SI Cover Models
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover girl Bar Refaeli joins a memorable line of swimsuit models featured in the annual issue. Her 2009 photo shoot was also used in promotion with Southwest Airlines, with an image of Refaeli in a bikini painted on the side of a Southwest Boeing 737. Click through to see more swimsuit page-turners from the past.
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2008 - Marisa Miller
Not only was Miller featured on the cover of the 2008 edition, she's also known as a Victoria's Secret Angel. Miller has also done cameos for TV shows such as "Entourage" and "How I Met Your Mother".
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2007 - Beyonce Knowles
Beyonce appeared on the 2007 cover with an inset of Israeli model Bar Refaeli. She holds the distinction as the first non-model and non-athlete to pose for the cover, and the second African-American after Tyra Banks.
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2006 - All-Star Past
The special edition featured an assortment of great cover models including, from left, Rachel Hunter, Veronica Varekova, Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Daniela Pestova and Elsa Benitez. It was also Elle Macpherson's record 5th cover.
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2005 - Carolyn Murphy
The American model was featured on the cover with an inset of Jessica White, Marisa Miller and Yamila Diaz. In July 2007, Forbes magazine named her sixth on the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.
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2004 - Veronica Varekova
Varekova appeared on the cover of the 40th anniversary edition with an inset of tennis knockout Anna Kournikova. She's been in the swimsuit edition a total of eight times from 1999-2002 and 2004-2007.
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2002 - Yamila Diaz-Rahi
The Argentine model posed in Mexico for the 2002 cover edition, and moved on to appear on the cover of other magazines such as GQ, Glamour, Maxim, Elle and Shape.
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2001 - Elsa Benitez
The Mexican model, who was previously married to former NBA star Rony Seikaly, posed for the 2001 cover in Tunisia. She has appeared in the swimsuit edition five times since her debut in the magazine.
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1995, 2000, and 2006 - Daniela Pestova
Pestova, who appeared on the cover three times, has also posed for GQ, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and ELLE. She's reportedly been dubbed "The Chameleon" for continuously changing her look.
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1999 - Rebecca Romijn
The American film and television actress is also a former fashion model who is a fixture on annual lists of the world's most beautiful women by publications such as Maxim and FHM.
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