The cover shot is more conservative than most images in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.
Picking two finalists among those six teams is like choosing a date from a swimsuit competition.
For bottom-heavy women, the more fabric your swimsuit bottom has, the bigger your bottom will look.
Upton will become the ninth model to grace the coveted SI Swimsuit Edition cover twice.
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In sunny California, the only winter accessory needed for this home is a swimsuit.
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Recently, 78, 000 copies of the 3D Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Video were downloaded by gamers through PlayStation Network.
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The super hero's star-spangled swimsuit is to be replaced by a radical new style that includes leggings.
He offers this example: The Sports Illustrated swimsuit iPhone app was touted by many as a huge success.
The service's two sides are cemented by a long kiss between a swimsuit model and a stereotyped geek.
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The swimsuit edition became a stand-alone issue for Sports Illustrated in 1997, and has become one of Time Inc.
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The misty-eyed brunette appeared in the swimsuit issue for a 13 consecutive years.
We all know what the effort of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is.
After all, what athlete wants to hear his trainer yell, "I have a swimsuit model who could kick your butt!"
Judges make note of everything from how a competitor's swimsuit fits, to how fast she's walking and how toned she is.
Once I saw that Sports Illustrated was releasing its annual swimsuit issue on tablets, I knew I had to have it.
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The sponsor, Catalina swimwear, pulled its funding and went about setting up a new pageant where swimsuit shots were de rigueur.
For example, someone who adds pictures of a swimsuit to their Pinterest pinboard might also see a "suggestion" for a Hawaiian resort.
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The women who appear in the Swimsuit Issue can cash in, too.
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Larry Donfrey of Donfrey Realty stood near Roosten in just a swimsuit.
Most recently, it was Bill Gates, the philanthropist, Jacqueline Novogratz, the social entrepreneur, and Kathy Ireland, the swimsuit icon turned licensing supermogul.
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The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is often a springboard into other lucrative ventures, including acting, which Upton has started doing more and more.
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The same couldn't be said for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen, who provided a babe factor to this otherwise entirely masculine evening.
I'm thinking, 'Gosh, if I get called to the top 10, I'm going to be in my swimsuit in front of 12 million people.
"Very often, women want something they saw in a magazine, but a swimsuit can look very different when you have it on, " she says.
Being featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue also affects certain large retailers who are given editorial credits from brands that make the cut.
KikiSoleil.com saw a 10-fold bump in visits and sales after it made the SI Swimsuit issue last year with the brand, diNeila Brazil.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has made a name for itself in sports, fashion, publishing, pop culture and water cooler conversations around the globe.
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Nowhere are the differences between editorial church and business state starker than in the attitudes to the annual swimsuit issue, filled with cheesecake photographs.
Mercedes's CLA marketing campaign kicks off during the Super Bowl next month with an ad featuring the singer Usher and swimsuit model Kate Upton.
"It's a military formation, just in a swimsuit, " says Louis Tassone, a 50-year-old marcher and judge from the North Curl Curl Surf Life Saving Club.
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