This launched in 1974, and it's still going. I must have read this on a somewhat regular basis when I was in high school. And I'm sure I've at least skimmed through issues in stores, probably before, during, and since high school. For awhile there, I'd buy the 50 Most Beautiful People issue every year, but it's been quite awhile since I've really cared about that. I don't believe I ever actually subscribed to People, but I do think that one year I subscribed to the spinoff magazine "Teen People," which was published from 1998-2006. (If so, I long since got rid of those magazines.) Still, I do like occasionally flipping through magazines like People in stores, but I rarely if ever end up buying it, anymore.

Actually, looking through a box of random magazines, I find that I have the 100 Most Beautiful People issue from 2008 (which is twice as many beautiful people as they had in the 90s). And I have a People special from 2008 called "Child Stars Then & Now." And a People special from 2009 called "Celebrate the '70s!" All of which makes me kind of think it's a shame I didn't save any of the 50 MBP issues from back in the day. Oh well. Oh, and there's a little article from 1992, about Laina Pecora, which I always found just absurd... Because she is so not "large size."