''Juggs'' is a

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published in the

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that specializes in photographs of women with large

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. It has been described as "the magazine of choice for

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'' news magazine. Models featured included Norma Stitz,

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, Candy Samples, Roberta Pedon and Tina Small. The magazine was published by George W. Mavety's publishing company, Mavety Media Group (MMG), which was originally known for publishing

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magazines in the United States. It was distributed by

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men in the

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Dian Hanson Dian Hanson (born November 2, 1951) is an American magazine and book editor. Career Hanson began her publishing career as an American pornographic magazine editor, historian, and occasional model, helping found the 1970s hardcore journal ''Purita ...

, the magazine's editor for 15 years,Joseph W. Slade, "Pornography and sexual representation: a reference guide III", Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001, , p.900 described it as "the epitome of bad taste... a humorous magazine, a sexual sideshow."

Dian Hanson years

From 1986 to 2001, ''Juggs'' was helmed by Dian Hanson, who had edited multiple pornographic magazines since 1977. She has said that when she took over ''Juggs'' and its sister publication '' Leg Show'':Michele Golden. (8 October 2007)
"Dian Hanson"
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, a prehistoric fertility symbol with enormous breasts and a massive belly, which she saw as a piece of early pornography for cavemen.Michael Kaplan. (1 November 1996)
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in the magazine's headlines and short stories. Hanson stated the magazine's monthly circulation nearly doubled, from 85,000 at the time she joined as editor to 150,000 by 1996. Hanson said that ''Juggs'' was seen as less threatening to women than many other pornographic magazines, who saw its less than perfect models as closer to themselves, and were more willing to submit their photographs there than to any other magazine she worked at in 25 years. Hanson left ''Juggs'' in August 2001, a year after its publisher, George Mavety, died, leaving the company in the hands of people she did not want to work for.

Contributors

Heather Hooters was a regular columnist from June 1994. The pornographic film actress Candy Samples had a regular column in ''Juggs'' from 1986 through August 2007."Candy Samples - Publicity"
Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 November 2007. Kelly Madison was a regular columnist from June 2002. Cartoonist Bill Ward wrote and illustrated an article a month for the magazine in his later years.

In popular culture

The magazine title, a

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'' as the immediately recognizable title of a pornographic magazine, without further explanation needed. Kelly Flynn. (21 October 2000)
"Danni's hard drive to adult content success"
, CNN. Retrieved 8 November 2007. After ''Juggs'' published a review of artist

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's exhibition in 1998,Jessica Berens. (31 August 2003)
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'' which originally aired in 2000 (season 3 episode 15), Trey MacDougal is caught masturbating with the aid of a copy of ''Juggs'' magazine.

References

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