On February 12th Sports Illustrated will debut the cover of their 2013 Swismuit issue on The Late Show with David Letterman and it has been leaked that Nina Agdal will be featued on the cover. As we enter the 50th year of Swimsuit we look back at the history of it’s covers.
1964 - Babette March
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1965 - Sue Peterson
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1966 - Sunny Bippus
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1967 - Lynn Tindall
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1968 - Turia Mau
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1969 - Richniks
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1970 - Cheryl Tiegs
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1971 - Tannia Rubiano
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1972 - Sheila Roscoe
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1973 - Dayle Haddon
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1974 - Ann Simonton
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1975 - Cheryl Tiegs
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1976 - Yvette and Yvonne Sylander
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1977 - Lena Hansbod
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1978 - Maria Joao
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1979 - Christie Brinkley
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1980 - Christie Brinkley
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1981 - Christie Brinkley
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1982 - Carol Alt
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1983 - Cheryl Tiegs
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1984 - Paulina Porizkova
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1985 - Paulina Porizkova
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1986 - Elle Macpherson
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1987 - Elle Macpherson
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1988 - Elle Macpherson
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1989 - Kathy Ireland
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1990 - Judit Masco
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1991 - Ashley Montana
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1992 - Kathy Ireland
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1993 - Vendela
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1994 - Rachel Hunter, Kathy Ireland, and Elle MacPherson
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1995 - Daniela
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1996 - Tyra Banks and Valeria Mazza
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1997 - Tyra Banks
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1998 - Heidi Klum
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1999 - Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
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2000 - Daniela Pestova
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2001 - Elsa Benitez
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2002 - Yamila Diaz-Rahi
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2003 - Petra Nemcova
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2004 - Veronica Varekova
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2005 - Carolyn Murphy
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2006 - Multiple models
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2007 - Beyonce
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2008 - Marisa Miller
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2009 - Bar Refaeli
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2010 - Brooklyn Decker
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2011 - Irina Shayk
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2012 - Kate Upton
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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit covers
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