February 07, 1989 | Volume 70, Issue 6

THE MODEL IS FAMILIAR—CHERYL TIEGS—AND SO ARE THE SEYCHELLES, THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLES THAT WERE THE SITE OF OUR 1979 SHOOT. TO BE SURE, THE SUIT, BY LISALOMAS FOR VIEWPOINT ($78), IS DIFFERENT

Multidimensional Tannia Rubiano Hecht has never had it so good

Modest Sheila Roscoe still doesn't understand how she ever got to be a model

Dayle Haddon's glance could melt glaciers

Ann Simonton fights for feminist issues—and against the SI swimsuit issue

Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander have a rapport that is unique to identical twins

BASKING ON A FLORIDA GULF COAST BEACH, THE SYLVANDERS WEAR SUITS OF A TWIN MOTIF. YVETTE'S BIKINI ($45) AND YVONNE'S MAILLOT ($55) ARE FROM DARLING RIO

Homemaker Lena Kansbod wants to get back to modeling

Did Maria João use the occult to make the SI cover?

Senior editor Jule Campbell is indispensable in producing our annual swimsuit issue, but she freely admits that she often needs a helping hand. This was particularly true with this 25th...

THE TRIP TO A GAME PRESERVE IN KENYA IS SO MUCH FUN WILD ELEPHANTS COULDN'T DRAG CHRISTIE BRINKLEY AWAY. SHE'S WEARING SHORTS BY BANANA REPUBLIC ($34)

Carol Alt is tired of being just a pretty face. She wants to be a movie star

LEAPIN' LIZARDS, HERE'S CAROL ALT RECLINING IN A FRESHWATER POOL AMID THE LAVA ROCKS ON THE NORTH SHORE OF KAUAI, THE EDEN OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. HER SUIT WITH REPTILIAN MOTIF IS FROM GOTTEX ($66)

Paulina Porizkova is a woman who likes to say exactly what she thinks

ON THE ISLAND OF ST. BARTS IN THE CARIBBEAN, PAULINA MUSES ON A BALCONY OF THE HOTEL TAIWANA IN A TEENY-WEENY TROPICAL PRINT BIKINI MADE BY DARLING RIO ($40)

Supermodel Elle Macpherson can't understand what it is that others see in her

WAS IT THE SANDMAN WHO LIGHTLY DUSTED AUSTRALIA'S OWN ELLE MACPHERSON WHEN SHE VISITED THE GREAT BARRIER REEF? WELL, SOMETHING MADE HER DOZE OFF IN A BIKINI BY IPANEMA WEAR ($40)

C'mon in, the water's fine along Mexico's Pacific Coast—and so are the swimsuits

How a Roman Gabriel fan lost his innocence

Here's a portfolio of six new covers featuring your SI models in swimsuit venues of the past

Meet the 19 women—as you will see, an amazingly diverse group—who have graced the covers of the 25 SI swimsuit issues

Impish Babette March put on that white bikini and launched an institution

Sue Peterson got something better than a cover from her SI swimsuit shoot

It seems that way for Sunny Bippus, whose name reflects her outlook

Marilyn Tindall Percival conquered shyness by entering beauty contests

That's the way Turia Mau Payot describes her idyllic existence in Tahiti

Jamee Becker Guilbert now stays busy as a working mother in France