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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Marisa
Miller
2008 SI swimsuit issue covergirl
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In the winter
of 1964, Sports Illustrated magazine was in its usual sales slump.
So the editorial staff at S.I. decided to try something new.
Babette
Marche, a model in a racy (for the time) bikini was splashed
across the cover for their new February issue and - surprise!
- the edition was almost an instant sellout.
Soon, hot-blooded
sports fans by the millions were waiting at mailboxes for delivery
of the Sports llustrated Swimsuit Issue in an annual winter tradition.
Since then,
Sports Illustrated is credited with almost single-handedly launching
the Era of the Supermodel, giving rise to the careers of Tyra
Banks, Christie Brinkley, Rachel Hunter, Elle Macpherson and Kathy
Ireland (to name only a few) who have since graced the cover.
The 2006 landmark
"topless" cover featured models Veronica Varekova,
Elle Macpherson, Rebecca Romijn, Rachel Hunter, Daniela Pestova,
Elsa Benitez, Carolyn Murphy and Yamila Diaz.
Inside, Heidi
Klum was the featured photo spread and, (just to keep it fairly
legit as a sports issue), tennis pro Maria
Sharapova also appeared in the lower right hand corner over
the sub-headline, "...As You've Never Seen Her".
Swimsuit
Issue 2008
Although 2007
cover girl Beyonce
may have been a hard act to follow, current 2008 covergirl supermodel
Marisa
Miller has an equally hot fan following from her many appearances
in past Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and in Victoria's
Secret catalogs.
Meanwhile,
hottie Bar
Rafaeli (a main squeeze of actor Leonardo Dicaprio) and sexy
race car star Danica
Patrick grace the inside pages. Also,
stay tuned for upcoming airings of a behind-the-scenes look at
the
making of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2008 edition on
Saturday, February 16 at 11PM and on Friday, February 22 at 2AM
on cable channel TNT.
Fortunately,
fans no longer have to wait anxiously at their mailboxes for the
hardcopy, and enjoy almost instantaneous access to the swimsuit
issue online - including model profiles, behind the scenes photo
shoots and video clips, along with an entire archive of favorite
editions. Check them all out here ....
Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
- The full multimedia extravaganza including the latest &
greatest photos, video clips, screen savers, cell phone wallpapers
and, of course, the full Marisa Miller spread ....
CNN
Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition - A goldmine with
model galleries, hot cover photos & video clips, plus check
out other fully archived presentations of the 1996, 1997, 1998
and 2000 issues.
AskMen.com
- Sports Illustrated Models - Their choice of the hottest
babes in the 2006 issue with photos and related links to more
on Elsa Benitez, Carolyn Murphy, and Daniela Pestova.
Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
- The complete history from Wikipedia, including a list of SI
cover girls and related gallery of historic covers from 1964 to
the present.
YouTube.com
- Maria Sharapova Swimsuit -
Promo video of the hot tennis star before, during, and after her
famous photo shoot for the 2006 issue.
Random
Swimsuit Pics - One guy's personal, high-quality collection
from recent and past SI Swimsuit issues.
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Cheerleaders | Maria
Sharopova
also
in Pop Culture -> Victoria's
Secret
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