Four times a Playboy cover girl, Teddi Smith came from Los Angeles to Chicago, where she worked in the magazine's offices and as a Playboy Bunny. Recalls Hefner: "I got a personal letter from her mother asking me to take care of her girl, and I did." 

Taking up the story, Teddi remembers: "I was the first girl ever to live at the Mansion in Chicago. That started the whole concept of the Bunny Dorm and what to do with girls who came to town from Dubuque or someplace to work at the Club or pose as Playmates and didn't know the city. Where were they going to live?" 

For a time, Teddi worked for the magazine's Photo Department. "I traveled around with the photographers setting up the shots for the 'Girls of the Riviera' layout [July 1965]. Then I moved away from Chicago, and moved between Europe and Africa and New York for about seven years." 

Now settled in Manhattan, Teddi is a successful interior designer with clients ranging from apartment dwellers to Fortune 500 companies. 


PLAYBOY APPEARANCES: Centerfold, July 1960; Cover girl, December 1960; "Playmate Review -- 1960," January 1961; "Playmate Holiday House Party," December 1961; "Playmate Pillow Fight," February 1963; Cover girl, October 1963; "Playmates Revisited," August 1964; "Bunnies of Chicago," August 1964; Cover girl, February 1965; Cover girl, September 1965; "Cover Story," April 1966.

PLAYBOY NEWSSTAND SPECIALS: "Best From Playboy #2," January 1968; "Best From Playboy #3," January 1969; "Best From Playboy #4," January 1970; "Best From Playboy #5," January 1971; "Playmates: The First 15 Years," January 1983.

PLAYBOY VIDEO CREDITS: "Playmates: The Early Years," January 1991.