List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover models - wikipedia List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover models Tyra Banks was the first African American swimsuit issue cover model. Elle Macpherson holds the record for most swimsuit issue covers, with five. List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models enumerates the chronological history of cover models for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has grown from being an issue of Sports Illustrated magazine created just to creatively fill space at a time of year with little sports news into a major marketing franchise that includes a special separate issue, a website, television specials, calendars, books and enormous amounts of advertising. It began as a short photo spread of women in bathing suits and has become a fashion issue for beachwear worn by the world 's top models. Being the subject of the Sports Illustrated magazine cover is a well chronicled event which has both become a measure by which fame is measured and a status which is supposedly accompanied by a curse known as the `` SI jinx ''. There seems to have been no reports of any association of the SI jinx with the swimsuit issue. The media considers being the cover person for Sports Illustrated an important career statistic for notable persons and keeps track of cover appearance counts with Michael Jordan having taken over the leadership from Muhammad Ali. In the internet era, Time Warner had to create a dedicated web page for Sport Illustrated cover research. There is a lot of public interest in who is on the cover of fashion magazines with websites dedicated to the subject. For supermodels being on the cover of important magazines is a matter of prestige and achieving the cover of Sports Illustrated 's annual swimsuit edition is quite a celebrated highlight. It is especially noteworthy if a cover model is fortunate enough to have a solo cover appearance. The unveiling of the swimsuit issue cover and its model is a media event, widely reported in the press. For many the mere sight of bronzed bathing beauties on the cover of a sports magazine is quite a moral issue. The issue generates numerous letters from readers both in support and in opposition of the issue each year. Numerous subscribers cancel subscriptions as a matter of propriety annually. Recently, Time Warner took action to avoid many of the complainants by withholding the Swimsuit issue from certain types of recipients, such as libraries and schools. Numerous types of trivia and statistics are monitored regarding the swimsuit issue cover subjects. Several have gone on to subsequent success in Hollywood. Others have become the spouses of notable celebrities. The following list is a list of models chosen as subjects for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover, incorporating some related statistics and trivia. List of covers Issue Name ( appearance ) Nationality Notes 1964 - 01 - 20 Babette March Germany 1965 - 01 - 18 Sue Peterson United States 1966 - 01 - 17 Sunny Bippus United States 1967 - 01 - 16 Marilyn Tindall United States 1968 - 01 - 15 Turia Mau France 1969 - 01 - 13 Jamee Becker United States 1970 - 01 - 12 Cheryl Tiegs United States 1971 - 02 - 01 Tannia Rubiano United States 1972 - 01 - 17 Sheila Roscoe United States 1973 - 01 - 29 Dayle Haddon Canada 1974 - 01 - 28 Ann Simonton United States 1975 - 01 - 27 Cheryl Tiegs ( 2 ) United States first repeat cover model 1976 - 01 - 19 Yvette Sylvander Yvonne Sylvander Sweden Sweden first multi-subject cover 1977 - 01 - 24 Lena Kansbod Sweden 1978 - 01 - 16 Maria Joao Brazil most cancellations ( 340 ), most letters regarding a cover ( 2947 ) 1979 - 02 - 05 Christie Brinkley United States 1980 - 02 - 04 Christie Brinkley ( 2 ) United States 1981 - 02 - 09 Christie Brinkley ( 3 ) United States first three - time cover model 1982 - 02 - 08 Carol Alt United States 1983 - 02 - 14 Cheryl Tiegs ( 3 ) United States 1984 - 02 - 13 Paulina Porizkova Czechoslovakia Paulina Porizkova was the youngest Swimsuit Issue cover model at age 18 1985 - 02 - 11 Paulina Porizkova ( 2 ) Czechoslovakia 1986 - 02 - 10 Elle Macpherson Australia 1987 - 02 - 09 Elle Macpherson ( 2 ) Australia 1988 - 02 - 15 Elle Macpherson ( 