For some, Valentine's Day is about love, while for others it's about fantasy. So it makes sense, in some strange way, that the holiday coincides with the release of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue. After all, these scantily clad models and athletes are the stuff fantasies are made of.
Kate Upton joined some elite (and exceptionally beautiful) company as the newest cover girl for the sports magazine's rather sports-free issue, which has us wondering who's the hottest SI cover girl in recent memory?
But while we're on the topic of Valentine's Day, let's revisit yesterday's poll. It turns out the majority of Zimbio readers think Victoria's Secret Angel Miranda Kerr would make the sexiest valentine. Kerr crushed her competition with more than half the votes. Kate Beckinsale was the next closest with 21 percent of the vote, and it appears Kim Kardashian's stock is still dropping since she came in dead last behind Rihanna.
While Miranda Kerr may be one of the sexiest supermodels in the world, she's yet to grace the cover of the SI swimsuit issue. If she wants that honor, she'll have to follow Kate Upton, who debuted her revealing cover via a billboard outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan. The 19-year-old Upton looks to have a long career inside the pages of the annual issue, and her cover proves that when it comes to gorgeous women, Sports Illustrated knows how to pick 'em. So who's your favorite bikini cover girl of the last five years?
