'THE FAIREST ISLAND THAT EYES HAVE BEHELD'
Jule Campbell
February 14, 1983
That's how Christopher Columbus described Jamaica when he first distinguished its "sheer and darkly green" silhouette on the evening of May 3, 1494. Nearly 500 years later, modern visitors to the island would agree with Columbus. On the North Coast, where most tourists stay, the Caribbean, green in the shallows, blue in the depths, laps beaches from which gradually rise the forested slopes of the Blue Mountains (highest point: 7,402 feet). In Reach Falls, one of the cascades which course down them to the sea, cover girl Cheryl Tiegs lolls in a lacy polyester-cotton-Lycra suit by Monika Tilley for Elon ($58). At left, Paulina Porizkova stretches for the sun in a bikini by Keiko ($60). For a report on life—and sports—in and around steamy Kingston on the island's South Coast, see page 94.
In a suit by Marcia Friedman ($54), Kim blossoms on a tile bench at the Montego Bay home of Mrs. Enriquillo del Rosario, the wife of the Dominican ambassador to the U.N.
Banned from Boston Beach? Not our Cheryl (left), especially when she wears this demure creation from Marcia Friedman ($56).
At the Trident, Cheryl, who starts each day with a few minutes of yoga, performs "the plow" in yet another suit by Marcia Friedman ($54).
Mellow yellow bikinis look twice as nice on Kim and Paulina as they head for an intriguing, unnamed island off the Royal Caribbean Hotel in Montego Bay. Kim's is by Keiko ($55), Paulina's by Anna Club ($95).
Spotting Paulina at Negril in sequins by Leah Gottlieb ($80) would be the bright spot of any beachcomber's day.
It's said this rock stands guard over pirate gold. Cheryl is some kind of lookout in a cotton bikini ($38) and sweater ($60) from Ralph Lauren. Tune in next year for more tropical treasures!