List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models

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.

Elle Macpherson holds the record for most swimsuit issue covers, with five
Tyra Banks was the first African American swimsuit issue cover model
Camille Kostek landed a solo cover in 2019 after being scouted in the issue's first ever open casting call

There is a lot of public interest in who is on the cover of fashion magazines with websites dedicated to the subject.[2] 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.[3] It is especially noteworthy if a cover model is fortunate enough to have a solo cover appearance.[4] The unveiling of the swimsuit issue cover and its model is a media event,[5] widely reported in the press.[6]

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.[7]

Numerous types of trivia and statistics are monitored regarding the swimsuit issue cover subjects. Several have gone on to subsequent success in Hollywood.[8] Others have become the spouses of notable celebrities.[8] 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 [9] Name (appearance) Nationality Notes
January 20, 1964[10]Babette March Germany
January 18, 1965[11]Sue Peterson United States
January 17, 1966[12]Sunny Bippus United States
January 16, 1967[13]Marilyn Tindall United States
January 15, 1968[14]Turia Mau France
January 13, 1969[15]Jamee Becker United States
January 12, 1970[16]Cheryl Tiegs United States
February 1, 1971[17]Tannia Rubiano United States
January 17, 1972[18]Sheila Roscoe United States
January 29, 1973[19]Dayle Haddon Canada
January 28, 1974[20]Ann Simonton United States
January 27, 1975[21]Cheryl Tiegs (2) United Statesfirst repeat cover model
January 19, 1976[22]Yvette Sylvander
Yvonne Sylvander		 Sweden
 Sweden		first multi-subject cover
January 24, 1977[23]Lena Kansbod Sweden
January 16, 1978[24]Maria Joao Brazilmost cancellations (340),[25] most letters regarding a cover (2947)[8]
February 5, 1979[26]Christie Brinkley United States
February 2, 1980[27]Christie Brinkley (2) United States
February 9, 1981[28]Christie Brinkley (3) United Statesfirst three-time cover model
February 8, 1982[29]Carol Alt United States
February 14, 1983[30]Cheryl Tiegs (3) United States
February 13, 1984[31]Paulina Porizkova Czechoslovakiayoungest Swimsuit Issue cover model at age 18[32]
February 11, 1985[33]Paulina Porizkova (2) Czechoslovakia
February 10, 1986[34]Elle Macpherson Australia
February 9, 1987[35]Elle Macpherson (2) Australia
February 15, 1989[36]Elle Macpherson (3) Australia
February 7, 1989[37]Kathy Ireland United StatesBest selling swimsuit issue,[8] 25th anniversary
February 12, 1990[38]Judit Mascó Spain
February 11, 1991[39]Ashley (Richardson) Montana United States
March 9, 1992[40]Kathy Ireland (2) United States
February 22, 1993[41]Vendela Kirsebom Sweden
February 14, 1994[42]Kathy Ireland (3)
Elle Macpherson (4)
Rachel Hunter		 United States
 Australia
 New Zealand		pregnant cover models (Ireland & Hunter),[8] first four-time cover model (Macpherson)
February 20, 1995[43]Daniela Peštová Czech Republic
January 29, 1996[44]Valeria Mazza
Tyra Banks		 Argentina
 United States		first African-American cover model
February 21, 1997[45]Tyra Banks (2) United Statesfirst dedicated special issue,[25] first African-American solo cover model.[4][46]
February 20, 1998[47]Heidi Klum Germany
February 12, 1999[48]Rebecca Romijn United States
February 1, 2000[49]Daniela Peštová (2) Czech Republic
February 1, 2001[50]Elsa Benítez Mexico
February 1, 2002[51]Yamila Diaz-Rahi Argentina
February 18, 2003[52]Petra Němcová Czech Republic
February 10, 2004[53]Veronika Vařeková
inset Anna Kournikova		 Czech Republic
 Russia		40th anniversary
February 15, 2005[54]Carolyn Murphy
inset Jessica White, Marisa Miller, Yamila Diaz-Rahi		 United States
 United States,  United States,  Argentina
February 17, 2006[55]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		record 5th cover for Macpherson
February 15, 2007[56]Beyoncé Knowles
inset Bar Refaeli		 United States
 Israel		First non-model/non-athlete
February 12, 2008[57]Marisa Miller United States
February 10, 2009[58]Bar Refaeli
inset Melissa Baker		 Israel
 United States
February 12, 2010[59]Brooklyn Decker United States
February 15, 2011[60]Irina Shayk
inset Kate Upton		 Russia
 United States
February 14, 2012[61]Kate Upton
inset Alex Morgan		 United States
 United States
February 13, 2013[62]Kate Upton (2)
inset Hannah Davis		 United States
 United States
February 18, 2014[63][64]Nina Agdal
Lily Aldridge
Chrissy Teigen
flip-cover Kate Upton		 Denmark
 United States
 United States
 United States		50th Anniversary
February 20, 2015[65]Hannah Davis United States
February 23, 2016[66]Ronda Rousey
Ashley Graham
Hailey Clauson		 United States
 United States
 United States		First issue with multiple front covers
February 20, 2017[67]Kate Upton (3)
 United StatesFirst cover model with multiple front covers
February 18, 2019[68]Danielle Herrington United States
May 13, 2019[69][70]Tyra Banks (3)
Camille Kostek
Alex Morgan		 United States
 United States
 United States

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