Maxim Magazine March 2000 Luciana Gimenez Alison Armitage Issue 59 SKU 1479

Original Maxim Magazine, March 2000, Issue No. 59, featuring Luciana Gimenez as the principal cover model.

The striking purple and orange front cover is dominated by a full-length glamour photograph of Gimenez, with the large headline “STONE ME!” and the accompanying line “Jagger’s Squeeze Aims To Please.” The supplied interior contents page specifically identifies Luciana Gimenez as the cover girl, confirming her as the featured model for this issue.

The interior photographs provide a useful look at the magazine’s contents and show that this is a substantial turn-of-the-millennium issue mixing model photography, celebrity features, fashion, humour, gadgets, travel, motoring and lifestyle material.

Model-related content visibly confirmed from the contents includes:

• Luciana Gimenez – main cover model / cover girl
• Alison Armitage – featured in “Heat Seeker” beginning on page 76, described in the contents as a British woman attracting attention in the United States
• Jane Leeves – pictured with a feature beginning on page 100
• A large photographed feature on the opposite contents page shows a woman described as “the artist formerly known as Mick’s girlfriend”, connected to the article beginning on page 50

The main contents photographed include:

• Warning! Contents May Be Hot – page 34
• After You, Mick – page 50
• “I Don’t Believe It!” – page 66
• Heat Seeker – Alison Armitage – page 76
• Pull Any Woman You Want – page 84
• Analyse This! – Jane Leeves – page 100
• A Town Called Sheila – page 104
• Reality – page 14
• Virtual Reality – page 25
• Gabriel Byrne – page 28
• What She Wants – page 31
• How To... – page 40
• Legion of the Dumb – page 60
• True Crime – page 94
• Fashion Special – page 113

The Fashion Special is advertised as a substantial 28-page section, covering clothing for spring/summer together with health and fitness, travel, food and drink, cars and bikes, gadgets, movies, games, music, books and sport.

The cover itself also promotes this 28-page fashion special, alongside unusual facts, a Foreign Legion feature and various lifestyle/how-to articles.

The photographed contents pages additionally show competitions and reader offers, including prizes such as games consoles, travel accessories, sunglasses, cameras, mobile phones and other contemporary items, giving the issue a particularly strong early-2000s lifestyle and technology feel.

This is a distinctive early Maxim issue for collectors, especially due to its Luciana Gimenez cover, bold late-1990s/early-2000s design and mixture of glamour photography, fashion and period lifestyle features.

Magazine / Item Details

• Publication: Maxim
• Issue: No. 59
• Full date: March 2000
• Type: Men’s lifestyle / entertainment magazine
• Original UK cover price: £2.80
• Main cover model: Luciana Gimenez
• Luciana Gimenez specifically identified as Cover Girl in the contents
• Alison Armitage feature begins on page 76
• Jane Leeves feature shown from page 100
• Gabriel Byrne feature listed on page 28
• Large 28-page Fashion Special
• Additional subjects include gadgets, travel, motoring, true crime, humour and lifestyle
• Bright purple/orange photographic cover
• Barcode and March 2000 date visible on the lower-right
• Supplied photographs show the front cover, multiple contents pages and exterior spine/back-cover area

Condition

Condition has been assessed from all four supplied photographs, including the front cover, interior contents pages and the exterior/spine view.

This is a used vintage copy with general handling and storage wear, but it remains reasonably presentable overall.

The front cover shows visible surface rubbing, fine scratches and light scuffing, particularly across the darker purple areas where handling marks are easier to see.

There is wear along the left-hand spine, including repeated small stress lines, rubbing and areas of whitening where the cover has flexed. The spine nevertheless appears to remain attached and intact in the supplied side photograph.

The top-left corner and top edge show light rubbing and minor bending, with small areas of edge wear visible. There is also light wear around the upper-right edge.

The bottom-left corner and lower spine area are somewhat worn, with visible rubbing, small creases and whitening. The bottom edge has further light shelf/handling wear.

The bottom-right corner shows minor wear and slight curling/bending, while the right-hand outer edge has some light rubbing.

The front cover remains bright and strongly coloured overall, with Luciana Gimenez’s photograph, the MAXIM masthead, headlines, date and barcode all clear and readable.

The interior pages shown appear generally clean, intact and well printed, with strong colour and no obvious major tears or detached pages visible in the photographed sections. There is normal page curvature from the magazine being opened for photography, along with minor handling wear at the edges.

The exterior/spine photograph shows the magazine retaining a reasonably flat overall shape, with no obvious severe spine separation or major structural damage visible.

No obvious handwriting or major staining can be seen in the supplied photographs.

Overall, this is a presentable used March 2000 copy with moderate cover, edge and spine wear, while the photographed interior remains clean and readable.

SKU 1479