their virginity than anyone else in the world. drawing criticism from feminists and conservatives. >> the accusation, if i may, that "cosmo" is a sex manual and we deal prolifically and prodigiously and eternally and everlastingly with sex, sex, sex, yes, we have always covered that particular topic willingly, gladly, happily, enthusiastically. >> reporter: even after she was ousted as editor-in-chief, colleagues say she would come into her pink office every day. still every bit the cosmo girl. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> her book "sex and the single girl," you know, while the name seems a little -- >> 1962. >> 50 years ago. only imagine the stir it made. 50 years ago -- >> scandalous and racy. >> these days, it is a little benign. >> set her up for the gig she had for the rest of her life. she said as a cosmo girl, she