| Editor | Joe Barnes |
|---|---|
| Categories | Men's lifestyle |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 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 actress to win the award. First winner voted for by the public. |
| 1997 | Teri Hatcher | 33 | First woman over 30 to win the award. |
| 1998 | Jenny McCarthy | 26 | |
| 1999 | Sarah Michelle Gellar | 22 | |
| 2000 | Jennifer Lopez | 31 | |
| 2001 | Jennifer Lopez | 32 | First woman to win the award twice in a row. |
| 2002 | Anna Kournikova | 22 | First and only athlete to win the award. |
| 2003 | Halle Berry | 37 | Oldest woman to win the award / First black woman. |
| 2004 | Britney Spears | 22 | |
| 2005 | Kelly Brook | 25 | |
| 2006 | Keira Knightley | 21 | Youngest winner |
| 2007 | Jessica Alba | 26 | |
| 2008 | Megan Fox | 22 | |
| 2009 | Cheryl Cole | 25 | |
| 2010 | Cheryl Cole | 26 | Second woman to win the award twice in a row. |
| 2011 | Rosie Huntington-Whiteley | 24 |
FHM publishes in 22 territories, including Australia, Croatia, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom.
There is currently no printed edition of FHM published in the Americas, since FHM ceased their publication in that region in January 2007.
The German edition of FHM is published by All Type Media GmbH in Munich.
The Hungarian edition of FHM was published by SanomaBudapest until December 2009.
The Norwegian edition of FHM is published by Benjamin Publications, now a subsidiary of Bonnier Media AS in Oslo.
The Russian edition of FHM has been published since 2001 in Moscow; since 2007 by Rodionov Publishing House.
The Spanish edition of FHM is published by MC Ediciones (previously by Focus Ediciones)
The South African edition of FHM is published by Media 24. The editor is Hagen Engler. The January 2012 cover girl is Port Elizabeth-born Gabriella Demetriades.
The Chinese edition of FHM has been published since May 2004 by Trends in Beijing.
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 MediaCorp Pte Ltd.
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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