Editing FHM

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{{short description|Men's lifestyle magazine}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| title = FHM
| logo = FHM.svg
| image_file = FHM October 2014.jpg
| image_caption = Cover of the October 2014 issue, featuring [[Natalie Dormer]]
| editor = Nick Dimengo
| category = [[List of men's magazines#Men's lifestyle magazines|Men's lifestyle]]
| firstdate = {{start date and age|1985}}
| finaldate = February 2016
| company = [[Bauer Media Group]]
| language = English
| website = {{URL|fhm.com}}
}}

'''''FHM''''' ('''For Him Magazine''') was a printed British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries. It contained features such as the [[FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)|''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fhm.com/posts/michelle-keegan-95580 |title=Michelle Keegan - FHM |access-date=18 June 2016 |archive-date=15 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115160559/http://www.fhm.com/posts/michelle-keegan-95580 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fhm.com/|title=FHM Men's Magazine. Sexy Girls, News & Men's Fashion (homepage) |work=FHM|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref>

The final printed issue of British ''FHM'' was dated February 2016, after which the magazine moved to a digital-only platform, with updated daily content on topics such as dating tips, style advice, viral news, sports and entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2016/01/07/fhm-magazine-bids-its-readers-farewell-in-stunning-fashion-with-holly-willoughby-covering-its-final-issue-5606496/|title=FHM Magazine bids its readers farewell in stunning fashion with Holly Willoughby covering its final issue|date=7 January 2016 |access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref>

==History==
The magazine began publication in 1985 in the UK under the name ''For Him Magazine''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Di Hand|author2=Steve Middleditch|title=Design for Media: A Handbook for Students and Professionals in Journalism, PR, and Advertising|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UrAABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|access-date=2 August 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-86402-8|page=8}}</ref> and changed its title to '''''FHM''''' in May 1992, although the full ''For Him Magazine'' continued to be printed on the spine of each issue. The first woman to appear on the cover was [[Gina Bellman]] in February 1993.{{Cn|date=March 2024}} The trend towards female cover stars grew over the following year, with both [[Naomi Campbell]] and [[Andie MacDowell]] appearing.{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}

Circulation expanded to newsagents as a quarterly by the spring of 1987 and then monthly in 1994. EMAP Consumer Media bought the magazine in 1994 and it subsequently went on to dominate the UK men's market and began to expand internationally, being published in 32 countries including India.<ref name=bbcz /> 

{{anchor|High Street Honeys}}FHM's High Street Honey competition (2002—) awards £10,000, an FHM TV presenting job and the chance to appear on the FHM front cover.<ref>{{cite news |title=Watford shop worker in FHM final |url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/4187882.watford-shop-worker-in-fhm-high-street-honey-final/ |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Watford Observer |date=9 March 2009 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tanya bids for High Street Honey title |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7051272.tanya-bids-high-street-honey-title/ |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=The Northern Echo |date=2 December 2002 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="independent/5348723">{{cite news |title=Inside story: High Street Honeys go global |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-high-street-honeys-go-global-5348723.html |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=The Independent |date=31 October 2005 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Top Ten High Street Honeys |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/top-ten-high-street-honeys |website=Getty Images |access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref>

On 17 November 2015, British ''FHM'' announced their intention to suspend publication alongside that of fellow men's magazine ''[[Zoo Weekly|Zoo]],'' leaving the publication available via its website at FHM.com.<ref name=bbcz>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34845063|title=FHM and Zoo magazines to suspend publication|work=BBC News|date=17 November 2015|access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=FHM magazine and Zoo to be suspended |url=https://filmindustry.network/fhm-magazine-and-zoo-to-be-suspended/29915 |publisher=Film Industry Network |date=17 November 2015}}</ref>

The final print edition appeared in February 2016, with ''[[Holly Willoughby]]'' as its cover model.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/holly-willoughby-bids-a-fond-farewell-to-fhm-as-she-poses-on-final-cover-of-lads-mag-a3150311.html | title=Holly Willoughby poses on cover of final issue of lads' mag FHM | date=7 January 2016 }}</ref>

In August 2016, under the guidance of BauerXcel Media, a property of [[Bauer Media Group]], Nick Dimengo took over as the senior editor of FHM.com.

==''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World==
{{See also|FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)}}

Each of ''FHM''{{'}}s international editions publish yearly rankings for the sexiest women alive based on public and editorial 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. The data below refer ''only'' to the British edition (the rankings for the international editions vary widely, with many top-ranking women in some editions not appearing at all in others).

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Choice
! Age
! Notes
|-
| 1995
| [[Claudia Schiffer]]
| &nbsp; 25
| First supermodel to have won the accolade
|-
| 1996
| [[Gillian Anderson]]
| &nbsp; 28
| First winner voted for by the public
|-
| 1997
| [[Teri Hatcher]]
| &nbsp; 33
| First woman over 30 to win the accolade
|-
| 1998
| [[Jenny McCarthy]]
| &nbsp; 26
| Former Playboy Playmate
|-
| 1999
| [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]
| &nbsp; 22
| American actress
|-
| 2000
| rowspan="2" | [[Jennifer Lopez]]
| &nbsp; 31
| rowspan="2" | First woman to win the accolade twice
|-
| 2001
| &nbsp; 32
|-
| 2002
| [[Anna Kournikova]]
| &nbsp; 22
| Only athlete to win the accolade
|-
| 2003
| [[Halle Berry]]
| &nbsp; 37
| American actress. Oldest winner
|-
| 2003
| [[Kristanna Loken]]
| &nbsp; 23
| American actress
|-
| 2004
| [[Britney Spears]]
| &nbsp; 22
| American singer
|-
| 2005
| [[Kelly Brook]]
| &nbsp; 25
| First British winner
|-
| 2006
| [[Keira Knightley]]
| &nbsp; 21
| British actress. Youngest winner
|-
| 2007
| [[Jessica Alba]]
| &nbsp; 26
| American actress
|-
| 2008
| [[Megan Fox]]
| &nbsp; 22
| American actress
|-
| 2009
| rowspan="2" | [[Cheryl (singer)|Cheryl Cole]]
| &nbsp; 25
| rowspan="2" | British singer
|-
| 2010
| &nbsp; 26
|-
| 2011
| [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]]
| &nbsp; 24
| British model
|-
| 2012
| [[Tulisa]]
| &nbsp; 23
| British singer
|-
| 2013
| [[Mila Kunis]]
| &nbsp; 29
| American actress
|-
| 2014
| [[Jennifer Lawrence]]
| &nbsp; 23
| American actress
|-
| 2015
| [[Michelle Keegan]]
| &nbsp; 27
| British actress
|-
| 2016
| [[Margot Robbie]]
| &nbsp; 26
| Australian actress
|-
| 2017
| [[Gal Gadot]]
| &nbsp; 32
| Israeli actress
|}

