EDITED BY MORGEN “TEX” HAGEN
Two score and eight years ago, as Americans celebrated this country’s 200th birthday, Larry Flynt’s brainchild publication introduced a visual feature that quickly became popular and legendary. To coax aspiring nude models from all walks of life, HUSTLER’s July ’76 second-anniversary issue made a monumental declaration: “HUSTLER, the magazine ( to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln ) of the readers, by the readers and for the readers, celebrates the Bicentennial with the HUSTLER Beaver Hunt amateur photo contest.” Submissions poured in from wives, girlfriends, college students, office workers and any gal eager to be seen in all her glory. HUSTLER’s “Think Pink” motto was exemplified by a nonstop array of unabashed exhibitionists showing off their bodies, especially that cozy crevice between their thighs.
Every Beaver’s dream has been posing for a full-length pictorial, and we’ve rounded up a handful of hotties who made triumphant encores by garnering Beaver of the Year crowns. Aria Giovanni and Vicky Vette ultimately went on to superstardom in the adult industry. Andora was a quintessential Southern California girl next door. Melody Wylde and Kitty Quinn were top-notch camgirls. Skin-mag rookies from every state in the Union, the District of Columbia and a bevy of foreign nations have made Beaver Hunt the world’s number-one amateur showcase. Thank you, ladies—one and all—for tantalizing our readers and bolstering the HUSTLER brand.
ARIA GIOVANNI
Beaver of the Year – 2000
