Editing Cosmopolitan (magazine) (section)

==Editor in chief (American edition)==

* Frank P. Smith (1886–1888)
* E. D. Walker (1888)
* [[John Brisben Walker]] (1889–1905)
* Bailey Millard (1905–1907)
* [[S. S. Chamberlain]] (1907–1908)
* C. P. Narcross (1908–1913)
* Sewell Haggard (1914)
* Edgar Grant Sisson (1914–1917)
* Douglas Z. Doty (1917–1918)
* [[Ray Long]] (1918–1931)
* Harry Payne Burton (1931–1942)
* Frances Whiting (1942–1945)
* Arthur Gordon (1946–1948)
* [[Herbert Mayes|Herbert R. Mayes]] (1948–1951)
* John J. O'Connell (1951–1959)
* [[Robert C. Atherton]] (1959–1965)
* [[Helen Gurley Brown]] (1965–1997)
* [[Bonnie Fuller]] (1997–1998)
* [[Kate White]] (1998–2012)
* [[Joanna Coles]] (2012–2016)<ref name="New Editor at Cosmopolitan: Joanna Coles Replaces Kate White">{{cite web | url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/new-editor-at-cosmopolitan-joanna-coles-replaces-kate-white/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 | title=New Editor at Cosmopolitan: Joanna Coles Replaces Kate White | work=The New York Times | date=September 4, 2012 | access-date=April 4, 2014 | author=DAVID CARR and CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY}}</ref>
* Michele Promaulayko (2016–2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hearst.com/newsroom/michele-promaulayko-named-editor-in-chief-of-cosmopolitan-and-editorial-director-of-seventeen | title=Michele Promaulayko Named Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan and Editorial Director of Seventeen|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Jessica Giles]] (2018–2024)<ref name="team">{{Cite web |date=January 28, 2024 |title=Hey You, Meet the Cosmo Team |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/about/a26950060/about-us-contact-information-masthead/ | work=Cosmopolitan}}</ref>
* Willa Bennett (2024–present)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-27 |title=Willa Bennett Named Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan and Seventeen Magazine |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/media/willa-bennett-named-editor-in-chief-of-cosmopolitan-and-seventeen-magazine/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en}}</ref>