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[[Image:Grazia-portuguese.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Cover of a Portuguese edition of Grazia magazine.]]'''''Grazia''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]] for ''Grace'') is an [[Italy|Italian]], weekly women's [[glossy magazine]], with international editions in [[United Kingdom]], [[Greece]], [[Portugal]], [[the Netherlands]], [[Bulgaria]] <ref>{{cite web
| url=http://dn.sapo.pt/2005/11/10/media/revista_grazia_chega_a_portugal_jane.html
| title=Revista 'Grazia' chega a Portugal em Janeiro
| author=Paula Brito
| date=[[10 November]] [[2005]]
| publisher=[[Diário de Notícias]]
| accessdate=2007-09-21
}}</ref> and [[Croatia]]. In Italy, it is owned by the [[Arnoldo Mondadori Editore|Mondadori]] (one of [[Berlusconi]]'s companies), and it owned in the UK under licence by [[Bauer Verlagsgruppe|Bauer Consumer Media]]. In Italy, on average it sells 218,000 copies. It the UK, it sells 220,125 copies. <ref>
[http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abc&noc=y ABC figures for Grazia United Kingdom]</ref>
== History ==
The Italian edition of Grazia was first published in 1938.
Its British counterpart was started in 2005, to cover the market for a high-class glossy magazine, but for a weekly edition rather than a monthly edition like other glossies like ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[ELLE]]'' and ''[[Marie Claire]]''. Weeklies in the UK tend to be rather down-market with magazines like ''[[Women's Weekly]]'' and ''[[Take-a-Break]]''.
One of the worries of starting the magazine was whether there would be a lack of readers. The reason is that weeklies get most of their money by the subscriptions and purchases rather than advertising, while the monthlies tend to go the other way around. However, it has gained quite an audience, and has won several industry awards.
An Australian Grazia will be started in July 2008.
== Style ==
Both magazines are styled as glossies, with a strong amount of influence of high-class celebrities, such as [[Jennifer Aniston]], and [[supermodel]]s like [[Kate Moss]] Lulu Troughton and Emma Thurston, with information on [[dieting|diet]]s, fashion originally from [[designer brand]]s but now from high-class [[high street]] brands like [[Zara]] and real life stories. The British version has a feature called '10 Hot Stories Everyone's Talking About This Week,' which covers, in detail, celebrity and fashion news, but also serious current affairs and topical news headlines.
== References ==
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==External links==
*{{it}} [http://grazia.blog.it/ Grazia Italia's blog]
*[http://www.mondadori.it/ame/en/gruppo/testate/gr.html Information on Grazia from the parent company]
*[http://www.graziamagazine.co.uk/ Grazia UK's homepage]
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[[Category:Italian magazines]]
[[Category:Women's magazines]]
[[Category:Croatian magazines]]
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