Bar Refaeli, who celebrated her birthday yesterday, earns this week's illustrious SwimDaily Throwback Thursday commendation

Rebecca Shore | Jun 4, 2014

BY THIS  point we consider Bar Refaeli a full-fledged Swimsuit legend thanks to that dreamy cover shot from 2009. And looking through the photos she took in 2007 as a Rookie, it's not hard to to tell that this girl was going somewhere. We're just glad she went so many places with us, too.

Happy birthday, Bar!

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GALLERY: Bar's Rookie Season

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