Reader winner time! You sent in your pictures. We pored over every single last one of them. And the girl we picked to be on this month’s cover is… Skin!

We think you’ll agree, she’s a worthy winner. And from her manga obsession, bright pink hair, love of Torture Garden and tattoos, she’s a Bizarre girl through and through. It’s been her ambition to be on the cover of her favourite magazine since she was a nipper, and now she’s finally there. Dip in to our stunning, 70s-style pictures of her – you’ll never want to leave.

PLUS: We speak to the nine awesomely sexy runners-up who came so very close to winning the ultimate prize.

AND: Extreme piercing! We visit the Phuket event where festival-goers put spikes, guns, and even snakes through holes in their cheeks.

Freak wrangler! Chuck Harris is the “conductor of a symphony of wackos!”; freak-wrangler extraordinaire and the man who brought you the world’s tiniest bodybuilder, conjoined twins, the balloon guy and more sex-obsessed, fire-breathing midgets than you can shake a sword at.

Second Life – Team Bizarre get lost among the gigantic, milk-squirting tits in the most debauched, strange, sexy place in the virtual world; The Official Bizarre Club and Mall. Weirdness abounds!

Simon Drake meets Charlotte La Belle Aragne’e – burlesque pioneer, hearse owner and creepy ventriloquist doll collector.

Super Freaks! We meet body mod performance artists and human pincushions The Baron and Missy Macabre!

PLUS: Your total guide to the Bizarre Ball! Exclusive line-up goodies. Plan the best night out you’ll ever have right now!

AND: Exclusive interviews with Electric Eel Shock, Terry Gilliam, Rammstein, Aleister X, Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman, Dominic Murphy, Come Into My Parlour, artist Eric Pigors, and how bizarre is Heroes’ Greg Grunberg?

MORE! Zombie Olympics! The Enigma on his latest facial body mods. Ouch! January Seraph and Kade indulge in some serious BDSM play! The full story on the banning of Grotesque! How to perfect superfreaky anime make-up! Masuimi Max’s problem page! Erections! Whitby news!

AND: Rat-eating plant! Cat with arrow through its head! Duck kitchen! Crazy street art! Skinned bat! Awesome sexy party pics!

PLUS! Sexy Ultra Vixens! Your tattoos and mods! Your art! And the very best in cult film, TV, DVD, game and music reviews! Your total guide to the bizarre month ahead!

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