Máxima started in 1988 as a Portuguese version of Madame Figaro, being the first international edition of the magazine.
[4] The major topics for the monthly are fashion and beauty, but it also covers all women-related news.
[5] In March 2015 the magazine organized an exhibition, 100 Homens Sem Prenceitos: Um Passo Pela Igualidade (Portuguese: 100 Men without Prejudices: A Step for Equality), to mark International Women's Day.
[9] In the event leading Portuguese men from different fields, including Simão Morgado, Ruben Alves and Tomás Barroso, were photographed wearing women's shoes to increase awareness about women's rights and to financially support for breast cancer research.
[9] Máxima ceased publication in June 2020 due to low circulation figures.