Zoo Magazine 11-17 February 2005 Jennifer Ellison Sophie Anderton Issue 53 SKU 1464

Original Zoo Magazine, Issue 53, dated 11-17 February 2005. This is an early mid-2000s issue of the British men’s weekly, combining glamour/model photography with football, comedy, cars, entertainment, television and regular Zoo features.

The front cover is headed by a large “50 Hottest Brit Girls” feature and advertises a 16-page Rude Archive Special, with numerous British glamour/model personalities represented throughout the issue.

Models & Glamour Features

The supplied photographs show a particularly model-heavy issue, including:

• Jennifer Ellison – prominently featured within the magazine and clearly identified as the winner of the photographed “Brit Awards for Babes” feature. She is shown in a blue-and-white striped bikini in a large full-page image.
• Sophie Anderton – specifically referenced in the photographed contents as part of the issue’s glamour/model coverage.
• Jodi/Jodie – shown and named as part of the glamour material.
• Tina
• Nikki
• Lucy
• Further British models/glamour personalities appear throughout the large archive feature.

One of the photographed spreads is headed “The Brit Awards For Babes”, presented as part of the magazine’s 16-page Rude Archive Special. It contains a collage of numerous British glamour personalities in lingerie, swimwear and posed studio photography, followed by an awards-style selection across several categories.

A later photographed double-page spread shows Jennifer Ellison receiving the “Winner” treatment with a large beach/swimwear photograph, making her one of the strongest identifiable model features in this particular issue.

Magazine Contents

The contents page shows the typical wide-ranging Zoo format of the period. Alongside the glamour material, this issue includes:

• Premiership’s Top 20 Nutters football feature.
• Football coverage and imagery involving Premiership players.
• A masterplan / Germany 2006 football feature.
• Snooker coverage.
• Cars, including a prominent Ferrari photograph.
• Music coverage including Bloc Party.
• Film reviews.
• Television features.
• Games coverage.
• Regular Jimmy Carr material.
• Regular humour, jokes, letters and weekly columns.
• The photographed rear/inside material also promotes football features and motoring content, including Tokyo Car Show coverage.

This makes the issue a strong piece of 2005 British pop-culture nostalgia, especially for collectors of Zoo, early-2000s glamour magazines, football-related magazines and Jennifer Ellison memorabilia.

Poster / Insert

No separate poster is clearly shown in the supplied photographs, so no poster is being claimed as included.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage magazine in good overall used condition for its age.

From the photographs:

• Front cover remains bright, colourful and presentable.
• Light surface handling marks are visible from normal previous use.
• Some edge and corner wear, particularly around the spine and outer corners.
• Light rubbing and small areas of wear/chipping are visible along the spine edge.
• Slight curling/bowing to some corners and page edges.
• Interior pages shown remain bright with good colour.
• Centre spreads photographed appear intact and readable.
• No obvious large tears, heavy staining or handwritten markings can be seen in the supplied images.
• Some minor age-related page and edge wear should be expected from a weekly magazine dating from February 2005.

Please examine all photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description and show the exact magazine being offered.

SKU 1464