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Thursday, January 16, 2014

50th Anniversary of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue


Time, Inc. and NBC have put together a 50th anniversary special celebrating the golden jubilee of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which will air Feb. 3 at 9 p.m. Eastern - Super Bowl Monday, if the game is snowed out Sunday that is.

Hosted by Heidi Klum, the two-hour bikini marathon will feature interviews with current and former models like Kate Upton, Tyra Banks, Christie Brinkley and Marisa Miller, among others. Other than the models, there will also be musical performances by Tim McGraw, Enrique Iglesias, John Legend and Lady Antebellum,whose lead singer was hanging out with Kate Upton on Tuesday Jan 14,2014

 The special will showcase 50 years of swimsuit history with interviews, behind-the-scenes, travel destinations and many, many people in swimsuits, eventually leading to a top 10 countdown of the best swimsuit covers ever. The swimsuit special continues the working relationship between SI and NBC as NBCSN has aired a "Sports Illustrated" news magazine show in the past

Top, from left: Babette March, 1964; Sue Peterson, 1965; Sunny Bippus, 1966; Marilyn Tindall, 1967; Turia Mau, 1968
Bottom: Jamiee Becker, 1969; Cheryl Tiegs, 1970; Tannia Rubiano, 1971; Shelia Roscoe, 1972; Dayle Haddon, 1973


Top: Ann Simonton, 1974; Cheryl Tiegs, 1975; Yvette Sylvander and Yvonne Sylvander, 1976; Lena Kansbod, 1977; Maria Joao, 1978
Bottom: Christie Brinkley, 1979; Christie Brinkley, 1980; Christie Brinkley, 1981; Carol Alt, 1982; Cheryl Tiegs, 1983
 

Top: Paulina Porizkova, 1984; Paulina Porizkova, 1985; Elle Macpherson, 1986; Elle Macpherson, 1987; Elle Macpherson, 1988
Bottom: Kathy Ireland, 1989; Judit Mascó, 1990; Ashley Richardson, 1991; Kathy Ireland, 1992; Vendela Kirsebom, 1993
 

Top: Kathy Ireland, Elle Macpherson, and Rachel Hunter, 1994; Daniela Peštová, 1995; Valeria Mazza and Tyra Banks, 1996; Tyra Banks, 1997; Heidi Klum, 1998
Bottom: Rebecca Romijn, 1999; Daniela Peštová, 2000; Elsa Benítez, 2001; Yamila Diaz-Rahi, 2002; Petra Němcová, 2003
 

Top: Veronika Vařeková, 2004; Carolyn Murphy, 2005; Veronika Vařeková, Elle Macpherson, Rebecca Romijn, Rachel Hunter, Daniela Peštová, Elsa Benítez, Carolyn Murphy, and Yamila Diaz-Rahi, 2006; Beyoncé Knowles, 2007; Marisa Miller, 2008
Bottom: Bar Refaeli, 2009; Brooklyn Decker, 2010; Irina Shayk, 2011; Kate Upton, 2012; Kate Upton, 2013
 


Babette Beatty (formerly March) with the launch issue that made her famous


Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen pose together on the cover of the Sports Illustrated 2014 swimsuit issue

It is the first time in history three beauties have featured on the cover, and it was unveiled before a rabid audience in Hollywood outside the studio where Jimmy Kimmel Live was being filmed

Sports Illustrated revealed that Barbie is to feature alongside supermodels like Christie Brinkley and Brooklyn Decker as part of a campaign called 'unapologetic'

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