Monday, January 20, 1964: Sports Illustrated's first swimsuit issue

Babette March is pictured on the magazine's cover; inside is a Caribbean travel guide, with five pages of swimsuit photos. (Note: The February 21, 1955 issue showed Betty di Bugnano on the cover, but the 1964 issue was the first of what would become the magazine's annual showcase.)
* January 20, 1964 cover: @

* February 21, 1955 cover: @
* Covers through the years (from SI): @

* "The Pixie Pioneer" (SI, 1989): @

* Babette March's website: @

* "The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue: An Intellectual History" (Bryan Curtis, Slate, 2005): @
* "The Girls of Winter" (audio from Vanity Fair, 2014): @

* "The Swimsuit Issue and Sport: Hegemonic Masculity in Sports Illustrated" (Laurel R. Davis, 1997): @

* Entry on "bikini" from "The Berg Companion to Fashion" (Valerie Steele, 2010): @ 

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