Cynthia Lynn Wood, Playmate Of The Year, 1974

June, 1974

When Marilyn Grabowski, Playboy's West Coast Picture Editor, picked up the phone to give Cyndi Wood the good news--that she'd been chosen Playmate of the Year--it took a while to get the call through. It took even longer, "about a week, I'd guess," says Cyndi, for the full impact to sink in. "I was in Tokyo, in the midst of a night-club engagement, recording sessions and modeling dates, when Marilyn reached me," she recalls, "and my first reaction was just kind of a 'Who...