Not someone instantly associated with beauty, glamour and a sexy body, but Barbra Streisand still managed to make it the cover of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine in October 1977 following her success in the movie, A Star is Born which won Barbra her second Academy Award for Best Original Song as composer of the song “Evergreen”.

Barbra’s mother, Diana Ida had discouraged her daughter from pursuing a show business career, stating that she was not attractive enough, and encouraged her to learn to type instead. Clearly Streisand herself remained undeterred by the comments and her mother was proved wrong when her daughter graced the cover of the world’s most iconic men’s magazine, Playboy.

Along with her appearance as a Playboy model, Barbra also holds the accolade of being in a group of best selling artists which includes, The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. She has won two Oscars, been nominated for numerous other awards and has appeared in several blockbuster movies such as, The Way We Were, with Robert Redford, with Kris Kristofferson in A Star is Born, The Prince of Tides, with Nick Nolte and Meet the Fockers with Dustin Hoffman and another Playboy model, Teri Polo.