{"id":5616,"date":"2025-07-12T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=5616"},"modified":"2025-07-12T08:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:58:50","slug":"this-1970s-icon-was-once-everyones-crush-and-now-at-73-she-still-shines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=5616","title":{"rendered":"This 1970s Icon Was Once Everyone\u2019s Crush\u2014And Now, at 73, She Still Shines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"335\">In the late 1960s, a young blonde named Barbi Benton captivated audiences on <em data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"97\">Playboy After Dark<\/em>. At just eighteen, she began as an extra, but her natural charisma quickly earned her a spot as co-host\u2014especially after Hugh Hefner took notice and persuaded her to change her name from Barbara Klein to the more enticing \u201cBarbi Benton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"599\">Over the following years, Benton seamlessly moved between modeling, television, and music. She appeared on the cover of <em data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"466\">Playboy<\/em> four times, starting in July 1969 and continuing through the mid-1970s, becoming one of the most cherished personalities of the era.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"785\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Her influence extended beyond the spotlight\u2014alongside her work in acting and music, she reportedly played a key role in Hefner\u2019s decision to buy the now-famous Playboy Mansion in 1974.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In the late 1960s, a young blonde named Barbi Benton captivated audiences on Playboy After Dark. At just eighteen, she began as an extra, but <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=5616\" title=\"This 1970s Icon Was Once Everyone\u2019s Crush\u2014And Now, at 73, She Still Shines\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5617,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5616\/revisions\/5617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}