So many stunning models have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition over the years! The magazine first started featuring the issue back in the mid 1960s. Since then, it has only grown in popularity to the point where 2019 cover models were announced on ‘Good Morning America!’ One of the two models was Tyra Banks, who made history in 1997 as the first black woman to do a solo cover for the magazine’s issue.

A number of famous models either got their star or rose to wider acclaim from posing-up on the cover. Models like Christie Brinkley and Elle Macpherson have been on the cover more than once and models like Chrissy Teigen and Ashley Graham have been given the coveted spot in the last decade, catapulting them to super-stardom. Some models, like Christie, have even seen their children in the magazine. Sailor Brinkley Cook has appeared in the mag, but not yet on the cover. To see more models then and now who have appeared on the cover of the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated, check out the rest of the gallery!