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Magazine published in Singapore
Her World
Cover of Vietnamese edition
PublisherSPH Magazines
Founded1960
First issueJuly 1960
LanguageEnglish, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian
Websiteherworld.com

Her World is a monthly English-language magazine published in Singapore targeted at the female professionals reading market. It is also the first English-language women's magazine to be published in Singapore.

History

The magazine was published since July 1960 and was Singapore's first English-language women’s magazine. This magazine is also published in four other countries, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The Malaysian edition of Her World is Malaysia's first home grown women's magazine and has a different logo is different from other countries' edition. It consists of fashion pieces, advertisements targeted at female professionals, writeups on grooming, lifestyle and personal choices, amongst others. It is published by SPH Magazines, a subsidiary of SPH Media. The Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese edition of Her World had the articles in their native language.

The July 2010 issue of Her World Singapore, which is the special collector's edition, is the first issue to not have a cover girl since the first issue in July 1960 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the magazine.

Its main rival in the market is Female, published since 1974, also owned by SPHM. The magazine is also published in Malaysia (since 1974) and Indonesia (since 2000).

In 2003, Her World was the best-selling women's magazine in Singapore with a circulation of 141,000 copies.

Link with modelling show series

The winner of Vietnam's Next Top Model from cycle 1 and 2 will have a spread and be on the cover of Her World Vietnam and will be supported by Her World International.

The winner of The Face Vietnam from cycle 3 onwards will have a spread and be on the cover of Her World Vietnam and will be supported by Her World International.

References

  1. "First Issues: Publications from the Past". biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  2. Dessy Kania; Helen Diana Vida (March 2013). "Women Representation in Print Media-Case Study: Femina, Kartini, Cosmopolitan and Her World Magazines in Indonesia". Jurnal Komunikologi. 7 (1). Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. "Her World magazine, 1967". www.roots.gov.sg. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  4. "'Bite Your Tongue Sometimes': A Study of Relationship Advice Columns in Online Women's Magazines in Malaysia". Southeast Asian Media Studies. 2 (1): 40.
  5. Katherine Frith; Ping Shaw; Hong Cheng (March 2005). "The Construction of Beauty: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Women's Magazine Advertising" (PDF). Journal of Communication. 55: 6. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2005.tb02658.x. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. "Her World Việt Nam - Tạp chí Thời trang được ưa chuộng nhất Đông Nam Á". Her World Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  7. "Her World Việt Nam - Tạp chí Thời trang được ưa chuộng nhất Đông Nam Á". Her World Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2023-04-11.

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See also: Mass media in Singapore
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