Still Hot at 40
November 10, 2003
Not all the athletes SI has put on the cover play a sport. In fact some of our most popular subjects are famous for simply being uncovered. The SI Swimsuit issue (which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in January) has become a global phenomenon and generated more letters than any of the sports stories in the main magazine, with the missives evenly split between "Cancel my subscription!" and "Can I have Cheryl Tiegs's home number?"
TURIA MAO, 1968
Bora-Bora
ANN SIMONTON, 1974
Palmas del Mar, Puerto Rico
CHERYL TIEGS, 1975
Cancun, Mexico
YVETTE AND YVONNE SYLVANDER, 1976
Baja California
ELLE MACPHERSON, 1986
Bora-Bora
ELLE MACPHERSON, 1987
Dominican Republic
ELLE MACPHERSON, 1988
Thailand
KATHY IRELAND, 1989
Baja California
HEIDI KLUM, 1998
Vabbinfaru, Maldives
REBECCA ROMIJN-STAMOS, 1999
Necker Island, British Virgin Islands