When looking at the accomplished, if vastly different, women (and two men!) who appeared on the best Glamour covers of 2025, one thing is clear: great storytelling was the unifying theme. When you’re a celebrity, agreeing to a magazine cover often entails simply showing up, taking a few pretty pictures, and giving an interview that can best be described as meh. Happily, this was not the case in 2025, as each entertainer, athlete, and advocate we featured came ready to do the most.
And you, our readers, responded. After spotting Love Island phenoms Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe at Glamour‘s Women of the Year celebration in November, we were inundated with requests from fans of the reality show to put them on the cover. And that we did, styling the stars in cozy holiday looks and creating a holiday card of sorts, complete with an in-depth interview by Glamour alum (and de facto Love Island historian!) Ana Colón. The comments, the clicks, the minutes spent reading, the social memes—they were all astounding, further proving our knack for surprising and delighting our readers with unexpected cover stories they can’t find anywhere else (Ariana Madix in her first wide-ranging interview post-Scandoval and Sophia Bush’s powerful tell-all, anyone?).
In 2025, we also turned a spotlight on rising talent, including an April cover with singer and actor Coco Jones ahead of her anticipated first album and comedian and actor Meg Stalter, whose HBO Max show (written for her by Lena Dunham, no big deal), Too Much, was about to premiere.
And let’s not forget our international covers—the icon herself Leighton Meester and buzzed-about couple Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz-Beckham—shared with us by our colleagues in Spain and Germany; and of course our annual Women of the Year covers with legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath, actor Rachel Zegler, global icon Demi Moore, pop star Tyla, children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel, and five astounding WNBA players making waves on and off the court. Read them all and more below, as we highlight the best Glamour covers of 2025.
By Ariana Yaptangco; photos by Myesha Evon
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