- Gallery (magazine)
"Gallery" is a men's magazine published by Montcalm Publishing since 1972. It is one of the more popular "skin" magazines that arose in the wake of the popularity of "
Playboy " magazine in the 1970s, and was founded by a group including Benihana restaurant-chain founder Rocky Aoki. Its parent also published "The Twilight Zone Magazine " in the 1980s, apparently in part in imitation of "Penthouse" magazine's offshoot project "Omni"."Gallery" magazine has long featured a "Girl Next Door" contest where photographers can submit pictures of amateur models (similar to "Hustler" magazine's "Beaver Hunt.") From each group of monthly entries, one model winner is selected each month. At the end of the year, one monthly winner is crowned "Girl Next Door of the Year", and is awarded a cash prize of $25,000. The most famous winner of the contest is retired
porn star Stacy Valentine , at the time of her selection an Oklahoma housewife, Stacy Baker. [ [http://www.splicedonline.com/00features/valentine.html SPLICEDwire | Stacey Valentine feature (2000) ] ]Montcalm Publishing went bankrupt (March 2008). They left many photographers and models empty handed - some were owed close to $100,000.
"Gallery" magazine was sold to the Magna Publishing Group. The first issue under the new owner was the July 2008 issue. [cite web|url=http://adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=27871|title=AdultFYI|accessdate=2008-09-10]
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External links
* [http://www.danni.com/press/prgallery.html Press release regarding an online presence for Gallery Magazine]
* [http://www.gallerymagazine.com/ Online site for Gallery magazine]
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