I'm low key excited see if Lily Aldridge will be a rookie ths year.

^ Which key?

 

not counting beyonce, it's been 16 years since a new girl got the cover: heidi klum in 1998.  before her, valeria mazza, daniela pestova, and judit masco got (or shared) the cover in their first years. 

 

judit's came after kathy ireland's huge 25th anniversary issue.  daniela's came after the 'dream team' cover with elle, rachel, and kathy.  and for what it's worth, beyonce's came after the other group shot in 2006.  it's kind of a pattern.

 

now that SI has gone through a huge dose of retromania with a coffee table book and a primetime TV special, i'm thinking they'll do what they've always done and turn to a new girl to grace the cover.

 

http://instagram.com/p/kNZit5RJbb/

 

...Imagine if it was true ... 

 

^ Which key?

 

I don't think they meant to post this on the website quite yet....

http://imgbox.com/VgnmRkOP

http://imgbox.com/pkjGU4br

^ Oh wow what a surprise who would have thought Kate would get it again? (if it's real)  

 

EDIT: That would be a cover-worthy photo, too bad all they do photoshop the girl to death

That's not the cover.

 

edit: Well I guess this was the front page of the app last year?

I thought they would use a different image.

That's not the cover.

Well if that is the cover, it's by far the best of the three Kate covers.

Jeezus that photochop, it doesn't even look like her body, lol. 

 

I like that Chrissy Teigen said in her reddit AMA that SI did minimal airbrushing. In the past few years they've been as bad or worse than Playboy in terms of abusing the blur tool. It's not even well done in a lot of cases... wtf, SI?

It´s a pretty good picture, much better than the last one

If it it is Kate again, would that be the last time? Surely they cannot keep her on the cover a fourth year?

What is the current record for consecutive covers?

Three

Elle and Christie Brinkley both did it

Pretty sure elle's where consecutive

Much better then last year!

Well I cannot see them giving Kate the all-time record, so it looks pretty likely we will get another cover model next year.

Jeezus that photochop, it doesn't even look like her body, lol. 

 

I like that Chrissy Teigen said in her reddit AMA that SI did minimal airbrushing. In the past few years they've been as bad or worse than Playboy in terms of abusing the blur tool. It's not even well done in a lot of cases... wtf, SI?

If that is the cover at least they chose a decent/nice one of Kate this time around.