CLEO is an
Australian,
New Zealand,
South African,
Malaysian,
Singaporean,
Thailand and
Indonesian women's magazine.
Aimed at an older audience than the teenage-focused
Dolly, the magazine is most famous for its
CLEO Bachelor of the Year award.
CLEO was the first Australian women’s magazine to feature non-frontal nude male centrefolds in 1972, with
Jack Thompson as the magazine's first
Playmate of the Month. Other playmates were
Alby Mangels,
Eric Oldfield,
Peter Blasina and the band
Skyhooks. The centrefold feature was discontinued in 1985, the last being a bare-chested picture of
Mel Gibson. The centrefold feature was reinstated in 2005 as a permanent feature of the magazine and has featured such celebrities as
Daniel MacPherson,
Jake Wall,
Michael Sullivan,
Shane Watson,
Jamie Brooksby,
Michael Witt and
Koby Abberton.
CLEO Bachelor of the Year winners
CLEO New Zealand Bachelor of the Year winners
