When we put a call out in our April 2008 issue, looking for a winner in our first-ever Cover Model Search, we expected to read some great essays and meet some attractive Albuquerqueans.

Spend some time with Joseph Conti and you’ll find yourself questioning what you see. Is that helicopter really in the sky—or a creation of ContiFilms?

Three women undergo three very different transformations. The end results in all three cases are dramatic—but it’s how the women feel on the inside that changes the most.

Over the last four years, Nikki Zabicki has channeled Albuquerque into her paintings and fashions. .

Spas across the Duke City are filled with luxurious treatments—but with a distinctly local twist. Make appointments to try some of Albuquerque’s unique treatments.

Lynne Page Rasmussen is a court reporter, sitting to the side of the judge behind a strange-looking machine with no characters on its 24 keys.