When it comes to the famous women who have graced covers of Maxim throughout the magazine’s 21-year history, it’s hard to pick a favorite. From names synonymous with the 1990s like Carmen Electra and Pamela Anderson to America’s newest sweethearts like Ashley Graham and Hailey Baldwin, we’ve seen the cover of the iconic sultry magazine transform before our eyes.
Continue on to see who was on the cover issue of every Maxim magazine in history.
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1997-1998
1997:
Christa Miller
Jill Hennessy
Carmen Electra *
Gena Lee Nolin
1998:
Famke Janssen
Alyssa Milano
Natasha Henstridge
Donna D’Errico
Rebecca Romijn
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Christina Applegate
Rebecca Gayheart
Jennifer Esposito
Yasmine Bleeth
1999-2000
1999:
Bridge Fonda
Rose McGowan
Lucy Lawless
Caprice Bourret
Shannen Doherty
Michelle Williams
Pamela Anderson *
Melissa Joan Hart
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Lara Flynn Boyle
2000:
Shannon Elizabeth
Kim Smith
Jenny McCarthy
Jodi Lyn O’Keefe
Kristy Swanson
Katherine Heigl
Halle Berry, Rebecca Romijn, Famke Janssen
Tyra Banks, Isabella Miko
Kirsten Dunst
Jessica Alba
Magdalena Wróbel, Michelle Behennah, Yamila Diaz
Tara Reid
2001-2002
2001:
Laura Prepon
Denise Richards
Monica Potter
Ali Larter
Eliza Dushku
Saira Mohan, Jennifer Lamiraqui
Brittany Murphy
Helena Bonham Carter
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Jolene Blalock
Jules Asner
Jaime Presley
2002:
Jessica Simpson
Amanda Marcum
Tara Reid
Leonor Varela
Kelly Hu
Jeri Ryan
Shakira
Beyoncé *
Lucy Liu
Mila Kunis
Rebecca Romijn
Carmen Electra, Christina Aguilera, Christina Applegate
2003-2004
2003:
Christina Aguilera
Minki van der Westhuizen
Brooke Burns
Sarah Wynter
Monic Belluci
Shania Twain
Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore
Anna Kournikova, Page Butcher
Mariah Carey
Gina Gershon
Jessica Alba
Shannon Elizabeth
2004:
Michelle Branch
Paige Butcher
Elisha Cuthbert
Marge Simpson
Paris Hilton
Josie Maran
Jessica Simpson *
Kim Smith
Anna Kournikova
Avril Lavigne
Laura Prepon
Maria Boren, Jennifer Crisafulli
2005-2006
2005:
Eva Longoria
Brooke Burns
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sara Foster
Brittany Murphy
Vanessa Marcil
Carmen Electra
Kim Smith
Nicky Hilton
Kelly Monaco
Vanessa Minnillo
Nicollette Sheridan
Cindy Crawford
2006:
Haylie Duff
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Kristen Bell
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Veronika Vareková
Jessica Simpson
Elsa Pataky
Eva Longoria *
Vanessa Lachey
Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton, Danneel Harris
Angelina Jolie
2007-2008
2007:
Lacey Chabert
Eva Mendes
Christina Aguilera
Fergie
Rose McGowan
Roselyn Sánchez
Sarah Silverman
Meghan Fox *
Hilary Duff
Lindsay Lohan
Erica Durance
Ben Stiller
Eva Mendes
Sarah Michelle Gellar
2008:
Mischa Barton
Heidi Montag
Avril Lavigne
Jaime King
Elisha Cuthbert
Shannon Elizabeth
Marisa Miller
Amber Heard
Anna Kournikova
Megan Fox
Stacy Keibler
Olga Kurylenko
2009-2010
2009:
Hilary Duff
Jamie Gunns
Eliza Dushku
Malin Akerman
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Moon Bloodgood
Olivia Wilde
Joanna Krupa
Milla Jovovich
Audrina Patridge
Tricia Helfer, Grace Park
Ashley Greene
2010:
Olivia Munn
Amanda Bynes
Kaley Cuoco
Alice Eve
Arianny Celeste
Selita Ebanks
Nicole Sherzinger
Dania Ramirez
Lindsay Lohan *
Anna Kournikova
Avril Lavigne
Cobie Smulders
2011-2012
2011:
Katy Perry *
Olivia Munn
Michelle Trachtenberg
Brittany Snow
Jordana Brewster
Cameron Diaz
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rachel Nichols
Lake Bell
Yvonne Strahovski
Jessica Gomes
Kelly Kelly
2012:
JWoww
Katrina Bowden
Dominique Storelli
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Malin Akerman
Adrianna Palicki
Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, Colin Farrell
Bar Refaeli
Sarah Shahi
Bérénice Marlene
Arianny Celeste
2013-2015
2013:
Katrina Bowden
Elisha Cuthbert
Danielle Fishel
Ashley Tisdale
Heather Graham
Alyssa Milano
Ronda Rousey
Christina Aguilera
Lacey Chabert
Paulina Gretzky
2014:
Eva Longoria
Laura Vandervoort
Sophia Bush *
Brittney Alger, Brittney Glaze, Dessie Mitcheson, Mayra Tinajero, Shannon Ihrke
Egle Tvirbutaite
Irina Shayk
Jessica Alba
Angela Lindvall
Bregje Heinen
Lana Del Rey
2015:
Shay Mitchell
Candice Swanepoel
Lily Aldridge
Chli XCX
Taylor Swift
Emily DiDonato
Idris Elba
Isabeli Fontana
Léa Seydoux
Alessandra Ambrosio
2016-2018
2016:
Elsa Hosk
Hannah Davis
Ashley Graham *
Sara Sampaio
Stella Maxwell
Aline Weber
Anne Vyalitsyna
Romee Strijd
Hannah Ferguson
Barbara Palin
2017:
Jasmine Tookes
Nina Agdal
Bojana Krsmanovic
Lana Zakocela
Hailey Baldwin *
Alexis Ren
Bregje Heinen
Devon Windsor
Jade Lagardere
Martha Hunt
2018:
Olivia Burns
Alanna Arrington
Heidi Klum
Kate Upton
