The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is an annual eye candy tradition. While the cast of hotties in skimpy bikinis used to be limited to professional models, now the magazine has opened its pages up to include a wider variety of women, resulting in more diversity in body sizes, backgrounds, and ages.
This year’s cover comes in four different designs, with four distinct and unique models wearing — oh, who cares what they’re wearing, right? It’s barely-there swimwear. That’s all you need to know. What you won’t find this year is your stereotypical blonde bombshell on the covers.
Instead of your usual Baywatch-style babes, the ladies gracing these covers include two recording artists, a reality TV star-turned-entrepreneur, and the elderly mom of a very famous man. Only half have professional modeling experience (the least hottest of the bunch, oddly enough). Regardless of where Sports Illustrated found them, all these women brought their A-game to the photo shoot (though none of them are athletes).
As us lascivious gents know, not all swimsuit models are created equal. As much as we applaud diversity, the fact remains that some gals rock a bikini better than others. To that end, we felt it was our duty to rank the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girls for your enjoyment and amusement.
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SI Models 2022
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4. Maye Musk
We would put Maye Musk lower on this list if it were possible. Sure, Maye is an established model, but, come on, at 74 years old, no hot-blooded male really wants to see her in a swimsuit, even if it is a tasteful one-piece. If you're into GILFs, maybe Maye does it for ya. But for us, we prefer our Swimsuit Issue models under the AARP threshold. Also, the nepotism leaves a bad taste in our mouths.
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3. Yumi Nu
"Yummy" is practically her first name. What more do you need to know? OK, maybe a little bit more. Nu first appeared on an SI Swimsuit Issue in 2021. The plus-size model is also a Japanese-Dutch recording artist and an entrepreneur. Talk about a triple threat!
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2. Ciara
Yee-haw. We'd like to ride that cowgirl! This Grammy-nominated singer is a multi-talented MILF with fingers in all sorts of entrepreneurial pots, from a fashion house to film and TV roles to a children's book. That she stuns in a swimsuit is just icing on the cake.
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1. Kim Kardashian
Is there anyone in the world that looks better in a bikini than Kim K? We think not. No matter how you feel about reality TV stars, you have to admit that her insane bod and glowing skin make her the perfect candidate for swimsuit spreads.
