FHM High Street Honeys 2006 Magazine The Top 100 Special SKU 1520

Original FHM High Street Honeys 2006 – The Top 100 special magazine, dedicated entirely to the annual High Street Honeys competition and showcasing the 100 finalists selected from more than 50,000 entries.

DATE

September 2006

Contemporary coverage from 11 September 2006 refers to this as that month’s FHM High Street Honeys special, while the magazine itself shows voting continuing into early October 2006.

This is a standalone FHM special rather than a regular monthly issue, making it particularly appealing to collectors of early-2000s FHM publications and High Street Honeys memorabilia.

MAGAZINE DETAILS

The front cover has a distinctive black design with a repeating FHM background pattern, bordered in white, with the central panel reading:

FHM High Street Honeys 2006 – The Top 100

The opening editorial explains that the 2006 competition attracted over 50,000 entries, from which the magazine staff selected the final Top 100. Readers were then invited to choose their favourite contestant, with the overall winner competing for a major FHM prize including a cover appearance and cash award.

The introduction is signed by Ross Brown, Editor, FHM, and the publication credits include FHM International Network / Emap Consumer Media Ltd.

THE TOP 100 FEATURE

The magazine is essentially a large photographic directory of the 100 finalists.

Each entrant is given an individual numbered feature with photography and brief personal information. The photographed pages show a mixture of portrait and glamour-style studio photography, with contestants appearing in lingerie, swimwear and fashion shoots.

Visible examples include:

• No. 71 – Charlotte McKenna
• No. 72 – Emma Hayes, aged 27, from Cheshire
• numerous additional numbered entrants throughout the publication

The photographed Vote Now section at the rear is particularly useful for collectors, as it contains thumbnail images of all 100 contestants, numbered from 1 through 100 and arranged across a double-page spread.

This makes the special an extensive record of the FHM High Street Honeys 2006 competition, rather than simply a short feature.

READER VOTING SECTION

The rear section contains the original competition voting instructions, with options originally offered by:

• text
• online voting
• postal entry

These voting methods are of course now obsolete, but they form an interesting part of the original publication and help date the magazine firmly to the mid-2000s era.

The editorial states that readers were choosing the final contenders from the Top 100, with a deadline during October 2006.

CONDITION

Pre-owned vintage condition with visible signs of handling and storage.

From the supplied photographs:

• front cover remains present and displays well overall
• noticeable light rubbing and surface wear to the black cover
• several small scuffs and marks visible across the front
• light vertical and handling marks to the cover finish
• mild edge wear around the outer edges
• some rubbing along the spine edge
• corners show light wear and slight softening
• lower edges show minor shelf/storage wear
• internal pages appear generally clean, bright and securely bound
• pages show some natural curvature from age and use
• centre and inner pages shown remain intact
• no obvious major tears are visible in the photographed areas
• no obvious water damage is visible
• no obvious writing or annotations can be seen
• rear voting pages remain present
• colours remain strong for a publication from 2006

Overall it presents as a used but complete-looking collector copy, with the most noticeable wear being surface rubbing and general age-related handling to the outer cover.

Please study all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.

ORIGINAL EXTRAS / ITEMS

Any loose gifts, promotional items, posters, cards, supplements, vouchers or other separate items that may originally have been supplied with this magazine are no longer included unless they are clearly shown in the photographs.

The sale is for the FHM High Street Honeys 2006 magazine and its currently attached contents only.

PACKAGING

The magazine will be packed carefully to help protect the cover, spine, corners and internal pages during transit.

UK orders: sent in a hardback envelope for firm protection and to help minimise bending.

International orders: sent in a cardboard mail-size box for additional protection during longer-distance transit.

SKU 1520