I-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue elindelwe kakhulu iphuma kanye ngonyaka ngoFebruwari, kodwa imagazini ngoku ivelise ithontsi yayo yokuqala yokuqubha ngexesha lesizini entsha ebizwa ngokuba, 'Ihlobo lokuqubha', elasungulwa kwi-SwimDaily.com. Iinkwenkwezi zikaHannah Ferguson kwisici, i-bikini-efakwe kwimifanekiso ebanjwe nguNicholas Routzen. UHana unxibe inkangeleko emyeziyo evela kwizinto ezifana nezikaTori Praver, Eres kunye neAcacia.
Malunga nenqaku elitsha, usekela-mhleli olawulayo we-SI, uMJ Day, uthi, “Ngelo lungelo elaziwa kwihlabathi liphela, sinethuba elilodwa lokuzisa amava eSports Illustrated Swimsuit kubalandeli bethu unyaka wonke – hayi nje ngokusungulwa komcimbi. ngoFebruwari. Ekuqaleni kwehlobo, yeyiphi indlela engcono kunokuzisa abayili beempahla zokuqubha ezimangalisayo kunye neemodeli kwizigidi zabalandeli bethu. Amawakawaka abantu basetyhini bajonge kumcimbi wethu wonyaka weSwimsuit kwezona ndlela zishushu zexesha lonyaka (uninzi lweempahla zokuqubha ezibonisiweyo zithengiswe kwisithuba seeveki), siye sabona ukuba kukho imfuneko yempahla yokuqubha abalandeli bethu abanokuthenga ngoku.”