the first sports illustrated swimsuit edition was in 1964.
what year was the first sports illustrated swimsuit edition?
1964
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the "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue is published annually by american magazine "sports illustrated" and features women fashion models wearing swimwear in various locales around the world. the highly coveted cover photograph has been considered as the arbiter of supermodel succession. the issue carries advertising that, in 2005 amounted to in value. first published in 1964, it is credited with making the bikini, invented in 1946, a legitimate piece of apparel. 





























since 1964, the issue has been published every february, but beginning in 2019, the issue is made available in may. 





























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the sports illustrated swimsuit model search is a reality tv show produced by nbc that debuted in january 2005, prior to the launch of that year's "sports illustrated swimsuit issue".





























the purpose of the show was to document twelve previously unknown fashion models as they competed against one another for a grand prize. in this case, it was a pictorial in the 2005 edition of the "sports illustrated swimsuit issue" and a modeling contract with next model management worth one million us dollars.
sports illustrated swimsuit model search