Barbie, Pink's inanimate cover girl this month, has turned 50, but the timeless doll has never looked her age. The same, however, cannot be said for mere mortals, some of who are unable to accept that they are growing older and are doing everything in their power to turn back the clock.
In the age-before-beauty-before-age issue, which comes out with The Times tomorrow, looks take centre stage. Pink delves into women's battles against growing old, or their willingness to do it gracefully; their war on weight and the victories that are not only physical, but also mental.
Losing 32kg is no mean feat, and it means a lot for a woman who has had to lug 109kg around for the best part of her life. Pink carries a first-hand account of sheer determination to lose weight after years of false starts and no results. It sees the joy in being a size 16 - a major improvement from a size 26!
The magazine also travels along memory lane, tracking down some of Malta's earliest and successful beauty queens, gauging what they have accomplished with their looks; and moves on to today's winner to see if she falls for the usual pageant contestant clichés.
Barbie may not have used expensive creams, or gone under the knife, but her bodily dimensions have remained rather supernatural and not quite achievable in real life. She is the ideal accessory for the ShowStopper photo shoot to carry on the theme of age before beauty before age...
And then there are those women with special needs, who have other special needs that are often overlooked. They are women too, and they too want a love life; they too wish to satisfy their emotional and social desires. They may be suffering from debilitating conditions, but they have hope to find a husband and love.
Other health issues are also explored, with an understanding of Hepatitis A and B and the distinction between the two. All it takes is a seafood pizza to contract the former, according to a doctor who experienced the illness.
The usual regulars continue to take different twists in the monthly women's magazine with a difference, published by Allied Newspapers Ltd, printed by Progress Press Ltd, produced by MediaMaker and designed by Helen Cassar Torreggiani and Joseph Schembri.