Current pop culture topic that interests me is The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue I believe it is one of the best artifacts of pop culture. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by Sports Illustrated. It features fashion models wearing swimwear in exotic locations. The swimsuit issue was invented by Sports Illustrated editor Andre Laguerre to fill the winter months, a typically slow point in the sporting calendar. The first issue was published in 1964, it was credited with the making of the bikini, as the bikini became the legitimate piece of apparel. According to some, the magazine is the arbiter of supermodel succession.
The magazine started with information and news about the supermodel succession and then added information about different areas of entertainment in sports and how sports and entertainment are inter connected. In today's issues you will find information about swimsuit models, and music, pop culture, entertainment, and politics. You can read articles about sports interviews such colleges , sports reviews, up to date news about current and future stars, and you can go to the online version and see video clips, highlights from different sporting activities and listen to sound clips too. I have chosen this because this was one of the first sports magazines of its kind that brings sports and beauty in a same level and today we see hundreds of different titles of magazines that emulate The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue with different focuses and this I believe was the start of what the industry is today calls bringing the family together.
Several female athletes have appeared, though not on the cover. Steffi Graf appeared in 1997. In the 2003 issue, tennis player Serena Williams and figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva were featured inside the magazine. Anna Kournikova appeared in an inset on the 2004 cover, and had a photo spread within its pages.
In 2005, Olympic gold medallists Amanda Beard and Jennie Finch, along with Lauren Jackson and Venus Williams, were featured. Maria Sharapova appeared in an inset on the 2006 cover and had a spread inside. In spring 2006, Sports Illustrated chose music as the theme for the 2007 issue. Senior editor Diane Smith wanted 10-time (16 currently) Grammy-winner Beyoncé Knowles to pose. In 2006, Beyoncé launched a swimsuit line under her House of Deréon clothing label. Beyoncé Knowles became the first singer, and first non-model, to appear on the cover in 2007.
In 2008, NFL cheerleaders appeared for the first time. Teams include the Buccaneers, Chargers, Cowboys, Dolphins, Eagles, Falcons, Jaguars, Patriots, Raiders, Redskins and Texans. Race car driver Danica Patrick appeared in 2008. She was featured in a four-page spread set in Singer Island, Florida. For the 2010 issue, four female Winter Olympians appeared in swimsuits: Clair Bidez, Lacy Schnoor, Hannah Teter, and Lindsey Vonn as well as Ana Ivanović.
Reference:
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved February 14, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Illustrated_Swimsuit
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