Sports Illustrated to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Swimsuit Issue With Book

By Dianna Dilworth 

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Sports Illustrated and Time Home Entertainment are celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the Swimsuit Issue with a new book.

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful is a 304-page book featuring more than 500 photos of bathing beauties from across the decades.

The issue launched as an eight-page travel piece, before becoming a top selling annual issue for the magazine with a circulation of more than 70 million readers. Models in the book include: Christie Brinkley, Kathy Ireland, Heidi Klum, Kate Upton, Elle Macpherson, Tyra Banks and Brooklyn Decker among many others.