3 ) Australia 1989 - 02 - 07 Kathy Ireland United States Best selling swimsuit issue, 25th anniversary 1990 - 02 - 12 Judit Mascó Spain 1991 - 02 - 11 Ashley ( Richardson ) Montana United States 1992 - 03 - 09 Kathy Ireland ( 2 ) United States 1993 - 02 - 22 Vendela Kirsebom Sweden 1994 - 02 - 14 Kathy Ireland ( 3 ) Elle Macpherson ( 4 ) Rachel Hunter United States Australia New Zealand pregnant cover models ( Ireland Hunter ), first four - time cover model 1995 - 02 - 20 Daniela Peštová Czech Republic 1996 - 01 - 29 Valeria Mazza Tyra Banks Argentina United States first African - American cover model 1997 - 02 - 21 Tyra Banks ( 2 ) United States first dedicated special issue, first African - American solo cover model. 1998 - 02 - 20 Heidi Klum Germany 1999 - 02 - 12 Rebecca Romijn United States 2000 - 02 - 01 Daniela Peštová ( 2 ) Czech Republic 2001 - 02 - 01 Elsa Benítez Mexico 2002 - 02 - 01 Yamila Diaz - Rahi Argentina 2003 - 02 - 18 Petra Němcová Czech Republic 2004 - 02 - 10 Veronika Vařeková inset Anna Kournikova Czech Republic Russia 40th anniversary 2005 - 02 - 15 Carolyn Murphy inset Jessica White, Marisa Miller, Yamila Diaz - Rahi United States United States, United States, Argentina 2006 - 02 - 17 Veronika Vařeková ( 2 ) Elle Macpherson ( 5 ) Rebecca Romijn ( 2 ) Rachel Hunter ( 2 ) Daniela Peštová ( 3 ) Elsa Benítez ( 2 ) Carolyn Murphy ( 2 ) Yamila Diaz - Rahi ( 2 ) inset Heidi Klum, Maria Sharapova Czech Republic Australia United States New Zealand Czech Republic Mexico United States Argentina inset Germany, Russia McPherson 's record 5th cover 2007 - 02 - 15 Beyoncé Knowles inset Bar Refaeli United States Israel First non-model / non-athlete ; 2nd African - American 2008 - 02 - 12 Marisa Miller United States 2009 - 02 - 10 Bar Refaeli inset Brooklyn Decker Israel United States 2010 - 02 - 12 Brooklyn Decker United States 2011 - 02 - 15 Irina Shayk inset Kate Upton Russia United States 2012 - 02 - 14 Kate Upton inset Alex Morgan United States United States 2013 - 02 - 15 Kate Upton ( 2 ) inset Hannah Davis United States United States 2014 - 02 - 18 Nina Agdal Lily Aldridge Chrissy Teigen flip - cover Kate Upton Denmark United States United States United States 50th Anniversary 2015 - 02 - 20 Hannah Davis United States 2016 - 02 - 23 Ronda Rousey Ashley Graham Hailey Clauson United States United States United States First issue with multiple front covers 2017 - 02 - 20 Kate Upton ( 3 ) United States First cover model with multiple front covers Notes Jump up ^ Steigerwald, Bill ( January 24, 2002 ). `` Sports Illustrated investigates cover curse ''. 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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models 1960s Babette March Sue Peterson Sunny Bippus Marilyn Tindall Turia Mau Jamee Becker 1970s Cheryl Tiegs Tannia Rubiano Shelia Roscoe Dayle Haddon Ann Simonton Cheryl Tiegs Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander Lena Kansbod Maria João Christie Brinkley 1980s Christie Brinkley Christie Brinkley Carol Alt Cheryl Tiegs Paulina Porizkova Paulina Porizkova Elle Macpherson Elle Macpherson Elle Macpherson Kathy Ireland 1990s Judit Mascó Ashley Richardson Kathy Ireland Vendela Kirsebom Kathy Ireland, Rachel Hunter & Elle Macpherson Daniela Peštová Valeria Mazza & Tyra Banks Tyra Banks Heidi Klum Rebecca Romijn 2000s Daniela Peštová Elsa Benítez Yamila Díaz Petra Němcová Veronika Vařeková Carolyn Murphy Veronika Vařeková, Elle Macpherson, Rebecca Romijn, Rachel Hunter, Daniela Peštová, Elsa Benítez, Carolyn Murphy & Yamila Díaz Beyoncé Knowles Marisa Miller Bar Refaeli 2010s Brooklyn Decker Irina Shayk Kate Upton Kate Upton Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge & Chrissy Teigen Hannah Jeter Ronda Rousey / Ashley Graham / Hailey Clauson Kate Upton Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sports_Illustrated_Swimsuit_Issue_cover_models&oldid=799790859 '' Categories : Sports Illustrated Lists of female models Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from February 2014 Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 9 September 2017, at 21 : 31. 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Question: who has been on sports illustrated swimsuit cover the most
Answer: Christie Brinkley