Raica Olivera is the Brazilian body you know all too well even if you don’t know her name. Something Tiegs had that Farrah didn’t, however, was three SI Swimsuit covers: 1975, 1979, and 1983. In the 1970’s the only model that was arguably as well known as Tiegs was Farrah Fawcett. Yes, the QUEEN in all caps to stress how over the top she was. Instead, the hottest models will be based on reader survey polls, amount of times appearing in the SI Swimsuit Edition/Number of covers, and a little biased opinion – nobody said this would be totally impartial.Ĭheryl Tiegs is not a name the current generations would be familiar with but back in the day, she ruled. While everyone has a different opinion as to what or who is hot – or the hottest in this case, there will be no order in the ranking. In some cases, an SI shoot or cover launched a somewhat unknown onto a bigger career while in others SI has grabbed a name brand and gone for broke. The hottest Sports Illustrated models read like a who’s who of the top models of the past 40 or so years. This is also true with the accessories worn by the models like jewelry, hats, sunglasses and so on…. Going from unknown obscurity to the must have swimsuit of the season. This phenomenon also carried over to the designers “Swimwear Companies” of many of the suits worn in the photo shoots as well. It is a widely known fact that a model lucky enough to be honored with the Cover of an issue would be launched into supermodel status. I recently came across this great article covering the history of the SI swimsuit models, that I wanted to write on and that is worth checking out! Sports Illustrated – Hottest Swimsuit Models of All Time
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |