They’re the covers of The Australian Women’s Weekly that started conversations and transformed the magazine landscape.
Featuring some of Australia’s biggest stars and political figures, some were called iconic, others controversial, but above all else they are memorable.
Inspiring burns victim Turia Pitt is the latest woman to make headlines for posing on the cover of AWW.
Click through to see the women who were featured on the most talked about covers of the biggest selling magazine in the country.
Sarah Murdoch appeared on the November 2009 cover in an untouched photograph. She said women should be able to embrace the beauty of ageing.
Deborah Hutton posed naked at 50 on the January 2012 AWW cover. The cover made headlines around the country.
Former QLD Premier, Anna Bligh made an appearance on the March 2011 cover of The Australian Women’s Weekly. The original interview was organised before Cyclone Yasi hit but within 24 hours of the issue hitting newsstands nationwide, the Queensland opposition was attacking the cover star for posing for a photo shoot while her state was in turmoil.
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard appeared on the cover of The Weekly’s August 2010 issue. It was a suggestion by some that the cover was an endorsement of her or her government. Editor Helen McCabe said: “It is not The Weekly’s role to back a leader, but it is our job to ask questions and to bring you the stories about the people who shape this nation.”
Burns victim Turia Pitt graces the cover of The Weekly’s July 2014 issue. “The knock-on effect will be profound,” says Mamamia’s Kate Leaver. “By putting Turia on the cover of AWW, the magazine has given a gift to everyone who doesn’t look like a supermodel and who believes beauty is more than skin deep.”
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