List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models

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.

[4] The unveiling of the swimsuit issue cover and its model is a media event,[5] widely reported in the press.

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.