{{Short description|American magazine (1999–2008)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox magazine | title = CosmoGirl | image_file = Cosmogirl-magazine-vanessa.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_caption = Vanessa Hudgens on the cover of the August 2008 issue | company = Hearst Corporation | paid_circulation = | unpaid_circulation = | total_circulation = | circulation_year = | frequency = Monthly | language = English | category = Fashion | editor = Susan Schulz | editor_title = Editor-in-Chief | founded = 1999 | firstdate = | finaldate = December 2008/January 2009 | country = United States | based = New York City | website = [http://www.cosmogirl.com cosmogirl.com] }}
'''''CosmoGirl''''', also stylized as '''''CosmoGIRL!''''', was an American magazine based in New York City, published from 1999 until 2008. The teenage spin-off of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine, it targeted teenage girls and featured fashion and celebrities. It was published ten times a year and reached approximately eight million readers before folding. The last issue was released in December 2008; thereafter, subscribers received issues of fellow Hearst publication ''Seventeen''.<ref>{{Cite web | first=Irin | last=Carmon | title=CosmoGirl to Close | url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/cosmogirl-to-close-1832842/ | website=WWD | date=10 October 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606130040/http://www.wwd.com/media-news/cosmogirl-to-close-1832842 | archive-date=6 June 2011 | url-status=live}}</ref>
The magazine was founded by Atoosa Rubenstein, who was asked to create a mock issue. She repeatedly scrawled the word "Girl!" in bed using fuchsia lipstick for use on the magazine cover. When she and her husband woke up, they were covered in lipstick.<ref>{{Cite web | first=Andrew | last=Goldman | title=Atoosa, Former High School Loser, Is Hearst's New Cosmogirl Queen | url=http://observer.com/2000/02/atoosa-former-high-school-loser-is-hearsts-new-cosmogirl-queen/ | website=Observer | date=13 February 2000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530050904/http://observer.com/2000/02/atoosa-former-high-school-loser-is-hearsts-new-cosmogirl-queen/ | archive-date=30 May 2015 | url-status=live | access-date=3 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | first=Dodai | last=Stewart | title=CosmoGirl: One of the Smarter Newsstand Choices for Teens | url=http://jezebel.com/5061710/cosmogirl-one-of-the-smarter-newsstand-choices-for-teens | website=Jezebel | date=10 October 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222131635/http://jezebel.com/5061710/cosmogirl-one-of-the-smarter-newsstand-choices-for-teens | archive-date=22 February 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref>
Ann Shoket was the executive editor before leaving the magazine to replace Atoosa Rubenstein as the editor-in-chief of fellow Hearst magazine, ''Seventeen''. The last editor-in-chief was Susan Schulz, who was reassigned to special projects at Hearst Magazines.<ref>{{Cite web | first=Stephanie | last=Clifford | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/media/11cosmo.html | title=Hearst to Close CosmoGirl Magazine | website=The New York Times | date=10 October 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106020406/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/media/11cosmo.html | archive-date=6 January 2018 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
After the final issue, ''CosmoGirl'' initially continued online, similar to ''Elle Girl'', of which the last printed issue appeared in June 2006.<ref>{{Cite web | first=Lucia | last=Moses | title=Hearst's CosmoGirl! to Fold With December Issue | url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3ib51a5e93dda16ab7ba30138688eab701 | website=MediaWeek | date=10 October 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013071429/http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3ib51a5e93dda16ab7ba30138688eab701 | archive-date=13 October 2008 | url-status=dead}}</ref> In late June/early July 2010, the website was merged with that of ''Seventeen''.<ref>See the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100801000000*/http://www.cosmogirl.com/ 2010 archived copies] of cosmogirl.com at the Wayback Machine. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20100628201235/http://www.cosmogirl.com/ last working copy] is from 28 June 2010. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20100704184337/http://www.cosmogirl.com/ next copy], made on 4 July 2010, and all subsequent copies, redirect to seventeen.com.</ref>
==Content== Inside each issue of CosmoGirl, there was an interview and photo shoot with a celebrity, a beauty section featuring hair, skin, and makeup tips and trends, a fashion section highlighting various spreads of trends and clothes, and the Stars section which included articles on celebrities other than those featured on the cover. A monthly free calendar allowed readers to win various prizes by typing in a code to enter for a chance to win a prize on the magazine's website.
