been an editor in 1975, Emory Holmes returned to the Players staff as editor for a second time in 1981. Holmes made changes to the magazine to refocus on "soldiers" and "prisoners". The early Morriss and Weinstock version of Players'' magazine turned away many investors as it was considered "so low-minded, low-rent, vulgar, and unconscionable." But Holmes reached out to gain support from these investors in his second appearance as editor in an attempt to change the image of the magazine. "[Holmes] started putting girls in the magazine that [he] would want to date, Sometimes they did have big tits. Sometimes they just had golden eyes, or a luscious smile, or an intense gaze, or something else that was just indefinable, ineffable." Holmes indicates a shift in the magazine's selection and portrayal of models, with an increased focus around class signifiers, in terms of clothing, subject matter, or the women's bodies/features themselves, all in hopes of ditching Players' low-tier reputation and reframing it as a high class magazine. Models featured in Players Magazine References Sources African-American magazines Men's magazines published in the United States Defunct literary magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1973 Magazines disestablished in 2005 Magazines published in Los Angeles