Lillian Müller grew up in Kristiansand and Grimstad, Norway with ambition that knew no bounds. She enrolled in college and studied languages to appease her ship engineer father, but the tall blonde wasn’t happy. She knew her life needed excitement, entertainment and adventure. Lillian began modeling around Europe where she landed on the London’s Sun infamous Page Three as a Page Three Girl. That was when the busty Scandinavian beauty met model and photographer Suze Randall who photographed her and took them to Playboy’s London-based Vice-President, Victor Lownes.

Instantly, Lillian was asked to be our Miss August 1975 and flew to Hollywood for her first Playmate photoshoot. “I grew up in a small Norwegian village, where there was no such thing as a life of glamor,” explains Lillian. “Now, in Hollywood, I find so many people who are beautiful, erotic, and sensuous. They have style.

They dress up to make undressing that much more fun. Even everyday gestures are sexy. It’s good to celebrate life.” The celebration didn’t end once her reign as our Miss August 1975 came to an end. Lillian was back in Norway when she received a phone call that changed her life—she was made our Playmate of the Year. “I want to be successful and look after my family. I love them a lot. I am the lucky one. I’ve also always wanted to be a film star. The glamour excites me and I’d love to have my name in lights,” says our Miss 1976. “Being Playmate, and now Playmate of the Year, has been a catalyst in my life. I’ve been exposed to so many fine people; Hef shows two or three films a week and half of Hollywood attends the screenings. I can find out how the movies were made. I can also arrange private showings, which are a big help. I guess I’m a lot like everyone else; the first time I see a film I watch the action, the second time, the acting.

Stunning Norse beauty Lillian Müller found a lot to love during her first experience with sunshine, style and Hef’s home, the Playboy Mansion. “In Hollywood, I find so many people who are beautiful,” she said. “They dress up to make undressing that much more fun. Even everyday gestures are sexy.” Those sound like the kind of role models that this sensational and shapely beauty emulated during her Playmate of the Year pictorial. Filled with glitz, sexy sophistication and multiple views of Lillian’s blessed figure, it’s a pinnacle of pulse-quickening photography.