I saw The Jerk the other night, and it just got me excited about Bernadette Peters (again).
I’d never heard of Bernadette Peters and your post sent me down a fascinating rabbit hole. Welcome relief after several hours troubleshooting a web contact form that wasn’t cooperating.
What struck me about that Playboy cover was Bernadette’s breasts. They look as if they’d been augmented, and not very well. Yet
Boobpedia identifies them as natural.
I found dozens of photos of her on Usenet, and over time her breasts have gone from perky to fulsome to saggy, all very normal. Nowhere could I find photos exhibiting the drooping circular profile characteristic of implants.
The puzzle deepened when I took a look at the cover of the December 1981 issue as posted on the Playboy website. Now I’m wondering if PB had, or still has, alternative covers for different markets.