In 1964, a 22-year-old, fresh-faced model singularly named Babette appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, splashing in the waters off Cozumel, Mexico, clad in a midriff-baring two-piece ...

Kate Upton’s 2012 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover is causing a mini-sensation. And it’s easy to see why. Contrasted against the first Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover image, sh… ...

Sports Illustrated debuted its first-ever “Swimsuit Edition” started in 1963, with a young German model named Babette March on the cover, pictured frolicking on a beach in Mexico in a white ...

A routine photo shoot in 1964 landed Babette on the cover of the first Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. Long out of the camera's eye, she is drawn into events marking the issue's 50th anniversary.