MarkLives.com runs a regular slot featuring the best local and international magazine covers every week. We recognise well thought out, powerful and interesting (and hopefully all three in one) magazine covers and celebrate the mix of pragmatism, creativity and personal taste that created each of them. By media blogger MediaSlut.
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What makes a cover sexy? Some people like just a bit of skin, others the whole shebang.
Special mention: Marie Claire South Africa, March 2012
There’s no denying that Jenna Petersen is extremely hot, or that Jack Parow is extremely zef. Together they somehow made this cover work, and eventhough Jack brings down the Sexy-o-meter on the cover, it’s worthy Special Mention. It’s all for a good cause anyway.
10. Playboy South Africa, November 2012
Lips can be sexy. And these definitely are!
9. Men’s Health South Africa, April 2012
Some like it on, some like it off. Some like the option, and some like the mystery. Men’s Health South Africa gave readers the option with the April 2012 cover… I prefer it off.
8. GQ South Africa, April 2012
All steamed up. Hottest stomach. Comes in at #8.
7. Esquire, November 2012
Mila Kunis is one sexy lady, and this cover is just amazing (everything from styling to typography and design), and is a hot #7.
6. Interview (Russia and Germany), February 2012
Those bee-stung lips! Interview gave us the priveladge of seeing two options of this cover with Lana del Rey.
5. The Portland Mercury, 7 November 2012
Hey, don’t judge! Some like it dirty and eatable…
4. GUP, Issue 34
Simple. Smoky. Striking.
3. FHM South Africa, February 2012
Why this FHM cover out of all the others? It feels un-posed – it feels like an an intimate picture her boyfriend took, and Instagrammed.
2. G Magazine, 2012
Yup we picked a gay porno title for #2, but if you get turned on by the clever use of fonts you won’t fault us… Then there’s the guy, the tattoo’s, the glasses, the layout. G is for grrrr!
1. Playboy South Africa, April 2012
Twins. Double the trouble. Double the fun. Double the sexiness. Double the sex. The Jenzen twins were the first twin-Playmates of South Africa, in celebration of Playboy SA’s 2nd year in the market. A fantacy for just about every straight guy and a lot of girls. Everyone wins!
Are those South African magazine covers. Where’s the black people?