Live nude girls! Top 20 naked celebrity magazine covers of 2015

Magazines like to put nude celebrities on their covers to attract attention and drive sales.
Last year, I documented the most talked-about naked celebrity magazine covers of 2014. Three of those same celebs appeared naked on magazine covers in 2015: pop star Rihanna, and supermodels Miranda Kerr and Giselle Bundchen.
What follows is my list of the top 20 most notable nude or semi-nude magazine covers of 2015.

Natalie Coughlin and Chantae McMillan, ESPN, July 2015

ESPN magazine’s seventh annual Body Issue in 2015 featured six different covers. Each showed a prominent athlete in the buff. They included Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper; New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.; Cleveland Cavaliers player Kevin Love; and Olympians Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Bingson and Chantae McMillan.
(See articles by USA Today, the Daily Mail and New York magazine.)
I’ve included covers here featuring Coughlin and McMillan.

Chelsea Handler and Nick Offerman, Esquire, April 2015

Comedian Chelsea Handler and actor Nick Offerman showed off their bare bottoms on the cover of the April 2015 issue of Esquire magazine. The title of the issue was Women & Men, which explored the “increasingly charged relations” between the sexes in the U.S.
(See article by the Daily Mail.)

Gisele Bundchen, Vogue Brasil, May 2015

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen posed completely naked for the May 2015 cover of Vogue Brasil. She appeared in a pictorial to celebrate her 20 years of modeling.
(See article by the Daily Mail.)

Cobie Smulders, Women’s Health, May 2015

Actress Cobie Smulders posed topless on the cover of the May 2015 issue of Women’s Health magazine. (See article by the Daily Mail.)

Rihanna, V Magazine, Summer 2015

Pop star Rihanna went topless for a photo shoot for V Magazine’s summer issue 2015.
(See articles by V Magazine, the Huffington Post and the Daily Mail.)

Selena Gomez, V Magazine, Spring 2015

Pop singer Selena Gomez also went topless for the cover of V Magazine, but for the spring 2015 issue. Her photo shoot was branded “disturbing” by some who felt it made the 22-year-old singer look like a 12-year-old girl.
(See article by the Daily Mail and feature in V Magazine.)

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Lui, June 2015

Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley posed naked under a see-through trench coat on the June 2015 cover of French men’s magazine Lui.
(See articles by the Daily Mail and Fashion Gone Rogue.)

Chrissy Teigen, Women’s Health, September 2015

Model Chrissy Teigen posed au natural for the September 2015 issue of the U.K. edition of Women’s Health.
(See article by the Huffington Post.)

Miley Cyrus, Interview, September 2015

Pop singer Miley Cyrus flashed her bare breast on the September 2015 cover of Interview magazine.
(See article by the Daily Mail.)

Miley Cyrus, Candy, November 2015

Miley Cyrus can’t keep her clothes on. The former Disney actress took a racy series of naked photos for the cover of Candy magazine.
(See article by the Daily Mail. Uncensored versions of the covers are available for viewing at Banana, Dlisted and Drips.)

Dakota Johnson, AnOther, Autumn/Winter 2015

Actress Dakota Johnson went topless for the autumn/winter edition of AnOther magazine.
(See article by the Huffington Post.)

Nicole Trunfio, Elle Australia, June 2015

Model Nicole Trunfio posed for the cover of Elle Australia while breast-feeding her infant son. The cover led to some complaints by consumers, according to the Daily Mail.

Lexi Thomspon, Golf Digest, May 2015

Pro golfer Lexi Thompson stirred up controversy by posing topless with her nipples strategically covered on the May 2015 cover of Golf Digest.
(See articles by the New York Daily News and NBC Today.)

Demi Lovato, Complex, Oct.-Nov. 2015

Pop star Demi Lovato posed topless for the Oct.-Nov. 2015 cover of Complex magazine.
(See articles by Complex, Just Jared and the Daily Mail.)

Alessandra Ambrosio, Maxim, Dec. 2015-Jan. 2016

Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio posed naked for the Dec. 2015-Jan. 2016 issue of Maxim magazine. Ambrosio reportedly said later she was “creeped out” by the publisher of the magazine who attended the two-day photo shoot.
(See article by the Daily Mail.)

Miranda Kerr, Harper’s Bazaar Australia, Jan.-Feb. 2016

Supermodel Miranda Kerr posed nude for the Jan.-Feb. 2016 issue of Harper’s Bazaar Australia, released in December.
(See article by the Daily Mail.)

Emilia Clarke, Esquire, November 2015

Actress Emilia Clarke posed nude with her naughty bits strategically covered for Esquire magazine’s November 2015 issue. Clarke was named the magazine’s Sexiest Woman Alive for 2015.
(See articles by the Daily Mail and the Associated Press.)

Pamela Anderson, Flaunt, September 2015

Actress Pamela Anderson posed naked for the cover of Flaunt magazine and a pictorial.
(See articles by Flaunt and the Daily Mail.)

Pamela Anderson, Playboy, Jan.-Feb. 2016

Pamela Anderson also appeared in the buff for the final issue of Playboy magazine to feature fully naked women. She was topless on the cover of the January/February 2016 issue, which was released in December.
(See article by the Daily Mail.)