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 Front cover from a 2002 issue | |
| Former editors | Richard Desmond |
|---|---|
| Categories | Softcore pornography |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Final issue | c. 2012 |
| Company | Remnant Media |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 1367-7284 |
| OCLC | 498515623 |
Asian Babes was a British softcore pornographic magazine which featured photographs of women of South Asian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, and Thai origin.[1][2] The magazine was launched in March 1992 and initially used only Indian and other South Asian models from the United Kingdom.[3] Later, Asian models from other countries were also included.[4] The magazine was initially published by Northern & Shell, a newspaper and magazine publishing group owned by the businessman Richard Desmond. In 2004 Northern & Shell sold the magazine to Remnant Media, as part of a package of Northern & Shell's other pornographic titles. Remnant went into administration in 2007 and the magazine was then bought by Trojan Publishing and subsequently by Interactive Publishing.[5] Asian Babes had ceased publication by 2012.[4]
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