Every Cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
In January 1964, Babette March appeared on the cover of the very first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, the start of 60 years of iconic magazine cover images celebrating women. Exuding confidence, beauty, resilience and joy, every SI Swimsuit cover personifies a woman standing in her true power. Witness Tyra Banks’s return to the SI Swimsuit cover in 2019 at the age of 45, shattering any preconceived notion that age could ever dim anyone’s beauty. Or look at Kate Upton’s magnificent 2013 cover shot in Antarctica, which helped to launch her into superstardom.
Trailblazing decade after decade, the cover of SI Swimsuit has proved to be one of the most impactful platforms upon which any model, musician or athlete can land. It’s a history-making star turn. Case in point: in 2021, Leyna Bloom, Megan Thee Stallion and Naomi Osaka, three women of color, became the first transgender model, first rapper and first Black female athlete, respectively, to appear on the cover.
Scroll down and go back in time to discover the evolution and inception of one of the world's most sought-after (and most viewed) franchises in history and celebrate the long-lasting tradition that is SI Swimsuit.
Kate Upton | Chrissy Teigen | Hunter McGrady | Gayle King
2024
Legends
2024
Alix Earle
2024
Brooks Nader | Martha Stewart | Megan Fox | Kim Petras
2023
Yumi Nu | Ciara | Maye Musk | Kim Kardashian
2022
Leyna Bloom | Megan Thee Stallion | Naomi Osaka
2021
Jasmine Sanders | Olivia Culpo | Kate Bock
2020
Alex Morgan | Tyra Banks | Camille Kostek
2019
Danielle Herrington
2018
Kate Upton
2017
Hailey Clauson | Ashley Graham | Ronda Rousey
2016
Hannah Davis
2015
Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen
2014
Kate Upton
2013
Kate Upton
2012
Irina Shayk
2011
Brooklyn Decker
2010
Bar Refaeli
2009
Marisa Miller 2008
Raphael Mazzucco
Beyoncé
2007
Veronica Varekova, Elle Macpherson, Rebecca Romijn, Rachel Hunter, Daniela Pestova, Elsa Benítez, Carolyn Murphy, and Yamila Diaz-Rahi
2006
Carolyn Murphy
2005
Veronica Varekova
2004
Petra Nemcova
2003
Yamilla Diaz-Rahi
2002
Elsa Benítez
2001
Daniela Pestova
2000
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
1999
Heidi Klum
1998
Tyra Banks
1997
Valeria Mazza and Tyra Banks
1996
Daniela Pestova
1995
Kathy Ireland, Elle Macpherson and Rachel Hunter
1994
Vendela Kirsebom
1993
Kathy Ireland
1992
Ashley Montana
1991
Judit Mascó
1990
Kathy Ireland
1989
Elle Macpherson
1988
Elle Macpherson
1987
Elle Macpherson
1986
Paulina Porizkova
1985
Paulina Porizkova
1984
Cheryl Tiegs
1983
Carol Alt
1982
Christie Brinkley
1981
Christie Brinkley
1980
Christie Brinkley
1979
Maria João
1978
Lena Kansbod
1977
Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander
1976
Cheryl Tiegs
1975
Ann Simonton
1974
Dayle Haddon
1973
Sheila Roscoe
1972
Tannia Rubiano
1971
Cheryl Tiegs
1970
Jamee Becker
1969
Turia Mau
1968
Marilyn Tindall
1967
Sunny Bippus
1966
Sue Peterson
1965
Babette March
1964