The title of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue says “Barely Bikinis.” And supermodel Marisa Miler does full justice to the title, posing in barely a bikini.
Although Miller has been modeling for SI Swimsuit issues for seven years now, this is the first time she has made the cover, in a photo taken by Raphael Mazzucco during a two-day shoot on St. John , U.S. Virgin Islands.
Miller, 29, who hit the fashion scene big time last year with her commercials for Victoria’s Secret lingerie, as well as SI Catalog, unexpectedly put another supermodel Heidi Klum on the back stride in popularity.
Miller is joined in the issue by several other swimsuit hotties, such as Brooklyn Decker, Selita Ebanks, Bar Refaeli, Tori Praver, Daniella Sarahyba, Irina Shayk, Anne V and Jessica White. Each of them is featured in unique pictorial essays.
This issue of Swimsuit also sees NFL Cheerleaders and IRL driver Danica Patrick making their debut.
The American supermodel was discovered at age 16 by two Italian modeling agents in a San Francisco cafe, after which appeared in Perfect 10 which got her celebrity status in 1997.
And now that Valentine’s drawing up real close, guys might like to know what what makes Marisa feel romantic…
“When my husband booked me spa days kind of randomly, not for any occasion really, but just because he knew I was working hard,” Marisa revealed in an exclusive interview to SI. “Just to take care of you. Anytime a guy does something to try to take care of his woman, that to me is romantic.”
And she’d never date a man who smoked.
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