The American magazine Sports Illustrated was first published in 1954 and quickly reached record-breaking circulation numbers. In 1964, they released their first swimsuit cover edition, and the rest was history. For 60 years, the magazine has featured famous beauties on its cover, slowly improving in diversity to include women of different races, ages, body types, and gender identities. In recent years, stars like Padma Lakshmi, Kim Petras, and Martha Stewart have graced its covers.
In this gallery, we travel back in time and bring you some of the cover models through the years, ever since the first issue was published in 1964, until today. Click on!