This year the annual FLEX lingerie issue took a slightly different approach. The January 2008 issue of FLEX looks back on 11 years of hottest shots and the cover features a woman outside of the NPC/IFBB. UFC’s Rachelle Leah is the cover model this month. Some women in the fitness industry have stated that using women outside of the industry is insulting. Rachelle Leah looks like she could hold her own on a competitive stage, but does this matter? At the end of the day, the goal of any magazine is to sell. When you place an attractive woman who has more name recognition (to the mainstream audience) than most competitors, it sells magazines. Rachelle has muscle but not too much which is often the criticism for many competitors who are looking to get published. I think she looks great and when I first saw the issue I wondered what competitor was featured. What are your thoughts?
Current FLEX Magazine Cover with Rachelle Leah.
Inside the magazine readers will get a chance to see some of today’s (and yesterday’s) hottest fitness faces. The first FLEX Lingerie Special appeared in the October 1996 issue. The photography is shot by Rober Reiff.
The list of those published in this issue:
2007 – Jelena Abbou
2007 – Julie Lohre & Kendra Elias
2005 – Carla Sanchez
2003 – Elaine Goodlad
2003 – Timea Majorova
2003 – Sharon Christian
2002 – Jenny Worth
2002 – Kary Odiatu
2002 – Timea Marjorova
2001 – Beth Horn
2000 – Stacy Simon
1999 – Amanda Blank & Laurie Vaniman
1999 – Lena Johannesen
1998 РAlexanra B̩res
1998 – Minna Lessig
1998- MaDonna Grimes & Minna Lessig
1997 – Leigh Annna Ross
1997 – Sharon Bruneau
1997 – Barbara Moran
1997 – Milamar Flores
1996 – Erica Kern
1996 – Cory Everson
1996 – Sharon Bruneau
1996 – Monica Brant
