# Jennifer Aniston and the cover of Women's Magazines **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421 "2003-06-08T06:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/1 "2003-06-08T06:50:28Z")
Over the past 3 years or so practically _everytime_ I’m in the check out line at the supermarket there is some women’s magazine cover with Jennifer Aniston’s perky little mug front and center. If it’s not Redbook it’s People or Rolling Stone or whatever mag has fancied her this month. There are larger and more important female movie stars and singers, and her co-stars on Friends are equally pretty and talented, and yet Jennifer seems to make the cut time after time after time while the other “hot” stars are not nearly as popular. Even if she does not have a hit movie currently and her TV show ensemble is winding down \*the mags still just can’t get enough of her. \* Why is she such a compelling cover choice for these magazines as opposed to numerous other equally pretty, famous and accomplished women available? Is it the hair? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/2 "2003-06-08T06:51:38Z")
Sigh… Jennifer **A** niston. Would a kindly mod please fix the title. ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/3 "2003-06-08T07:05:38Z")
She’s married to Brad Pitt… that alone probably makes her seem like pretty hot stuff in the minds of the female audience. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/4 "2003-06-08T11:37:06Z")
And Courtney Cox is NOT as hot as her. But yeah her star power was really only cemented by her marriage. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/5 "2003-06-08T12:03:12Z")
Her hair probably has some value. Wasn’t it Aniston who started the whole “unbelievably straight hair” thing a couple of seasons back? Anyway, you’re right, too much Jennifer Aniston… we need a bit more of Hurley, Theron, Diaz and Paltrow. And there’s too much Jennifer Lopez too… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/6 "2003-06-08T12:56:15Z")
Jennifer Aniston, …I’d hit it no doubt, but I 'd rather see some other hotties on there besides her. How about Charlize Therone? Way hotter than Jennifer Aniston in my opinion, plus she’s African American - which is way cool! ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/7 "2003-06-08T13:01:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green\_bladder \* > \*\*…And there’s too much Jennifer Lopez too… 😉 \*\* Agreed. She was hot in her last Maxim shoot, definately makes guys go crazy, she looks good, but when she opens her mouth in interviews, she is just trash. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/8 "2003-06-08T13:44:46Z")
Charlize Theron isn’t African-American. I’m thinking of the actress who was in Devil’s Advocate with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino…do I have it wrong? ---
**Author:** ![schplebordnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@schplebordnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schplebordnik)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/9 "2003-06-08T14:15:10Z")
You’re right, Charlize is African-African. I don’t think she is an american citizen. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/10 "2003-06-08T14:39:54Z")
Yeah, South African ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/11 "2003-06-08T15:10:24Z")
[Charlize Theron.](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Theron,+Charlize) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/12 "2003-06-08T15:21:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*Sigh… Jennifer **A** niston. Would a kindly mod please fix the title. \*\* Sure thing, and I’ll even move it to Cafe Society for you for at no extra charge. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/13 "2003-06-08T15:45:21Z")
No matter how many magazine covers graced and hairstyle replications requested, no actress is truly an icon until she has drag queens in her image. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/14 "2003-06-08T16:44:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by schplebordnik \* > \*\*You’re right, Charlize is African-African. I don’t think she is an american citizen. \*\* No, but when she was on SNL, she said that since she lives in America, she is African-American. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/15 "2003-06-08T17:01:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slithy Tove \* > \*\*No matter how many magazine covers graced and hairstyle replications requested, no actress is truly an icon until she has drag queens in her image. \*\* Do small, slender women _ever_ become draq queen icons? I would imagine that this type of woman would be difficult for a man to pull off with any authority. Also, how come there there are no Janeane Garofalo draq queens. She’s sassy and has plenty of 'tude! ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/16 "2003-06-08T17:15:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ParentalAdvisory \* > \*\*Jennifer Aniston, …I’d hit it no doubt, but I 'd rather see some other hotties on there besides her. How about Charlize Therone? Way hotter than Jennifer Aniston in my opinion, plus she’s African American - which is way cool! \*\* I love Charlize Theron. One of my favorite things to do is pronounce her first name like it is possessive Charlie. Ooh, makes my spine tingle. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/17 "2003-06-08T21:24:08Z")
Chiming in with a ‘me-too’. Only about European magzines. Anniston is always on at least one cover of a magazine at the newsstand. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/18 "2003-06-08T21:35:29Z")
If it were up to me, Danni Ashe would be on more mag covers. She’s so full of womanly goodness … But I really like Aniston’s looks and don’t mind seeing her face on a mag every month. She has a pleasant, wholesome beauty that I suspect strikes most people favorably. As for the drag queens, I suspect Aniston is a LOT more difficult to successfully imitate than many drag queen icons, since the tool of most drag queens is caricature, and Aniston doesn’t really have features that lend themselves to caricature. That’s why they like Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Davis so much. And of course, a certain mannishness in the features of the original helps … that’s why Joan Crawford is such a biggie for drag queens. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/19 "2003-06-08T21:49:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*Do small, slender women _ever_ become draq queen icons? \*\* Madonna has quite the following. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-aniston-and-the-cover-of-womens-magazines/180421/20 "2003-06-08T22:41:20Z")
Halle Berry is another person who is _always_ on at least one magazine cover a month. Very frequently she’s on more than one. Sometimes I wonder if they just don’t recycle the same pictures of her over and over again. As much as I can see her beauty, I just don’t get it. It’s like she’s a stalker. Her face is always lurking in the background of my life, watching my every move.