Beyonce may have missed an Oscar but she has pretty much landed the coveted cover of Sports Illustrated’s 2007 Swimsuit issue. With that, Beyonce the Dreamgirls star has become the first singer to be on the cover of SI’s Swimsuit issue, as well as its first non-athlete/non-model covergirl.

The Dreamgirls star poses in a yellow-and-orange bikini with an ample boy-cut brief by House of Dereon, the fashion label which herself and stylist mother, Tina Knowles run together. The pictures are so revealing that her manager dad refused to watch the photoshoot.

Beyonce even embarked on a strict diet to stay in shape for the shoot, and she’s obviously satisfied with the results: “These are photographs I can show my kids some day. I can say, ‘See, momma was beautiful. Look how good I looked!’ ”

Though anyone ever seen a Beyonce that doesn’t look good?

So what’s inside? Beyond Beyonce’s skimpy front page bikini, bodies that are so bare, tops so see through, and models so provocative that Sports Illustrated censored them from certain subscribers.

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“The publisher decided not to send any issue to any library or any school,” explained a spokesperson with a county library system in Alabama, USA.

Now, THAT speaks volumes about the issue.

Enjoy some of the photos from the issue as well as some from the photoshoot:

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