It marks the blonde bombshell’s second straight appearance on the cover, although Upton’s new “Polar Bare” look is (slightly) more covered up than last year’s debut.
Tyra Banks was the last back-to-back cover girl, in 1996 and 1997.
Upton is slated to appear with nine other models on Monday’s “The Late Show with David Letterman” to launch the issue, which hits newsstands on Tuesday.
Kate Upton is officially the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model, as gossipcop first reported on Friday.
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| kate upton at Swimsuit cover photo |
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| kate upton at Swimsuit cover photo |