I’ll say this until I am blue in the face!

If you are going to do a body story of any type, you MUST ALWAYS SHOW THE BODY.

Star UK uses the quote from Posh, “I’m not too thin!”  But you can’t see her body. 

Plus, another major mistake that Star UK makes is using Posh’s name HUGE!

If you’re putting a star on your cover, you better believe that your reader knows who that star is or why would you put them on your cover?

Welcome to a new segment on CoverAwards!  It’s called Photo Tip.  When I spot a good cover photo/technique, I’ll point in out to you all!   Isn’t that special.

Anyhow, here’s your first photo tip of the day. 

Notice that Star picked a photo of Posh touching her hair.  This type of photo stands out on the newsstand and adds a little bit of emotion to the cover.  

This is a much better choice than simply using  a headshot.  However, the picture would have been perfect if we had eye contact!

If you’re going to go with a body story for the main cover and tell me that Jordan has ruined her body, then SHOW ME HER BODY!  At least as an inset!

This is one of the most basic premises of doing a body cover story and I see this mistake made again and again.