Kate Upton on cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition

Kate Upton on cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition:  Sports Illustrated anniversary on Monday apparent its anniversary swimsuit affair with archetypal Kate Upton on the awning in a two-toned, red cord bikini with a basal section that, literally, appears to be little added than a string.

Upton, 19, a built-in of Melbourne, Florida, is the latest in a continued band of models including Heidi Klum, Elle MacPherson, Tyra Banks and Brooklyn Decker, who accept appeared in the coveted role as the swimsuit issue's awning girl.

M.J. Daly, chief editor for Sports Illustrated, said Upton "embodies the composure and sexiness" alleged for in the affair that is apparent by some 70 actor readers in the magazine, the Web and on adaptable accessories like phones and book computers.

This year's 17 models in the swimsuit copy were photographed in Australia, Zambia, the Republic of Seychelles, Panama and in the United States in Apalachicola, Florida.

"Every individual babe we shoot has the befalling to be on the cover, and it absolutely comes down to who has the best picture," Daly told Reuters. "Whoever has that absolutely special, jaw-dropping photo ends up on the cover."

Upton's account absolutely fits the bill. She is airish in the account with one duke on her albino hair and addition on a bald hip. Her clothing appears baby on her ample physique - but afresh again, it is a bikini.

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, which hits newsstands on Tuesday, February 14, is annually the a lot of widely-read copy of the anniversary and getting on the awning or central its pages can barrage a career for a model.

Inside the anniversary are aswell brilliant changeable athletes in annihilation but layers of physique paint. An iPhone app gives users a 360-degree actualization of corrective women.

Model Bar Refaeli is pictured with sports stars Rafael Nadal, Chris Paul and Michael Phelps.

Last year's awning model, Irina Shayk, makes her sixth actualization in this year's edition. Among added models in the affair are Jessica Gomes, Genevieve Morton and Anne V. Jessica Perez, champ of the 2011 Rookie Archetypal Search, aswell is featured.