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List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models

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List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models
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This is the chronological history of cover models for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has grown from being an issue of Sports Illustrated magazine created to fill space at a time of year with little sports news into a major marketing franchise that includes a special separate issue, a website, television specials, calendars, books and enormous amounts of advertising. It began as a short photo spread of women in bathing suits and has become a fashion issue for beachwear worn by the world's top models. Being the subject of the Sports Illustrated magazine cover is a well chronicled event which has both become a measure by which fame is measured and a status which is supposedly accompanied by a curse known as the "SI jinx". There seems to have been no reports of any association of the SI jinx with the swimsuit issue.

There is much public interest in who is on the cover of fashion magazines with websites dedicated to the subject. For supermodels being on the cover of important magazines is a matter of prestige and achieving the cover of Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit edition is quite a celebrated highlight. It is especially noteworthy if a cover model has a solo cover appearance. widely reported in the press.

For some, the image of these models on the cover of a sports magazine is a moral issue. Each year, the issue generates numerous letters from readers both in support and in opposition of the issue. Numerous subscribers cancel subscriptions as a matter of propriety annually. Recently, Time Warner took action to avoid many of the complainants by withholding the Swimsuit issue from certain types of recipients, such as libraries and schools.

Numerous types of trivia and statistics are monitored regarding the swimsuit issue cover subjects. Several have gone on to subsequent success in Hollywood. Others have become the spouses of notable celebrities. The following list is a list of models chosen as subjects for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover, incorporating some related statistics and trivia.

List of covers

IssueName (appearance)Notes
January 20, 1964Babette March
January 18, 1965Sue Peterson
January 17, 1966Sunny Bippus
January 16, 1967Marilyn Tindall
January 15, 1968Turia Mau
January 13, 1969Jamee Becker
January 12, 1970Cheryl Tiegs
February 1, 1971Tannia Rubiano
January 17, 1972Sheila Roscoe
January 29, 1973Dayle Haddon
January 28, 1974Ann Simonton
January 27, 1975Cheryl Tiegs (2)first repeat cover model
January 19, 1976Yvette Sylvander
Yvonne Sylvanderfirst multi-subject cover
January 24, 1977Lena Kansbod
January 16, 1978Maria Joaourl=http://www.slate.com/id/2113612/title=The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue: An intellectual historyauthor=Curtis, Bryanaccess-date=November 11, 2007date=February 16, 2005publisher=Washington Post.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLCwork=Slate}} most letters regarding a cover (2947)
February 5, 1979Christie Brinkley
February 2, 1980Christie Brinkley (2)
February 9, 1981Christie Brinkley (3)first three-time cover model
February 8, 1982Carol Alt
February 14, 1983Cheryl Tiegs (3)
February 13, 1984Paulina Porizkovayoungest Swimsuit Issue cover model at age 18
February 11, 1985Paulina Porizkova (2)
February 10, 1986Elle Macpherson
February 9, 1987Elle Macpherson (2)
February 15, 1988Elle Macpherson (3)
February 7, 1989Kathy IrelandBest selling swimsuit issue, 25th anniversary
February 12, 1990Judit Mascó
February 11, 1991Ashley (Richardson) Montana
March 9, 1992Kathy Ireland (2)
February 22, 1993Vendela Kirsebom
February 14, 1994Kathy Ireland (3)
Elle Macpherson (4)
Rachel Hunterpregnant cover models (Ireland & Hunter), first four-time cover model (Macpherson)
February 20, 1995Daniela Peštová
January 29, 1996Valeria Mazza
Tyra Banksfirst African-American cover model
February 21, 1997Tyra Banks (2)url=http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/show_recaps/show_recap_mon76.htmltitle=Sports Illustrated: Tyra's 10 Year Anniversarypublisher=ANE Productions, Inc.access-date=November 12, 2007archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009181908/http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/show_recaps/show_recap_mon76.htmlarchive-date=October 9, 2007url-status=dead }}
February 20, 1998Heidi Klum
February 12, 1999Rebecca Romijn
February 1, 2000Daniela Peštová (2)
February 1, 2001Elsa Benítez
February 1, 2002Yamila Diaz-Rahi
February 18, 2003Petra Němcová
February 10, 2004Veronika Vařeková
inset Anna Kournikova40th anniversary
February 15, 2005Carolyn Murphy
inset Jessica White, Marisa Miller, Yamila Diaz-Rahi
February 17, 2006Veronika Vařeková (2)
Elle Macpherson (5)
Rebecca Romijn (2)
Rachel Hunter (2)
Daniela Peštová (3)
Elsa Benítez (2)
Carolyn Murphy (2)
Yamila Diaz-Rahi (2)
inset Heidi Klum, Maria Sharapovarecord 5th cover for Macpherson
February 15, 2007Beyoncé Knowles
inset Bar RefaeliFirst non-model and non-athlete
February 12, 2008Marisa Miller
February 10, 2009Bar Refaeli
inset Brooklyn Decker
February 12, 2010Brooklyn Decker
February 15, 2011Irina Shayk
inset Kate Upton
February 14, 2012Kate Upton
inset Alex Morgan
February 13, 2013Kate Upton (2)
inset Hannah Davis
February 18, 2014Nina Agdal
Lily Aldridge
Chrissy Teigen (1)
flip-cover Kate Upton50th Anniversary
February 20, 2015Hannah Davis
February 23, 2016Ronda Rousey
Ashley Graham
Hailey ClausonFirst issue with multiple front covers
February 20, 2017Kate Upton (3)First cover model with multiple front covers
February 18, 2018Danielle Herrington
May 13, 2019Tyra Banks (3)
Camille Kostek
Alex Morgan
July 13, 2020Kate Bock
Jasmine Sanders
Olivia Culpo
July 19, 2021Megan Thee Stallion
Naomi Osaka
Leyna BloomStallion is the first rapper cover. 2nd non-athlete or model to cover.
Osaka is the first tennis player to cover, and first person of Asian descent to cover.
Bloom is the first trans model to cover.
May 19, 2022Kim Kardashian
Ciara
Maye Musk
Yumi NuMusk was the oldest model to ever appear on the cover until 2023.
May 19, 2023Martha Stewart
Kim Petras
Megan Fox
Brooks NaderStewart became the oldest model to ever appear on the cover.
Petras is the second openly trans woman to appear on the cover.
May 17, 2024Kate Upton (4)
Chrissy Teigen (2)
Gayle King
Hunter McGrady
Legends60th Anniversary.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2024 - Celebrating 60 years of Influence.
May 13, 2025Salma Hayek Pinault
Olivia Dunne
Lauren Chan
Jordan Chiles

Models on multiple covers

[[Elle Macpherson]] has the most covers in the issue's history with five
ModelNumber of coversIssues
Elle Macpherson51986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 2006
Kate Upton42012, 2013, 2017, 2024
Christie Brinkley31979, 1980, 1981
Cheryl Tiegs31970, 1975, 1983
Kathy Ireland31989, 1992, 1994
Daniela Pestova31995, 2000, 2006
Tyra Banks31996, 1997, 2019
Paulina Porizkova21984, 1985
Rachel Hunter21994, 2006
Rebecca Romijn21999, 2006
Elsa Benítez22001, 2006
Yamila Diaz-Rahi22002, 2006
Veronica Varekova22004, 2006
Carolyn Murphy22005, 2006
Chrissy Teigen22014, 2024

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