| Editor | Colin Kennedy |
|---|---|
| Categories | Men's lifestyle |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | 1985- |
| Company | Bauer Media Group |
| Country | United Kingdom (origin) |
| Language | Various |
| Website | http://www.fhm.com |
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.
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The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For Him Magazine continues to be printed on the spine of each issue.
Circulation expanded to newsagents as a quarterly by the spring of 1987. After the emergence of James Brown's Loaded magazine (regarded as the blueprint for the lad's mag genre), For Him Magazine firmed up its editorial approach to compete with the expanding market and introduced a sports supplement. It then went monthly and changed its name to FHM. It subsequently dominated the men's market and began to expand locally.
FHM was sold as part of the publishing company sale, from EMAP to German company Bauer Media Group in February 2008.
Each of FHM's international editions publish yearly rankings for the sexiest women alive based on public voting through the magazine's website. Dates of magazine issues, winners, ages of winners at the time of selection, and pertinent comments are listed below for the UK edition.
| Year | Choice | Age | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Claudia Schiffer | 25 | Only supermodel to have won the award | |
| 1996 | Gillian Anderson | 28 | First TV star to win the award. First winner voted for by the public. | |
| 1997 | Teri Hatcher | 33 | ||
| 1998 | Jenny McCarthy | 26 | ||
| 1999 | Sarah Michelle Gellar | 22 | ||
| 2000 | Jennifer Lopez | 31 | ||
| 2001 | Jennifer Lopez | 32 | First person to win the award twice. | |
| 2002 | Anna Kournikova | 22 | First and only athlete to win the award. | |
| 2003 | Halle Berry | 37 | Oldest person to win the award | |
| 2004 | Britney Spears | 23 | ||
| 2005 | Kelly Brook | 26 | ||
| 2006 | Keira Knightley | 21 | Youngest winner | |
| 2007 | Jessica Alba | 26 | ||
| 2008 | Megan Fox | 22 | ||
| 2009 | Cheryl Cole | 25 | ||
| 2010 | Cheryl Cole | 26 |
FHM publishes in 26 territories, including Australia, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States[1], FHM previously also published in Denmark:
There is no printed edition of FHM published in the Americas. The magazine is only available online at www.fhmonline.com.
The French edition of FHM has been published since 1999 by 1633 Publishing.
The German edition of FHM is published by Mitte Editionen GmbH in Berlin.
The Hungarian edition of FHM was published by SanomaBudapest until December 2009.
The Lithuanian edition of FHM is published by Leidykla Lilita.
The Norwegian edition of FHM is published by Benjamin Publications, now a subsidiary of Bonnier Media AS in Oslo.
The Danish edition of FHM was published from ???? to March 2009[2] by Benjamin Publications, who continue to publish the similar local magazine M!. In one issue the (male) editor posed nude (with no parts showing) in a miniature picture above his editorial while the (female) editor of the sex-column posed identically above her column, the former picture was subsequently the subject of satirical comments in FHM UK, without the context of the identical female picture.
The Portuguese edition of FHM is published by Edimpresa, the publishing arm of the Impresa media group.
The Romanian edition of FHM is published by FHM team.
The Russian edition of FHM has been published since 2001 in Moscow; since 2007 by Rodionov Publishing House. Its publisher was Evgeny Dodolev. He had showed that operating a periodical in Russia was much easier without the burden of Western libel laws. In July 2008 issue Dodolev had published nude pictures of five FHM Russia's employees including his own secretary, Chief marketing officer, VP of Event Departament, Executive Culture Director and Head Editor of the magazine. This story referred to a new cost reduction and mocked some methods of budget cutting in Publishing company. FHM Russia employees were never paid for acting as nude models. The issue had huge coverage in Russian media[3][4]. The magazine's website was even briefly closed, but has since re-opened. The publication has had a record-breaking number of Editors-in-Chief: five in only two years (2007–2009).
The Serbian edition of FHM was published by Color Press Group. Started in 2007, instead of globally known celebrities, the magazine mostly relies on local personalities (actresses, TV presenters, singers, socialites, sportswomen etc.) for spreads and articles such as Aleksandra Jeftanović, Ivana Stamenković Sindi, Ena Popov, Sunčica Travica, Kalina Kovačević, Miranda Viđak, Vojislava Lukić, etc. It is no longer published there under licence by FHM International.
The Spanish edition of FHM is published by Focus Ediciones.
The South African edition of FHM is published by UpperCase Media. The editor is Hagan Engler.
The Chinese edition of FHM has been published since May 2004 by Trends Magazines in Beijing.
The Indian edition of FHM is published by Next Gen Publishing Limited.
The Indonesian edition of FHM is published by MRA Printed Media.
The Philippines edition of FHM is printed by Summit Media.
The Singaporean edition of FHM is published by Measat Media.
The Thai edition of FHM is published by Inspire Entertainment.
The Australian edition of FHM is published by ACP Magazines. The editor is Guy Mosel.
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