List of ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' cover models

Elle Macpherson holds the record for most swimsuit issue covers, with five.
Tyra Banks was the first African American swimsuit issue cover model.

List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models enumerates 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 just to creatively 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".[1] There seems to have been no reports of any association of the SI jinx with the swimsuit issue.

The media considers being the cover person for Sports Illustrated an important career statistic for notable persons and keeps track of cover appearance counts with Michael Jordan having taken over the leadership from Muhammad Ali.[2][3] In the internet era, Time Warner had to create a dedicated web page for Sport Illustrated cover research.[4]

There is a lot of public interest in who is on the cover of fashion magazines with websites dedicated to the subject.[5] 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.[6] It is especially noteworthy if a cover model is fortunate enough to have a solo cover appearance.[7] The unveiling of the swimsuit issue cover and its model is a media event,[8] widely reported in the press.[9]

For many the mere sight of bronzed bathing beauties on the cover of a sports magazine is quite a moral issue. The issue generates numerous letters from readers both in support and in opposition of the issue each year. 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.[10]

Numerous types of trivia and statistics are monitored regarding the swimsuit issue cover subjects. Several have gone on to subsequent success in Hollywood.[11] Others have become the spouses of notable celebrities.[11] 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

Issue [12] Name (appearance) Nationality Notes
1964-01-20[13]Babette March Germany
1965-01-18[14]Sue Peterson United States
1966-01-17[15]Sunny Bippus United States
1967-01-16[16]Marilyn Tindall United States
1968-01-15[17]Turia Mau France
1969-01-13[18]Jamee Becker United States
1970-01-12[19]Cheryl Tiegs United States
1971-02-01[20]Tannia Rubiano United States
1972-01-17[21]Sheila Roscoe United States
1973-01-29[22]Dayle Haddon Canada
1974-01-28[23]Ann Simonton United States
1975-01-27[24]Cheryl Tiegs (2) United Statesfirst repeat cover model
1976-01-19[25]Yvette Sylvander
Yvonne Sylvander		 Sweden
 Sweden		first multi-subject cover
1977-01-24[26]Lena Kansbod Sweden
1978-01-16[27]Maria Joao Brazilmost cancellations (340),[28] most letters regarding a cover (2947)[11]
1979-02-05[29]Christie Brinkley United States
1980-02-04[30]Christie Brinkley (2) United States
1981-02-09[31]Christie Brinkley (3) United Statesfirst three-time cover model
1982-02-08[32]Carol Alt United States
1983-02-14[33]Cheryl Tiegs (3) United States
1984-02-13[34]Paulina Porizkova CzechoslovakiaPaulina Porizkova was the youngest Swimsuit Issue cover model at age 18[35]
1985-02-11[36]Paulina Porizkova (2) Czechoslovakia
1986-02-10[37]Elle Macpherson Australia
1987-02-09[38]Elle Macpherson (2) Australia
1988-02-15[39]Elle Macpherson (3) Australia
1989-02-07[40]Kathy Ireland United StatesBest selling swimsuit issue,[11] 25th anniversary
1990-02-12[41]Judit Mascó Spain
1991-02-11[42]Ashley (Richardson) Montana United States
1992-03-09[43]Kathy Ireland (2) United States
1993-02-22[44]Vendela Kirsebom Sweden
1994-02-14[45]Kathy Ireland (3)
Elle Macpherson (4)
Rachel Hunter		 United States
 Australia
 New Zealand		pregnant cover models (Ireland Hunter),[11] first four-time cover model
1995-02-20[46]Daniela Peštová Czech Republic
1996-01-29[47]Valeria Mazza
Tyra Banks		 Argentina
 United States		first African-American cover model
1997-02-21[48]Tyra Banks (2) United Statesfirst dedicated special issue,[28] first African-American solo cover model.[7][49]
1998-02-20[50]Heidi Klum Germany
1999-02-12[51]Rebecca Romijn United States
2000-02-01[52]Daniela Peštová (2) Czech Republic
2001-02-01[53]Elsa Benítez Mexico
2002-02-01[54]Yamila Diaz-Rahi Argentina
2003-02-18[55]Petra Němcová Czech Republic
2004-02-10[56]Veronika Vařeková
inset Anna Kournikova		 Czech Republic
 Russia		40th anniversary
2005-02-15[57]Carolyn Murphy
inset Jessica White, Marisa Miller, Yamila Diaz-Rahi		 United States
 United States,  United States,  Argentina
2006-02-17[58]Veronika 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 Sharapova		 Czech Republic
 Australia
 United States
 New Zealand
 Czech Republic
 Mexico
 United States
 Argentina
inset  Germany,  Russia		McPherson’s record 5th cover
2007-02-15[59]Beyoncé Knowles
inset Bar Refaeli		 United States
 Israel		First non-model/non-athlete; 2nd African-American
2008-02-12[60]Marisa Miller United States
2009-02-10[61]Bar Refaeli
inset Brooklyn Decker		 Israel
 United States
2010-02-12[62]Brooklyn Decker United States
2011-02-15[63]Irina Shayk
inset Kate Upton		 Russia
 United States
2012-02-14[64]Kate Upton
inset Alex Morgan		 United States
 United States
2013-02-15[65]Kate Upton (2)
inset Hannah Davis		 United States
 United States
2014-02-18[66][67]Nina Agdal
Lily Aldridge
Chrissy Teigen
flip-cover Kate Upton		 Denmark
 United States
 United States
 United States		50th Anniversary
2015-02-20[68]Hannah Davis United States
2016-02-23[69]Ronda Rousey
Ashley Graham
Hailey Clauson		 United States
 United States
 United States		First issue with multiple front covers
2017-02-20[70]Kate Upton (3)
 United StatesFirst cover model with multiple front covers
2018-02-19[71]Danielle Herrington United States

Notes

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  11. 1 2 3 4 5 Sports Illustrated 50: The Anniversary Book, Rob Fleder, 2005, p.286, ISBN 1-932273-49-2
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