Avril Lund
Penthouse Pet of the Month, March 1973 and Pet of the Year 1974

Avril Lund Bio Editor's Choice Pet of The Year 1974

April 4, 1950 - September 18, 2013 / Aries / Age 63

Avril Lund was an Irish-born Penthouse model, nude model, and actress, born Avril Lundberg on April 4, 1950 in Dublin, Ireland.

Avril Lund was crowned Penthouse Pet of the Month in March 1973 before rising to the coveted title of Pet of the Year 1974, stepping into the spotlight at 22 years old. With her statuesque 40-24-36 figure, hypnotic green eyes, silky black hair, and prominent natural breasts, Avril exudes a confident sensuality that feels effortless, natural, and undeniably captivating.

Avril Lund represents one of the magazine’s earliest and most intriguing transformations. Elegant, composed, and distinctly British in bearing, Avril embodied the contrast that defined early Penthouse — sophistication paired with bold revelation.

Before stepping into the world of international glamour, Avril lived a remarkably different life. In West Sussex, England, she worked as both a Sunday school teacher and a psychiatric nurse at St. Francis Psychiatric Hospital in Haywards Heath. The transition from hospital corridors and parish classrooms to the pages of Penthouse was as dramatic as it was symbolic of the era’s shifting cultural boundaries.

Her March 1973 pictorial, photographed by Bob Guccione, framed her with the moody, European sensuality that defined the magazine’s early visual language. Guccione’s lens emphasized atmosphere and quiet confidence, presenting Avril not simply as a nude model, but as a woman stepping deliberately into a new identity. Readers responded strongly, and within a year she was named Pet of the Year — a testament to the impact of her debut.

Avril Lund remains emblematic of Penthouse’s formative years: when the magazine blurred the lines between restraint and daring, tradition and liberation, and when a woman with a conventional past could redefine herself on an international stage.