Du Juan, Gemma Ward, Wang Wenqin and three other models
Before the September issue launches, let's look at all the covers of the magazine (beauty supplements excluded).
Gisele Bundchen, October 2005
Hana Soukupova, November 2005
Nicole Kidman, December 2005
Kate Moss, January 2006
Du Juan, February 2006
Gemma Ward, March 2006
Daria Werbowy, April 2006
Lily Donaldson, May 2006
Freja Beha Erichsen, June 2006
Doutzen Kroes, July 2006
Mariacarla Boscono, August 2006
Du Juan, Gemma Ward, Sasha Pivovarova, September 2006
Maggie Cheung, October 2006
Lily Donaldson, November 2006
Gisele Bundchen, December 2006
Natalia Vodianova, January 2007
Du Juan, February 2007
Gisele Bundchen, March 2007
Shu Qi, April 2007
Lily Donaldson, May 2007
Wang Wen Qing, June 2007
Doutzen Kroes, July 2007
Lily Donaldson, August 2007
Stephanie Shiu, Du Juan, Mackenzie Hamilton, Pei Bei, September 2007
Mackenzie Hamilton, October 2007
Emma Pei, November 2007
Du Juan, December 2007
Lily Donaldson, January 2008
Du Juan, February 2008
Sasha Pivovarova, March 2008
Zhang Ziyi, April 2008
Zhou Xun, May 2008
Shu Qi, June 2008
Gisele Bundchen, July 2008
Maggie Cheung, August 2008
Raquel Zimmermann, September 2008
Du Juan, October 2008
Agyness Deyn, November 2008
Kate Moss, Maggie Cheung, December 2008
Naomi Campbell, January 2009
Wei Tang, February 2009
Anne Hathaway, March 2009
Lucy Liu, April 2009
Du Juan, May 2009
Lily Donaldson, June 2009
Anna Selezneva, July 2009
Sigrid Agren, August 2009
And then, some statistics (correct me if I'm wrong):
- There are 21 covers with Asian women, 29 with white women, 1 with black woman
- There are 12 covers with celebrities
- Du Juan appeared on 9 covers, Lily Donaldson on 6, Gisele Bundchen on 4
- So far 48 issues were published, one of them having two covers
- Out of the final 49 covers, only 2 are reprints
- 34 covers have completely white background