamptons and in various galleries and private clubs in New York City. Presently I am associated with a few major decorators and sell privately from home. I enjoy the vivid colors of the great outdoors and capturing that beauty with my camera and then on canvas. Although my paintings are strong and exciting in color, somehow they tend to be restful and happy. My subjects include landscapes, florals, portraits and nudes.