A section introduced in March 2008 named JSYK (Just So You Know) contained advice and stories of how readers fell in love, and a shocking real-life story. There were also embarrassing anecdotes, and a manga comic featuring a character named CG. The magazine's content was rounded out with the Body & Soul section, which covered sexual health, mental health, fitness, and nutrition.
==Project 2024== Project 2024 was created in 2002. It was named 2024 because that was when the youngest readers would be thirty-five years old, old enough to run for President of the United States. Project 2024 was about helping young girls realize their dreams and has been supported by Senator Hillary Clinton, fashion designer Michael Kors, music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, and MySpace creator Tom Anderson.
==Editions in other languages== There have also been editions of the magazine in other countries, including the UK, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Turkey, China, Hong Kong and Indonesia, all written in the country's native language. (See the External links section.)
The UK ''CosmoGirl'' closed in June 2007. The magazine was considered unsustainable, since many adolescent girls had migrated to the internet or to other magazines targeted at an older age group.<ref>{{Cite web | title='Unsustainable' CosmoGirl axed as readers migrate to the web | url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/unsustainable-cosmogirl-axed-as-readers-migrate-to-the-web/ | date=2 July 2007 | website=Press Gazette | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218141201/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/unsustainable-cosmogirl-axed-as-readers-migrate-to-the-web/ | archive-date=18 December 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref>
The last Indonesian issue was published in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web | title=SEPTEMBER 2017 | url=http://www.cosmogirl.co.id/artikel/read/10589/SEPTEMBER-2017 | date=12 September 2017 | website=COSMOGIRL! Indonesia | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719065140/http://www.cosmogirl.co.id/artikel/read/10589/SEPTEMBER-2017 | archive-date=19 July 2020 | url-status=dead}}</ref> Its website remained online, but was no longer updated. Since November 2020, it is an unrelated aggregator website.<ref>Compare archived copies of cosmogirl.co.id from [https://web.archive.org/web/20200814140825/http://www.cosmogirl.co.id/ 14 August 2020] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20201129043836/https://www.cosmogirl.co.id/ 29 November 2020].</ref>
In the Netherlands, the last Dutch ''CosmoGirl'' was released in June 2021. Its publisher, Audax Groep, considered it no longer financially viable.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Doek valt voor jeugdbladen Hitkrant, Girlz en Cosmogirl | language=nl | website=Het Parool | date=17 May 2021 | url=https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/doek-valt-voor-jeugdbladen-hitkrant-girlz-en-cosmogirl~b3d5390c/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20220115112824/https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/doek-valt-voor-jeugdbladen-hitkrant-girlz-en-cosmogirl~b3d5390c/ | archive-date=15 January 2022 | url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Children's literature}} ''NB: all links below are archived snapshots from the Internet Archive.'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100628201235/http://www.cosmogirl.com/ CosmoGirl website (United States)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070618164028/http://hearstcorp.com/magazines/property/mag_prop_cosmogirl.html Hearst Corporation]
=== Other languages === * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070710185655/http://www.cosmogirl.co.uk/ British CosmoGirl (United Kingdom)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071031223706/http://www.cosmogirl.cz/ Czech CosmoGirl] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20211108065927/https://www.cosmogirl.nl/ Dutch CosmoGirl (Netherlands)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20041101013914/http://www.cosmogirl.com.hk/ Hong Kong CosmoGirl] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200814140825/http://www.cosmogirl.co.id/ Indonesian CosmoGirl] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150717023735/http://www.cosmogirl.com.tr/ Turkish CosmoGirl]
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Category:1999 establishments in New York City Category:Hearst Communications publications Category:Magazines disestablished in 2008 Category:Magazines established in 1999 Category:Defunct magazines published in New York City Category:Monthly magazines published in the United States Category:Defunct teen magazines published in the United States Category:Defunct women's fashion magazines published in the United States Category:Multilingual magazines