Cover Girls

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As sort of an empirical popularity contest, Fashionista looked at single copy sales of mags like Vogue, InStyle, W, Marie Claire, and Cosmopolitan to determine the best- and worst-selling cover stars of the past five years. The results may surprise you. [Fashionista]