Sign up for Insider Select. Here we rank the most controversial Sports Illustrated swimsuit photos. At 41 and after missing more than a year due to injury, Mickie James is back in the title picture for WWE. Account active When Davis talked with Matt Lauer, she said, “I think you’re making it look a lot naughtier than it really is.”. An example: SI photographed a white, blonde model posing next to an elderly Chinese man in a raft on a river, portraying China as impoverished and colonial, “not the world’s second-largest economy where the majority of people live in cities,” according to Jezebel. sports illustrated swimsuit model brooks nader says her journey to pose for the mag ‘was a long one. In the 1978 issue, Cheryl Tiegs’ fishnet top showed more skin than SI had ever published. All Rights Reserved. Why are men so rarely offered up as objects to behold? The problem: sexualizing a children’s toy. The controversy: celebrating all sizes or praising unhealthy bodies? Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Controversy Video - ABC News And many people thought the photos were sexist and demeaning to the working class. The body paint “swimsuits” garners so much publicity, we doubt SI will ever stop including them. The campaign has the models dressed as frumpy moms, crazy cat ladies, and women serving lunch. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2015 is highlighted by cover model Hannah Jeter. CNN published an opinion piece calling for equal objectification of their cover models. This issue also includes returning models Gigi Hadid, Emily DiDonato, Irina Shayk, Emily Ratajkowski, Ariel Meredith, Sara Sampaio, Hannah Ferguson, Chanel Iman, Nina Agdal, Jessica Gomes, Lily Aldridge, Samantha Hoopes, Chrissy Teigen, and Kate Bock. But you can still find Clauson’s photos from this shoot online. The problem: subjecting models to extreme conditions. The 2013 swimsuit issue featured models in different continents. In 2005, readers were outraged to see models wearing literally nothing as artists had painted water-resistant “bikinis” on the women. The white one-piece suit’s fishnet material made her breasts and nipples fully visible. “Her face is beautiful … But I don’t think it’s healthy in the long run,” Tiegs commented. The problem: a sports magazine promoting sex appeal. On a "Today" show appearance Monday morning, Davis told Matt Lauer: "I think SI always tries to do something a little different every year, and I think this year, it's the year of the torso. The dangerously low-slung bikini bottoms featured on the cover have many outraged. Men aren’t the only ones who like to “appreciate the beauty” of the opposite sex. The Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition hits newsstands today, Feb.9. The New Yorker called SI’s attempt at relevance “spectacularly silly, not to mention tone-deaf.”, The problem: the lack of swimwear in a swimsuit-focused magazine. 2015 Swimsuit Rookies: Ashley Smith, Erin Heatherton, Hailey Clauson, Kelly Rohrbach, Robyn Lawley, Rose Bertram, Solveig. ", A Washington Post article asked if the cover goes "too low" with Davis’ bikini bottom and received many comments like: "Horrible message for young girls" and "They should change the name to Sports Illustrated Playboy edition. Fox Sports notes many folks hated the Barbie edition, claiming it makes young girls feel even worse about their bodies. © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. Unfortunately, it fell flat with viewers and received a ton of backlash. Parenting calling the cover "a bit of a nightmare. Subscriber Some said she was too big to be on the cover. However, readers weren’t inspired. Kate Upton’s shoot took place in Antarctica, the driest, coldest place on earth. Wearing nothing but bikini bottoms and a mesh coverup, the model was technically more clothed than some past SI figures. The Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition hits newsstands today, Feb.9. But the athletes are proud of the shoot. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2015 is highlighted by cover model Hannah Jeter. Second, many readers criticized Upton’s curves. Not every issue of the swimsuit edition featured real women. The Czech model has participated in eight SI Swimsuit… Many were happy to see a woman with a more common body type, but not everyone was happy. Sailor Brinkley Cook, 19, and Paulina Porizkova, 52, lead cast of models posing NUDE for empowering Sports Illustrated Swimsuit spread as the magazine embraces 'evolution' in the wake of #MeToo ", In an UsWeekly poll, 68% of readers thought the cover image resembled porn, while 38% found it "so hot!". Jezebel explains SI’s “editorial decision makes the ‘native people’ tantamount to exotic props.”. Business Insider explains popular SI models Hannah Davis, Chrissy Teigen, and Nina Agdal also appeared in a DirecTV ad campaign. David Leonard, a professor who studies race and culture, says the people in the images next to the models “are imagined as servants, as the loyal helpers, as existing for white western pleasure, amusement, and enjoyment,” making the photos particularly problematic. The problem: poorly executed photoshop edits.