==''FHM'' international==
''FHM'' was published in the following territories.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:25%;"| Country
! style="width:55%;"| Publisher
|-
| ''[[FHM Australia]]''
| [[Bauer Media Group]], published 1998–2012<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-16 |title=FHM magazine to cease production - May cover-date issue will be the last print edition |url=https://campaignbrief.com/version10-starthtml0000000149-187/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Campaign Brief |language=en-AU}}</ref>
|-
| ''FHM Bulgaria''
| 
|-

| ''FHM Canada''
| Published between 1995<ref>{{cite journal|first2=Mariam |last2=Diagne|first1=Nizar |last1=Souiden|title=Canadian and French men's consumption of cosmetics|journal=Journal of Consumer Marketing|date=2009|volume=26|issue=2|doi=10.1108/07363760910940465|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242346322|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> and 2007<ref>{{cite journal|first=Rosemary |last=Ricciardelli |display-authors=et al |title=Investigating Hegemonic Masculinity: Portrayals of Masculinity in Men's Lifestyle Magazines|journal=Sex Roles|date=2010|volume=63|issue=1–2 |pages=64–78 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225204116|access-date=14 March 2016|doi=10.1007/s11199-010-9764-8|s2cid=143521323 }}</ref>
|-
| ''FHM China''
| Trends Press
|-
| ''FHM Denmark''
| Benjamin Publications A/S
|-
|''FHM Estonia''
|-
| ''FHM France''
| [[Emap]] then [[Mondadori]] then 1633 Publishing, closed in 2014
|-
| ''FHM Germany''
| Published between October 2000 and November 2012
|-
| ''FHM Greece''
| [[Lambrakis Publications]], closed in December 2007
|-
| ''FHM Holland''
| Free Media Group, closed in June 2013
|-
| ''FHM Hungary''
| Jessica Szekeres
|-
| ''[[FHM (India)|FHM India]]''
| TCG Media Group<ref>[http://www.tcg.media/publishing.php Publishing: Magazines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205093926/https://www.tcg.media/publishing.php |date=5 February 2021 }}, TCG Media website. Retrieved 20 October 2015.</ref>
|-
| ''FHM Indonesia''
| [[Mugi Rekso Abadi|MRA Media Group]], closed in December 2017
|-
| ''FHM Japan''
|
|-
| ''FHM Latvia''
| Lilita
|-
| ''FHM Lithuania''
|
|-
| ''FHM Malaysia''
| Astro Digital Publications Sdn Bhd, closed in January 2016
|-
| ''FHM Mexico''
|
|-
| ''FHM Norway''
| [[Bonnier Group]], closed in August 2014
|-
| ''FHM Tajikistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan''
| 
|-
| ''FHM Philippines''
| [[Summit Media]], closed on 1 May 2018
|-
| ''FHM Portugal''
| [[Impresa|Impresa Publishing]] (formerly [[Editora Abril|Abril]]/controljornal, closed on 25 February 2010)<ref>{{cite news|title=FHM to close|url=http://www.publicitas.com/spain/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=36386&title=portugal-fhm-to-close#.VM_aIGSsXRA|access-date=2 February 2015|work=Publicitas|date=12 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203045208/http://www.publicitas.com/spain/media-news-events/news-detail/?newsid=36386&title=portugal-fhm-to-close#.VM_aIGSsXRA|archive-date=3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
| ''FHM Romania''
| Published between April 2000 and August 2014
|-
| ''FHM Russia''
| Closed in 2016
|-
| ''FHM Singapore''
| [[Mediacorp]], closed in September 2015<ref>{{cite news|title=Singapore FHM ends its run|work=Channel NewsAsia|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-fhm-ends-its/2088720.html|date=31 August 2015| url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021070236/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-fhm-ends-its/2088720.html | archive-date=2015-10-21 }}</ref>
|-
| ''FHM Slovenia''
| VideoTop, closed in March 2013
|-
| ''FHM South Africa''
| [[Media24]]
|-
| ''FHM Spain''
| Published between January 2004 and March 2017
|-
| ''FHM Sweden''
| Currently published
|-
| ''FHM Taiwan''
| Taiwan Publishing Co, currently published
|-
| ''FHM Thailand''
| Inspire Entertainment
|-
| ''FHM Turkey''
| Saffron Media
|-
| ''FHM UK''
| Bauer Media Group (only online)
|-
| ''FHM US''
| Defunct
|}

==See also==
* [[The Girls of FHM|The Girls of ''FHM'']]
* [[List of men's magazines]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.fhm.com}}

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