The 2014 Swimsuit mag comes out February 11th — where Kate Upton will reportedly be floating in a zero gravity chamber . Ohhh, science, you dirty dog you. Here’s a rousing homage to 50 years of the soft core porn that is SI’s annual babe issue.
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1. The book cover
2. Julie Henderson in Israel, 2008/Kathy Ireland in Saint Vincent, 1990
Photograph by Raphael Mazzucco/Sports Illustrated, and Photograph by Robert Huntzinger/Sports Illustrated
3. Valeria Mazza in South Africa, 1996/Lena Kansbod in Maui, 1977, Jamee Becker in Puerto Rico, 1969
Mazza Photograph by Walter Iooss, Jr./Sports Illustrated, and Kansbod Photograph by Art Kane/Sports Illustrated, Becker Photograph by Ernst Haas/Sports Illustrated
4. Christie Brinkley in Brazil, 1978/Christie Brinkley in the Seychelles, 1979
Photographs by Walter Iooss, Jr./Sports Illustrated
5. Joe Montana, 1999/Rafael Nadal, 2012
Photographs by Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated
6. Wayne Gretzky, 1998/Roger Clemens, 2003
Gretzky Photograph by Francesco Scavullo/Sports Illustrated, and Clemens Photograph by Richard Corman/Sports Illustrated
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Laetitia Casta and Navia Nguyen in Malibu, Calif., 1997/Christie Brinkley in Seychelles, 1979/Rebecca Romijn and Elle Macpherson in the Bahamas, 2006 and Anne V in Portugal, 2010/Nina Agdal in Australia, 2013/Julie Henderson in Apalachiola, Fla.,2012
8. Anne V bodypainted as 1986 cover, 2013/Various covers, 1982-1990
Anne V Photograph by Walter Iooss, Jr./Sports Illustrated, 1982 cover: Carol Alt, 1983 cover: Cheryl Tiegs, 1984 cover: Paulina Porizkova, 1985 cover: Paulina Porizkova, 1986 cover: Elle Macpherson, 1987 cover: Elle Macpherson, 1988 cover: Elle Macpherson, 1989 cover: Kathy Ireland, 1990 cover: Judit Masco
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