Playboy Magazine vol 4, no 12 December 1957

Christmas & 4th Anniversary Issue. Fiction by Budd Schulberg, Gerald Kersh, Mike Wallace Interviews Playboy
Linda Vargas (born April 20, 1939) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Month for the December 1957 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Herbert Melford and Mike Shea.[13]

Vargas, who began modeling when she was a teenager, had a steady career before and after her Playmate appearance as a model and bit actress. Frequent Playboy photographer Peter Gowland used images of her in many of his instruction books.