Top 10 Sports Illustrated Models

10-Petra Nemcova

Petra Nemcova is a Czech model. She started her career as model when she was just 16. So far she has appeared in five of the swimsuit editions and has made it to the cover only once.

9- Brooklyn Decker

Brooklyn Decker is an American model. She has appeared in four of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit editions. Decker was chosen the for the cover of the 2010 edition, which was shot in Maldives islands.

8- Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova is a retired Russian professional Tennis player. She never won a WTA but did get herself a name as a model.  Kournikova was named one of People’s 50 Most Beautiful People in 1998. She secured herself a place on the cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition of 2000.

7- Veronika Varekova

Veronika Varekova also known as Veronica by the English press is a Czech model. She has appeared in the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated total of eight times and made it to its cover in 2004.

6-Rebecca Romijn

Rebecca Romijn is an American model and an actress.   She is best known for her role as Mystique in the X-Men films. She was the cover girl of the 1999’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.

5- Niki Taylor

Niki Taylor is an American model. She started her modeling career at the age of 13. She appeared in the 1997 and 1998 editions of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and was the cover model of the 1998 Sports Illustrated swimsuit calendar.

4- Marisa Miller

Marisa Miller is an American model. She has appeared in every issues of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit since 2002, and was the cover model of the 2008 edition. In addition to that she ranked number one  on Maxim magazine's 2008.

3- Bar Rafaeli

 

Bar Rafaeli is an Israeli model. Refaeli started her modeling career at age of 8 months for a baby commercial. . She was the cover model of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

2- Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum is a German-American model, actress, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and occasional singer. She made it to the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue of 1998.

1-Tyra Banks

 

Tyra Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, occasional singer, author and businesswoman. She appeared twice on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue of 1996 and 1997.