Yini i-sexy? Njengoba kuboniswa yilesi sibukezo seminyaka engamashumi amahlanu edlule ye-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition yamakhava namamodeli, incazelo ihlala ishintsha. Njengoba udaba lokubhukuda kwe-SI lwama-51 luzofika ngenyanga ezayo, sicabange ukuthi kungani singathathi uhambo phansi komugqa wenkumbulo futhi sibone amamodeli ahlukene (nezitayela) zeminyaka engamashumi amahlanu edlule. Bheka amakhava ayishumi ngezansi afaka u-Kate Upton, Tyra Banks, Elle Macpherson, Christie Brinkley nabanye!
1964 - Babette March
Ikhava yokuqala yohlelo lwe-Swimsuit ye-Sports Illustrated yayibonisa imodeli yesiJalimane u-Babette March. Igqoke i-swimsuit eyizingcezu ezimbili ebukekayo futhi ibanjwe phakathi nokuhleka, isembozo sithambile ngokwezindinganiso zanamuhla.
1967 - UMarilyn Tindall
U-Marilyn Tindall wathola ikhava yango-1967, egqoke ingubo yokubhukuda eshisayo eshisayo ebomvu. Umzimba wakhe uthathwa njengothambile futhi ugobile ngokwezindinganiso zemodeli ye-swimsuit yanamuhla, kodwa wawulungile ngaleso sikhathi.
1970 - UCheryl Tiegs
I-supermodel yaseMelika uCheryl Tiegs wayenekhava “enesizotha” kakhulu. Isithombe sakhe sango-1970 sinejezi elibhangqwe ne-bikini phansi nezibuko eziwolintshi. I-Tiegs izoqhubeka nokumboza ezinye Izinkinga Zokubhukuda ezimbili.
1979 - UChristie Brinkley
U-Christie Brinkley ubonise ukumamatheka kwakhe kanye nesithombe se-buxom sekhava yemagazini yango-1979 ngocezu olulodwa olukhazimulayo. Ukubukeka kwakhe kwe-All-American kwamsiza ukuthi athole ezinye izembozo ezimbili ze-SI Swimsuit ngo-1980 nango-1981.
1988 - u-Elle Macpherson
U-Elle Macpherson owaziwa ngelika “The Body” usize ekuqaliseni inkathi yemizimba ethonyene kakhudlwana kumagazini. Isudi yakhe ye-scuba enocezu olulodwa emnyama yenza isitatimende esinesibindi. Njengamanje uMacpherson uyimodeli enamakhava amaningi e-SI Swim angu-5 esewonke kusukela ngo-1986 kuya ku-2006.